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Can giant-killing Dawgs bite Villanova again? Getting to the free-throw line will help

LaVall Jordan talks about Big East leaders. David Woods, david.woods@indystar.com

INDIANAPOLIS — If the best things in life are free, the Butler Bulldogs are not living their best life.

They don’t get anything free. Not free throws anyway.

Out of 351 NCAA Division I basketball teams, they are 315th in free throw attempts — 291 total, or about 15 a game. Among teams in seven major conferences, only four have shot fewer — Mississippi State, Virginia Tech, Missouri, Wisconsin.