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Self was asked about being in the 300 range in free throws and three-point percentage

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Here was his response.

"No, they're separate. You would think if you shot a ton of threes, you probably get fouled less. We're not shooting many threes and we're getting fouled less. So a lot of it we haven't thrown inside as much, which unfortunately the way the game used to be, that's how you got to the free throw line by throwing it inside. Now you get to the free throw line by driving it, and we don't have guys obviously that drive the ball downhill as well as some others that we'll play against, but that's something we talk about every day and it's obviously a concern, the discrepancy in the number of free throws that we shoot compared to our opponents. Now with that being said, you could maybe make a case from time to time. Well, we didn't get a good whistle that game. That's not the reason why we're shooting less fr. The whistle has nothing to do with it. It has everything to do with the things that people consider fouls and how you get the free throw line today. "
 
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