IHSAA Basketball on the decline

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75%+ free throw shooting would be top-50 in NCAA D1. It would be one of the top-25 teams in the NBA.

I only go to maybe one Indiana high school basketball game every 5 years. I live in Texas, but I may see a local game when I go back home. If you say they’re shooting 75%+ then so be it, I’ll believe you. Statistically, though, that seems relatively impossible.

These type teams are usually all adept ball-handlers who have great court-awareness. Today's NE Dubois & Barr-Reeve's squads in S. Indiana are good examples. You're correct re: general FT shooting (HS/College), but HS's that can use this style of play successfully are the EXCEPTION rather than the RULE. It actually presents a MENTAL CHALLENGE to the opposing coach & players, who are generally NOT programmed for this. It's an extremely frustrating experience, to have a 1-1 advantage @ virtually every position on the court, and have this flushed down the toilet and forced to play this way. But, it's BASKETBAll. Just not what we commonly see.

 

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Those who like IN ball, you might tune-in to this radio Talk Show...not bad.

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The Butcher and The Bird

On a late-January day in southwest Indiana, Jack Butcher and his Loogootee Lions boarded their team bus. The bus was bound for one of Loogootee's chief rivals, Springs Valley High School, a conference foe with a starting forward who with each passing game was solidifying his place in Indiana...

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Good write-up of Butcher v. Bird.'74...

 

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Former ISU asst. coach Earl Diddle played for Musselman @ Ashland. A very disciplined, defense oriented approach to the game.