ooting last season, coach Mike White tried a little bit of everything.He tweaked some of his players mechanics. He increased repetitions in practice. He had guys shoot while tired, winded and with some team accountability at stake. He even considere

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Desperate to improve Floridas free-throw shooting last season, coach Mike White tried a little bit of everything.He tweaked some of his players mechanics. He increased repetitions in practice. He had guys shoot while tired, winded and with some team accountability at stake. He even considered bringing in a sports psychologist.I didnt want it to become more mental than it already was, White said Tuesday.So he waited until the offseason.Thats when White brought in renowned sports psychologist Spencer Wood to work with the Gators this summer.If you can train your mind, use different methods to understand how to stay in that place -- whatever that place is for you or whatever that trigger word is for you -- or get you back into that place of calm, or confident, those type things, I think it can help you with the rest of your game as well, said White, whos in his second season in Gainesville.So far, its made a noticeable difference for Florida (2-0), which plays St. Bonaventure (1-0) in Lakeland on Thursday night.After ranking 323rd (out of 346 NCAA teams) from the foul line last season, shooting a meager 64.7 percent, Florida is up to 78.6 percent from there this season. Two games are hardly enough of a sample size to make White a believer, but he wants to think there is improvement.You hope that moving forward we can be in the same mindset, White said. Im not sure its fixed. I dont want to sit here and think were a great free-throwing shooting team. But what weve seen the first two games is what weve been in practice. You want that to continue, of course. Our guys are in a pretty good place.White said feedback was positive, especially from center John Egbunu, point guard Kasey Hill and forward Justin Leon. Egbunu (53.2 percent), Hill (53.8) and Leon (46.2) were among Floridas worst foul shooters last season. All three are above 70 percent through two games.Leon said Wood worked with players to find their hype meter on a scale of 1 to 10, telling them they needed to play defense at a more frantic pace than offense, especially at the line.He gave me a lot of different breathing patterns, Leon added. So thats really been working for me. ... Its good to see it impact the game. That means the stuff weve been doing is working and it shows weve taken to the time to put the effort in the gym.Woods resume includes a number of college and professional teams. He even worked with the Gators previously, getting invited by former Florida coach Billy Donovan before the 2010 season and helping that team deal with the psychological aspects of trying to get back to the NCAA Tournament after a two-year absence. The Gators, led by Chandler Parsons, Kenny Boynton and Erving Walker, returned to the tournament.White blamed free-throw shooting for his team missing the NCAA Tournament last season. The Gators blew several leads, failing to put teams away late from the line, and had double-digit misses in 10 games.The Gators look considerably more confident this season. If not for newcomer Canyon Barry missing three of his first four underhanded free throws in the opener because of nerves, the Gators would have shot at least 80 percent from the charity stripe in both games.Very nice, very nice, White said. Knock on wood we continue shooting it this way. We have in practice. We just hope we continue to see that carry over. You can see it their body languages, a little more confident at the foul line. ... Its a big factor for us. It kept up out of the NCAA Tournament last year, single-handily, and hopefully this year we continue shooting like this.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org Pharrell x adidas NMD Human Race Black . Ibaka equaled a career high with 20 rebounds, adding four blocked shots and 15 points as the Thunder smothered the Milwaukee Bucks offence in a 92-79 victory Saturday night. Adidas NMD R2 Sale . The showiest items on Calgarys lot were forwards Mike Cammalleri and Lee Stempniak. 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SPREAD -- Cincinnati 2-5-1, New York 3-3-2SERIES RECORD -- Bengals lead 6-3LAST MEETING -- Bengals beat Giants 31-13, Nov. 11, 2012LAST WEEK -- Bengals had bye, tied Washington 27-27 on Oct. 20; Giants beat Eagles 28-23AP PRO32 RANKING -- Bengals No. 18, Giants No. 8BENGALS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (6), RUSH (7), PASS (4)BENGALS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (25), RUSH (23), PASS (21)GIANTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (22), RUSH (32), PASS (6)GIANTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (23), RUSH (9), PASS (25)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Bengals play second game at MetLife Stadium this season, beat Jets in opener. ... QB Andy Dalton has 100-plus rating and no interceptions in four of last five games. ... RB Jeremy Hill has combined 244 yards rushing and two touchdowns in last two matches. ... RB Giovani Bernard has rushing TD in two straight outings. ... WR A.J. Green leads NFL with 59 receptions, ranks No. 2 with 896 yards receiving. He has 17 catches for 290 yards and touchdown in past two. ... 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More: Dalton had four TD passes and no interceptions in only game against Giants.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and -http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '