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Message: [QUOTE="reedny, post: 300678, member: 1423"] The other angle to this issue can be found in the stats for the BET, at which Brandon hit a whopping 14% from outside. As you know from other threads, I'm a BT fan, and his 35% from 3 is respectable (I think he was about 34% in conference). That said, and understanding the BET was only 2 games, it's fair to say there were periods when his 3pt shot was off. If GMac's right about Cooney, he may not have too many bad nights, where he misses all or most of his 3's. It all depends on how he reacts to shooting against BE level talent in game situations. [url]http://www.suathletics.com/documents/2012/3/26/MBBStatsCombined.pdf[/url] Next year, I agree that Brandon comes in as the ONLY proven guard. No doubt he'll get a ton of PT. In fact, with 80 minutes to divide up among 3 guards, BT (who plays 2 spots -- [B]SG, and PG[/B] when TC comes in) will probably play 33 - 35 on average (less pre-conference). If he plays 35 minutes in a conference game, that leaves 45 minutes for MCW and TC to divide. My guess is that MCW will play at least 25-27, leaving ([U]roughly[/U]) 18-20 minutes available for TC to earn, with JS waiting in the wings if he can't produce. No doubt these are rough calculations on the minutes, and adjustments are going to be made game to game. The point is, TC is going to have a golden opportunity to show us if he's capable -- under game pressure -- of shooting 35% or better from 3 in his (rs) freshman year. Will the year of practice get him past BT, or GMac (.357 his freshman year -- with no RS) [url]http://www.suathletics.com/sports/2003/11/30/200203mbbstats.aspx[/url] or Flynn (.348% with no rs) [url]http://www.suathletics.com/sports/2007/11/13/2007-08stats.aspx[/url] [/QUOTE]

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