For anyone who has watched college basketball for any amount of time, the scene is a familiar one. In the waning seconds of a tight game in the NCAA Tournament, a player steps to the free-throw line ...
Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond is willing to consider a throwback free throw style to improve a glaring hole in his game, according to coach Stan Van Gundy. Drummond shot 35.5 percent from the ...
At least one player unexpectedly becomes a household name during the NCAA Tournament every season, and 2025 could be the year of Kyler Filewich. Filewich is a 6-foot-9 center who plays for No. 15 seed ...
When Kyler Filewich stepped to the free-throw line with 5:32 to play in the Southern Conference championship game, with Wofford leading 77-74 and an NCAA Tournament berth tantalizingly close, the ...
Kyler Filewich bounced the ball once and took a deep breath. People in and around the Wofford men’s basketball program knew what was coming. But the fans and national TV audience were in for a ...
If there’s anything basketball fans know about Hall of Famer Rick Barry, it’s that he shot free throws underhanded and he was pretty darn good at it. His career free-throw percentage of .899 was the ...
Rick Barry's iconic granny-style free throw shooting became his signature. Still, the Hall of Famer never pushed his sons to adopt the same style. Despite its success, Barry understood that the ...
The Godfather of “granny” free throws has a proposal for Mitchell Robinson: Let me fix your problem. Rick Barry, the NBA Hall of Famer, watched Robinson’s mishaps Saturday with both frustration and ...