BENCHMARKS FOR FREE THROWS.

BENCHMARKS FOR FREE THROWS. This article by John Branch reports that the average for free throws made by male college basketball players has basically stayed at 69% since the mid 60’s. Women in college have been close to the men’s percentage for the last two decades. NBA players average about 75%. The article cites a rule of thumb that players shoot about ten percentage points higher in practice than they do in games.

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