bobinator said:

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Slightly better at home but yes, said this for years. Everyone should like golf clap when we're shooting FTs.

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I can't clap while signaling my loyalty to Diamond Dallas Page though.

The only thing to do is to have one loud voice only yelling in the crowd. Nothing works worse than quiet and everybody yells. Don't be afraid to get personal, lone yeller!

I think WSU's use of the shocker during free throws is why they are so good at it and ranked #4 in opponent FT %. Can't imagine anything being more distracting than that.

bobinator said:

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This is encouraging data but will those strategies carry over to a larger venue? Do they have anything in common? SFA has a mascot that carries a weapon, maybe we should attach a laser to Rev's back?

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I thinks sfa defense was mostly centered around only having a dozen or so fans in attendance. The players had the option of staring at the void or looking at a guy with an axe.

Tough place to make free throws.

We need to see if our opponents FT% is better in games with poor attendance than in games with better attendance, but the key is we have to adjust for how good each team normally shoots FTs. One of you math nerds and/or bots get on that.

Some of the things we are doing now are pretty bad.
Staying quiet and everybody jumping up and screaming is a great idea but they do it on the release so doesn't affect the shooter.
And chanting "Do it again" after missing the first one is pretty lame.

There needs to be a time clock facing the stands that we reset as soon as the shooter is getting the ball and it counts down from like 2-6 seconds randomly or chosen by someone and at zero the yell comes regardless. Therefore the shooter doesn't know when the yell will come in his motion. It might cause some to get out of rhythm by trying to wait longer and shoot after it or speed up.

JJxvi said:

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Whats our budget? Can we like breed/engineer/raise many colonies that prefer to go after certain colors?

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That's racist(?)

Jersey colors man, like bees that want to go for certain kinds of flowers. We cant just be letting loose a swarm on our own guys.

To borrow from the Football forum, laser-out or mirror-out Reed. The football forum has everything figured out…

Ball four yell except for basketball

JJxvi said:

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There needs to be a time clock facing the stands that we reset as soon as the shooter is getting the ball and it counts down from like 2-6 seconds randomly or chosen by someone and at zero the yell comes regardless. Therefore the shooter doesn't know when the yell will come in his motion. It might cause some to get out of rhythm by trying to wait longer and shoot after it or speed up.

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Speaking of countdown clock:

Shooters only have 10 seconds to shoot. Someone on the front row holds a digital timer facing the shooter that counts down from 10 seconds, but is modified to do it in 6 seconds. Might make them rush?

I don't like how quiet it is when we shoot FTs either. I also don't like when we make holes/hoops with our hands whenever we shoot FTs.

How about everyone saw varsity's horns off in silence when the student section is full. Have each row sway in a different direction. For example, even rows sways right while odd rows sways left or vice versa, in order to disorient the shooter. I think that would be very cool!