No one would suggest un-breaking ties in basketball with free-throws, or settling NFL games with an extra-point contest.

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Imagine a basketball player practicing free throws at the gym.

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And being very poor at shooting free-throws is a killer in any basketball, and in college basketball specifically, because games will come down to the end, and your team will need to hit free-throws to win.

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