March Insanity is formally underway, which implies that the larger public is now absolutely conscious of Wofford heart Kyler Filewich. It isn’t conscious his uncommon kind whereas capturing a free throw. The 6-foot-9 massive man lately switched to granny-style in an try to repair what I can solely assume is a case of the yips.
Nonetheless, we didn’t get to see his approach throughout March Insanity.
Filewich, a fifth-year senior, started his faculty basketball profession at Southern Illinois. He later transferred to Wofford and at last reached the NCAA Event for the primary time in his profession this yr. The Terriers completed third within the Southern Convention in the course of the common season. They beat ETSU, VMI and Furman to win the SoCon Event and a bid to March Insanity because the No. 6 seed.
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— Drea Blackwell (@KSBWDrea) March 20, 2025
Wofford’s spectacular run during the last 12 days wouldn’t be doable with out Filewich. The 6-foot-9, 250-pound heart was named because the Most Excellent Participant of the convention match regardless of his struggles from the free throw line. His kind is so hideous that his opponent actively mocked him in the course of the sport whereas shedding by 15 factors in the course of the second half. It’s that dangerous!
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Though Kyler Filewich constructed one thing of a cult following over the previous couple of weeks, he made his debut on the nationwide stage towards Tennessee on Thursday night. The school basketball casuals nonetheless didn’t get to witness his herky-jerky free throw kind. He didn’t try a single free throw towards Tennessee!
I’ve but to determine precisely why the Terriers’ greatest participant is so dangerous at underhand free throws. Rick Barnes, the 70-year-old head coach of the Volunteers, took him to high school with the granny-style capturing at observe earlier within the week. He went 6-for-10 from the charity stripe.
Filewich struggles to duplicate that very same success however generally it goes in!
Shout out to Wofford’s Kyler Filewich for bringing the granny shot again on the largest stagebyu/BLeibo inCollegeBasketball
Kyler Filewich really shot regular, overhand free throws in the course of the first 4+ years of his profession. His free throw capturing share was by no means nice however it took a steep decline upon arrival to Wofford.
Freshman at SIU: 46%
Sophomore at SIU: 50%
Junior at Wofford: 40.7%
Senior at Wofford: 31.6%
Fifth-year at Wofford: 31.8%
Assistant coach Tysor Anderson advised a unique strategy at the start of February— granny-style. Rick Barry really flew to Spartanburg to show Filewich the artwork of the underhand free throw. Sadly, his spastic movement continues to be largely ineffective.
vs. Chattanooga — 0/2
@ Merceer — 1/2
@ Citadel — 4/6
vs. Samford — 6/10 (like Barnes!)
@ VMI — 0/3
vs. ETSU — 1/4
@ Western Carolina — 1/2
vs. Furman — 0/3
vs. ETSU — 1/5
vs. VMI — 1/5
vs. Furman — 3/7
vs. Tennessee — 0/0 (unhappy)
Filewich is unable to determine it out. It doesn’t matter what he tries or how onerous he tries, he can not get the ball to go within the hoop. The Terriers requested him to go underhand. It didn’t work. There isn’t a hope.
Although Kyler Filewich is an unstoppable drive within the paint, he can not make a free throw. Even with the assistance of a legend. Wild stuff.
