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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 4679451, member: 722"]
As a team, we shot only 17.1 threes a game last year, far and away last in the ACC. In comparison, Pitt shot 25.1 to have the most attempts in the league.

Girard shot only 7.2 threes a game because he couldn't get open.  The same guys locking Girard down can't get high enough to contest Williams.  8 might be a stretch, I agree, but for a couple things:

Last season, Syracuse was 142nd in possessions per game, with 70.8.  The leaders in pace were over 77.  That's almost 10% more shots to go around. Top 30 in pace would have been 74 possessions. The faster pace Red plans will give help give Williams more attempts.

Our starting lineup might have only one guy dedicated to shooting. Williams will be the beneficiary of three excellent penetrating guards who also pass well.  This means more open threes.  The team will look to get him the ball in catch and shoot situations if he can hit them at an elite rate.

One last thing, Williams took a lot of long two pointers last year... I'm hoping he takes a step back and shoots from three a little more often next season.

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