Kansas State is currently shooting 68.7% from the line as a team. The highest team FT% in the nation belongs to Norfolk State, and they shoot 78.5%.
If you assume an average of 20 FT attempts per game, which is probably a little high, the math looks like:
(20 * .785) - (20 * .687) = 15.7 - 13.74 = 1.96
So KState's poor free throwing shooting costs us about 2 points a game compared to the best free throw shooting team in the nation.
The worst FT% team is Harvard at 58.9%. So if we decide the average free throw shooting team is right in the middle between Norfolk State and Harvard, that team would shoot (.785 + .589) / 2 = .687, the same as KSU. If we use the median instead of the mean, there are 350 ranked teams and the 175th ranked teams are tied at 69.5%. Compared to that median team, KState's poor free throw shooting costs us:
(20 * .695) - (20 * .687) = 13.9 - 13.74 = 0.16 points per game
If you assume an average of 20 FT attempts per game, which is probably a little high, the math looks like:
(20 * .785) - (20 * .687) = 15.7 - 13.74 = 1.96
So KState's poor free throwing shooting costs us about 2 points a game compared to the best free throw shooting team in the nation.
The worst FT% team is Harvard at 58.9%. So if we decide the average free throw shooting team is right in the middle between Norfolk State and Harvard, that team would shoot (.785 + .589) / 2 = .687, the same as KSU. If we use the median instead of the mean, there are 350 ranked teams and the 175th ranked teams are tied at 69.5%. Compared to that median team, KState's poor free throw shooting costs us:
(20 * .695) - (20 * .687) = 13.9 - 13.74 = 0.16 points per game
