Eventually Jamie Dixon is going to tire of his teams tanking in the NCAA tournament and leave for greener pastures. After this season's worse-than-usual annual flop that should be sooner than later. In spite of tremendous teams over the past decade Pitt has never made it past the Sweet Sixteen.In my opinion the obvious reason has been... poor free throw shooting. I really don't know what their stats were this season (I had a hell of a time trying to find them on the internet) but in the past it's always been a problem. In close games, and at tournament time, it's a problem if you can't make free throws. When you lose by one point to Butler it's got have been a problem (all you needed to do was make two more and eight or nine players).
Anyone (excepting perhaps Shaquille O'Neal and Wilt Chamberlain) can be at least an 80% free throw shooter. Like getting to Carnegie Hall it takes practice, practice, practice. Today's players just don't want to take the time and, apparently most coaches don't either. And the ones who don't usually don't win the NCAA championship, especially Pitt.
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