This was a great (and interesting) email from Doug Drinen — who coincidentally only sends me great, interesting emails — and I wanted to share. It’s about OSU’s free throw “defense,” which is both a hilarious term and in a not-so-hilarious cycle right now. I’ll let Doug explain …
According to KenPom, OSU is 347th out of 353 teams in terms of “free throw defense.” Teams have shot 75.8 percent against the Pokes.
Bad luck? Or are we fouling disproportionately good free throw shooters? I decided to investigate. So I looked at every player who has shot a free throw against OSU this year and compared their free throws against OSU to their free throws in non-OSU games.