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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 1206733, member: 214"]
Small sample size alert, yada yada yada:

There are 351 Division 1 teams, and there are [URL='http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/pdf/rankings?rptWeeks=8&statSeq=143&div=1&sportCode=MBB&academicYear=2015&rptType=PDF&doWhat=showrankings']116 guys[/URL] who are currently shooting 40% or better from three while having made at least 2.5 threes per game (indeed, there are only 141 who are shooting better than Cooney's 33%).  Last year, for the entire season, there were exactly [URL='http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/pdf/rankings?rptWeeks=49&statSeq=143&div=1&sportCode=MBB&academicYear=2014&rptType=PDF&doWhat=showrankings']35 guys [/URL]who shot 40% or better and just 73 who shot better than 34% (including Cooney).  , so the claim that "almost every team has multiple good shooters" is patently false.

The current NCAA D1 average from three is 33%.  Syracuse as a team is well below that, but our two true shooters are a combined .324 (12 for 37) and are one make away from being above average.  And through the first four games, JB has been focusing on taking the ball inside - he's not yet featuring the three point game (SU ranks 309th in 3 point attempts per total FG attempts).

If this is successful, then the inside game will give the shooters better looks and with better looks there will be more attempts and more makes.  Trust the process.
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