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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 2161017, member: 716"]
I'd ordinarily say this is an overrated skill, but Scoop was the one player on some gun-shy teams who was willing to take (and usually make) a shot when no one else would step up. He got dumped on, unfairly in my opinion, for everything from his alley-oops to that shot selection. But I can think of a number of times -- that ridiculous Pitt game (was that 17-0 in the wrong direction?), UConn in the Big East, the start of the Butler game, Villanova when we fell behind early -- when our offense was tentative and he started a run or clawed back a deficit with his shooting.

Also, it's funny to me that in his "bad" year, he put up this line as our starting point guard: 
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He had a good season, everything we could expect from someone in his position. He had two talented perimeter guys who were expected to be 16-18/game scorers but didn't; inconsistent play from Waiters, who earned a spot on the bench; musical chairs at center; and a senior big man who could only use one hand. Scoop did strong work, but the surrounding talent wasn't there yet. In hindsight, we'd kill to have that line from our point guard every year since.
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