lol. Here's a problem with your claim --> if Minnesota shot just BELOW the D-I avg on their 2-pt attempts at Nebraska instead of how horribly they actually shot, they would have scored 14 more points!! 14!!!
Just shoot a little bit UNDER the norm... would have been good for flippin 14.
And you guys are pointing to 3 pts on FT vs avg %. Ignoring the few and-ones and pair of technical trips. Sigh. It's math & common sense.
I get it. They shot poorly from 2pt range. They would have won had they shot better. I never, ever stated or claimed otherwise. That would have been great. But, the fact of the matter is on that night they shot well below the norm. Some teams make up for off FG shooting nights by pouring in points from the FT line. We didn't. And lost. Many reasons we lost.
Again, I'm mostly on your page here, understanding what you're saying.
But don't justify a piss pour FT shooting night by saying it is meaningless if we had just shot better from 2pt range.
If they shot better from FT line they would have also won, too. Free throws go in at a higher clip. It is a shame they couldn't hit the norm.