Is it easy to impact Free Throw percentage of road teams? in college basketball?

[rake922]

For those that have actually left the house and gone to a college basketball game:
How easy or challenging is it to impact free throw percentage of the road team attempting to focus and hit the free throws?

[FlipsideRM]

College kids can't shoot free throws at home either, nothing new

[rake922]

some of them can though flipper


Pittsburgh at 77%

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/statistics/team/_/stat/free-throws

[freeVICK]

I would laser pointer a ft shooter in the eye to cover

[Russian Rocket]

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[rake922]

I would laser pointer a ft shooter in the eye to cover

and u will be ejected within 45 seconds you stupid poster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

[grease lightnin]

I would laser pointer a ft shooter in the eye to cover

Somebody was doing this to elementary kids at a wrestling tournament I was at a couple weeks ago. Couldn't find them.

[rake922]

Michael Phelps caused Arizona State to cover and you guys are out to lunch

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14670378/michael-phelps-featured-arizona-state-sun-devils-curtain-distraction

[DOM_Toretto]

Some schools do a good job of it: UNLV had the massive guy waving hands n shit and had a direct impact on visiting team FT%. Some school last week had a fake "child birth" scene going on that made the guy miss. The spinners and faces n such may help a little.

But other venues like Syracuse (carrier dome) have a major impact; visiting teams shoot 10-15% below their average FT% when visiting the carrier dome because of the affect the backdrop has on their depth perception.

Food for thought.

[rake922]

This guy lost a bet (in regards to Michael Phelps):

It's great, and it is fun, but amidst the fun we need a little reality thrown in; where does the NCAA draw the limit? At one point these antics stop being fun and becomes a nuisance. In this case, they were clearly out of their seats and blocking the view of the fans behind them, not to mention violating facility dress standards. I also find it hard to believe that the fans were allowed to bring the frame around the curtain into the facility, which makes this a school sanctioned activity, which I KNOW is banned by the NCAA.