Stanford vs. Texas by the Free Throws

One of the best games of the year is going to be played tonight in the Sweet Sixteen. Stanford will play Texas in Houston’s Reliant Arena, so you know that the crowd will be into it. Stanford and Texas, while they might not seem like a really obvious rivalry, they are similar in a lot of ways. A couple of years ago I remember seeing a Sports Illustrated cover with Stanford vs. Texas on the cover. The cover story was about determining the best overall sports school in the nation. Both Stanford and Texas have been good at lot of sports- not just football and basketball- for many years. Plus, if you look at the free throw stats- the teams are pretty closely linked.

—Free Throw Percentage—

Stanford: 67.4
Texas: 67.9

All we go by here at the Final Four Blog is free throw percentage. We’ve already seen some horrible free throwing teams get eliminated, and if Michigan State can pull it off against Memphis tonight, we’ll be talking about the “Statistic of 2008” for the rest of the year.

—Free Throw Percentage—

Memphis: 58.7 (335th in the nation)
Michigan State: 73.0 (58th in the nation)

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