Originally Posted by
Acymetric
Exactly. Some numbers by year, the only year where it might have been fair to quibble with the use of the phrase "rare" was his senior year, but by that time everyone was pre-conditioned.
Freshman (2002-2003): 33 games played, 9 with misses - probably more uncommon than rare on a per game basis but only a slight exaggeration, not wildly inaccurate though
Sophomore (2003-2004): 37 games played, 7 games with misses - fair to say it was rare for him to miss a FT in a game that year on a per game basis
Junior (2004-2005): 33 games played, 11 games with misses - again, probably more uncommon than rare on a per game basis, not wildly inaccurate though
Senior (2005-2006): 36 games played, 19 games with misses - better than even odds he would miss, his FT shooting dipped this season and misses were not rare, although still somewhat uncommon.
I still think freshmanjs needs to consider each attempt in a vacuum, instead considering likelihood of an event occurring in a given data set(in this case, a game). At the very least, I would need a concrete, numeric threshold for what you would allow to be considered "rare".