the play-by-play<\/a> of that game if you need proof. (Never believe anything a sports talk personality says.) Could this happen in a men\u2019s game? <\/p>\nThis is pretty straightforward to tackle. Let\u2019s look at the games since the beginning of the 2009-10 season that featured the most consecutive missed field goal attempts by both teams. Note here that all free throw attempts are ignored for the purpose of determining consecutive misses. <\/p>\n
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Most consecutive missed field goals since 11\/2009<\/b><\/p>\n
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23 Radford at Virginia, 12\/7\/10\n23 Alabama A&M at Ark Pine Bluff, 1\/10\/11\n21 Georgetown at Villanova, 1\/17\/10\n21 Rider at UMass, 11\/12\/10\n20 SE Louisiana at Alabama, 12\/15\/10\n20 Loyola Chicago at Kansas State, 11\/13\/09\n<\/pre>\nHere\u2019s the PBP from the Radford at Virginia game, with the just the field goal attempts for the streak in question.<\/p>\n
GOOD! LAYUP by Harris, Joe [PNT] 19:31 34-19 H 15\n 18:23 MISSED JUMPER by SONMEZ,Gorkem\nMISSED 3 PTR by Harris, Joe 18:08\n 17:38 MISSED JUMPER by SONMEZ,Gorkem\n 17:37 MISSED JUMPER by FAULKNER,Evan\n 17:30 MISSED 3 PTR by SONMEZ,Gorkem\nMISSED JUMPER by Farrakhan, Mustapha 17:16\nMISSED LAYUP by Sene, Assane 17:05\nMISSED 3 PTR by Zeglinski, Sammy 16:17\n 15:47 MISSED JUMPER by SMITH,Jareal\n 15:07 MISSED JUMPER by SONMEZ,Gorkem\nMISSED JUMPER by Harris, Joe 14:52\nMISSED JUMPER by Harrell, KT 14:10\n 13:36 MISSED 3 PTR by FAULKNER,Evan\nMISSED 3 PTR by Farrakhan, Mustapha 13:15\nMISSED JUMPER by Scott, Mike 12:56\nMISSED 3 PTR by Farrakhan, Mustapha 12:25\n 12:15 MISSED 3 PTR by SONMEZ,Gorkem\n 12:08 MISSED JUMPER by ABELE,Martins\nMISSED 3 PTR by Zeglinski, Sammy 11:48\nMISSED TIP-IN by Mitchell, Akil 11:43\n 11:37 MISSED JUMPER by SMITH,Jareal\n 11:02 MISSED JUMPER by ROBINSON,Jeremy\nMISSED 3 PTR by Baron, Billy 10:48\n 10:37 38-23 H 15 GOOD! LAYUP by SMITH,Jareal [FB\/PNT]\n<\/pre>\nI\u2019ve never been a supporter of the \u201cGOOD!\u201d descriptor in the play-by-play. This is a cold document representing the events that took place in the game. Not every made shot is a cause for celebration as the exclamation point implies. But when Jareal Smith made a layup to end a field goal drought of 23 attempts and nearly nine minutes, there was cause for real celebration.<\/p>\n
Virginia went 4-24 from the field in the second half and still won by 10. So the sports-talk dude referenced above is probably on solid footing \u2013 missing 26 consecutive shots hardly ever happens in the men\u2019s game, whether it involves top ten teams or not.. <\/p>\n
Let\u2019s end on a positive note and look at the flip side of the situation. What\u2019s the record for consecutive made field goal attempts? As you would expect, since field goals are less than a 50\/50 proposition in hoops, the values here are somewhat lower than for consecutive misses. <\/p>\n
Most consecutive made field goals since 11\/2009<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n16 Kentucky at Louisville, 12\/31\/10\n16 Charlotte at Chattanooga, 1\/17\/11\n15 Cornell at Wofford 12\/30\/10\n14 William & Mary at Longwood, 12\/29\/10\n14 Saint Louis at Xavier, 2\/5\/11\n<\/pre>\nCoincidentally, given our reader\u2019s location and loyalties, the 2010 Kentucky\/Louisville game is at the top of the list. Here\u2019s the relevant portion of the second half where the streak occurred.<\/p>\n
MISSED 3 PTR by SIVA, Peyton 16:06\n 15:56 26-44 V 18 GOOD! 3 PTR by Josh Harrellson\nGOOD! LAYUP by JENNINGS, Terrence [PNT] 14:34 28-44 V 16\n 14:19 28-46 V 18 GOOD! LAYUP by Doron Lamb [PNT]\nGOOD! 3 PTR by KNOWLES, Preston 13:52 31-46 V 15\n 13:19 31-48 V 17 GOOD! DUNK by Josh Harrellson [PNT]\nGOOD! 3 PTR by SMITH, Chris 12:48 34-48 V 14\nGOOD! LAYUP by KURIC, Kyle [FB\/PNT] 12:35 36-48 V 12\n 12:25 36-50 V 14 GOOD! LAYUP by Josh Harrellson [PNT]\n 11:48 37-52 V 15 GOOD! JUMPER by Josh Harrellson [PNT]\nGOOD! 3 PTR by KNOWLES, Preston 11:17 40-52 V 12\n 10:48 40-54 V 14 GOOD! JUMPER by Terrence Jones\nGOOD! 3 PTR by KNOWLES, Preston 10:31 43-54 V 11\nGOOD! JUMPER by KNOWLES, Preston 09:49 45-54 V 9\n 09:09 45-57 V 12 GOOD! 3 PTR by Brandon Knight\nGOOD! JUMPER by KNOWLES, Preston 08:59 47-57 V 10\nGOOD! JUMPER by SMITH, Chris 08:02 49-59 V 10\nMISSED JUMPER by JENNINGS, Terrence 07:37\n<\/pre>\nSo many exclamation points! The sequence gets started by, what else, a Josh Harrellson three-pointer, one of just two he made all season. Using that as inspiration, the participants in this game went for nearly eight consecutive minutes without missing. Five three-pointers and five two-point jumpers were converted here, so it\u2019s not like this was a dunk fest, either. <\/p>\n
That wraps up another illuminating edition of Play-by-Play Theater. Thanks for reading and feel free to send along suggestion for future columns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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