Yeah there's one thing that we always think about with these past teams. Can they shoot? From the field and the free throw line, will this group be special in those areas? A lot of folks have always said that we lack this, but this year I think we just may see this at its best from more positions.
Hard to say, but shooting should be better with this group.
Ulis- 43% from 3, 81% from the FT line. That's proven shooting.
Murray- based on what we saw at the Nike Hoops Summit, he can flat light it up from anywhere on the floor.
Briscoe- won a 3 point shooting contest, looked like he has a great stroke. His game is all about getting into the paint, drawing contact for the "and 1." He has said in interviews he wants to live at the free throw line for "and 1" attempts.
Mulder- 46% from 3 in JUCO, hopefully that translates to D-1.
Poythress- shoots FT's fairly well (high 60's for his career, IIRC), has to improve his stroke from 3.
Labissiere- should be fine from the line, not sure how well he will shoot from behind the arc if he shoots it from there much at all. Has a nice shooting touch.
Lee- won't shoot 3's much (hopefully) and really needs to improve his shooting from the line or he might be on the bench a lot.
Matthews- decent shooter, but more of a slasher. Not sure about his free throws.
Willis- a capable shooter.
Hawkins- needs to continue to work on his stroke.
Overall, we should have at least two capable 3 point shooters on the floor at all times. We probably won't see Lee too much at crunch time unless he improves his stroke from the charity stripe. All the rest of the guys should have a decent stroke from the line. The biggest mystery for me is Labissiere. I haven't seen enough to know how good his shooting is. Guards usually shoot it well from the line, so I'm not worried that much about free throws from those guys.