Katz lists UVA as his top shooting team this year
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"Top Shooting Teams" is so vague. My response is that his list is wrong because these teams will not, in fact, be the top shooting teams. High generalities discussions are the best.
13. Kentucky: The Wildcats have championship talent and the shooting will continue to be a plus as the season progresses. Tyler Herro was a hot-shot shooter in high school, Jemarl Baker Jr., Quade Green, Immanuel Quickely will all be counted on to make 3s. Quickely won the McDonald’s All-American game 3-point shooting contest. And the sleeper, yes the sleeper shooter, may be the most talented of the newcomers in Keldon Johnson. The Wildcats made 26 3s in a trip to the Bahamas. Eliminate one bad game (2 of 20) and the Wildcats were at 50 percent.
Always nice to see UK on there, as we are usually pretty weak as far as shooters go. We are going to be pretty lethal overall on offense.
Kentucky will not be a top 50 shooting team this season by any reliable metrics. This appears to be an entirely subjective exercise in clickbait.
One of these teams will start a guy who shot a blistering
48/33/42% last season..
So.... eh, meh.
It's my prediction based on the fact that the returning players are not good shooters, young players (particularly freshmen) struggle to shoot, and most of the incoming guys aren't known for being shooters sans Herro (and maybe Hagans).
I will confirm, however, that I am not from the future (which is exactly what someone from the future would want you to think).
MSU returns 2 40% shooters, and one just under:
Cassius Winston - 49.7% (on 4.3 attempts per game)
Josh Langford - 40.4% (on 3.1 attempts per game)
Matt McQuaid - 39.1% (on 3.8 attempts per game)
Also bring in a phenomenal shooter in Foster Loyer, but he's small and we'll see how many minutes he gets. Gabe Brown another shooter freshman, but again - we'll see how much PT he gets.
Cassius Winston - 49.7% (on 4.3 attempts per game)
Josh Langford - 40.4% (on 3.1 attempts per game)
Matt McQuaid - 39.1% (on 3.8 attempts per game)
Also bring in a phenomenal shooter in Foster Loyer, but he's small and we'll see how many minutes he gets. Gabe Brown another shooter freshman, but again - we'll see how much PT he gets.
New Mexico should have one of the better perimeter shooting teams in the country... top 4 returning scorers from last year (I'm including the transfer stats):
Mathis, 12.7 ppg (47.3% 3-pt)
Lyle, 11.4 ppg @ Ohio State (40.7% 3-pt)
Maluach, 9.6 ppg (46.0% 3-pt)
Jackson, 8.1 ppg @ UConn (39.7% 3-pt)
Mathis, 12.7 ppg (47.3% 3-pt)
Lyle, 11.4 ppg @ Ohio State (40.7% 3-pt)
Maluach, 9.6 ppg (46.0% 3-pt)
Jackson, 8.1 ppg @ UConn (39.7% 3-pt)
Gators legit have like 6-7 guys on roster (3 starters) that can shoot well over 40% from 3 but nowhere on this list.
Who?
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/florida/2018.html
There are only 3 on this list, and only one is well over 40%
You didn't learn anything from the Bahamas trip lol. Richards was sharp facing the basket, Washington has improved. Both he and Travis hit 3's. Greene and Quickly hitting 3's and jumpers. Hagans may be the worst shooter of the bunch. Herro is definitely a sharp shooter. And EJ can face up and drop them down. We're a way better shooting team than last year. they had 1 bad shooting night, but tore it up in the other games...
....troll/poser alarm going off...
Either didn't watch any of the games in the Bahamas or simply doesn't know that Hagans is not or was ever known as a shooter....
I just don't put much stock in a 6 game preseason trip as a reliable predictor of how a season will go. It's a better predictor than, say, NBA summer league, but not by much. It's been a long time since UK had a good shooting team, which to me (and most analysts) consists of high volume and high percentage (and from a variety of players). It's been one of the few gripes I've had with Cal in that he's historically prioritized athleticism (read: defense) over shooting. I believe he changed his mindset this offseason, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it works going forward, but I'll retain my skepticism about young teams shooting well for now.
OR MAYBE I'M JUST A TROLL OR A "POSER" LOLZORS! (high school truly is the best years of your life)
Edit: I would love to be wrong, I just don't think I am.
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that's last year's roster. we got Hudson, Allen, Stone, Okauru, Locke and whoever else I can't think of that can shoot over 40% 3's. you wait homie, Nembhard will be slinging the rock all over the floor to these spaced out shooters lighting it up from 3.
Me too. They will get a lot of points within 5 feet of the bucket, which makes it tough to determine what he means by top shooting teams. I assume he means jump shooters, in which case I can't see Duke being in the top 20 (just one example). Barrett, Reddish, and Williamson will all be playing 30+ MPG and that's certainly not a recipe for high efficiency jump shooting. Not saying any of those guys are horrible shooters, but they are all far from being sharpshooters. Jones should be pretty consistent. O'Connell can shoot it too, but how much PT is he really going to get with Barrett and Reddish on the roster?
Kansas isn't on the list because only Vick (a good shooter) and Dok (who dunks everything) are the only known college entities on the the team. But once the season starts and we are no longer a four guard team KU will be able to score from any position in a dominate fashion. But it's fun talking about this stuff since we are just one month away.
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