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I believe Jason Duty shot around 40% from 3 in one of his years. Not too shabby! Somehow I blocked T.J. out as a candidate for sharp-shooter recognition. Before he had that wrist injury that derailed his career, Melquan Bolding. I'll never forget that game he had against Dayton in the 2009 A10 tourney, 7-for-10 from 3-point land. Statistically, tied with Damian Saunders as the fourth-best 3-point shooter on that team, behind Duty, Jackson and Clark, but when he was on, he was unstoppable. Dennis: Team and individual stats and, at least for more recent years, game logs for individual players, are all available on the College Basketball Reference site. I'm afraid downloading the data to manipulate and analyze it in Excel or a data analysis tool is a bit beyond my capabilities though there may be some folks on this board who can do that. phil95, here's the Duquesne Basketball official record book. Here are all the Dukes that made at least 36% of their 3-pointers with at least 3 attempts per game and played in a majority of their team's games, Phil... DennisC91, thanks. You can see why the 2008-09 team was so close to breaking the tourney drought - 3 shooters over 39.8% from 3 in Jason Duty, Aaron Jackson and Bill Clark.
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Came out of the blue when the team had the shootings on campus. Went from a walk on to eventually on scholarship as I recall.
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T. J.'s Duquesne 3pt shooting numbers are the high water mark for his post-high school career. He didn't take a ton of 3's as a Duke but, he made nearly 42% of those he shot. Strangely, his accuracy fell off quite a bit at Arizona & he has been a below-average 3pt shooting PG in the NBA. For his first few NBA seasons, I was always on the lookout for him to become a consistent 36-38% shooter from deep. It seems like that it is too late for that to happen now.
I loved the concept of Jason Duty. He was inspiring. He played very hard, made more than the most of his physical skills, he was a good foul shooter for teams that really struggled at the line, he played smart, & had a winning attitude but, I just can't consider him a sniper of the first order.
Opponents didn't fear his shooting as much as they loved the idea of having an undersized, athletically challenged walk-on play 20+ minutes a game. In his best season, he was only good for 7.5 points per game in 25 minutes. Due to his size, he was easy to closeout on so defenses rarely got stretched out by the threat of his going off for 5-6 bombs in a game.
However, I bet he would be an even more amazing find as a walk-on now than he was then because almost any coach would be much more open to/encouraging of his being a higher volume shooter from further behind the line. (Thanks Steph)
I would welcome him with open arms to this year's team but not even COVID could find him another year of eligibility.
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Dukes who broke 40% from beyond the arc while averaging at least two attempts per game and playing in the majority of their team's games:
Micah Mason, 2013-14, .560
Jack Higgins, 2003-04, .456
Micah Mason, 2014-15, .447
Courtney Wallace, 2000-01, .441
Reggie Jackson, 2007-08, .438
TJ McConnell, 2011-12, .432
Jimmy Tricco, 2002-03, .429
Derrick Colter, 2014-15, .426
Tony Petrarca, 1986-87, .426
Tom Pipkins, 1996-97, .425
Micah Mason, 2015-16, .423
Kevin Forney, 2002-03, .416
Jason Duty, 2008-09, .414
Nick Bosnic, 1995-96, .406
Aaron Jackson, 2007-08, .405
TJ McConnell, 2010-11, .402
Nick Bosnic, 1997-98, .401
Tony Petrarca, 1989-90, .400
Robert Mitchell, 2006-07, .400
Brian Anselmino, 1989-90 .400
Best-ever Dukes team 3-pt percentage: 1989-90: .375
Worst-ever Dukes team 3-pt percentage: 2009-10: .261
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How do you find this info? Can you sort it as you please?
For instance, are you able to find out which players averaged 36% or better on 3 or more attempts per game for multiple years?
Thanks for that list. I had a blast looking up those guys' career stats. So many good discussion topics are lying dormant in that list of players. Who should have stayed longer, who should have had more of a green light, who had one, great, outlier year, why are there no players on there from the Dambrot era, how were there only 4 players from 1986-2000 that qualified, etc....?
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Keep in mind that the 3-point line didn't exist for college basketball until the 1986-87 season. It was still pretty much a novelty in those early years and long-distance shooting wasn't fully a part of team's strategies and game plans as it is today. In that sense I guess you could say Tony Petrarca was a pioneer of sorts. The 1989-90 team still holds the school record for team 3-point percentage but averaged less than 15 attempts per game, fairly low by today's standards. This year's Dukes team averages more than 21 3-point attempts per game. Defenses have naturally evolved to become more adept at stopping the 3 as well, Jim Ferry notwithstanding.
I think you said yourself the other day, Phil, that Dambrot hasn't had good shooting teams. His first team was his best, at .350, with Mike Lewis and Eric Williams accounting for most of that, though the individual best 3-point percentage under Keith was Lamar Norman's .377 in 2018-19. Thanks to Mason and Colter, Jim Ferry had some pretty good 3-point shooting teams, they just couldn't defend the 3.
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Micah Mason, 2013-14, .560
Jack Higgins, 2003-04, .456
Micah Mason, 2014-15, .447
Courtney Wallace, 2000-01, .441
Jimmy Tricco, 2002-03, .429
Tony Petrarca, 1986-87, .426
Derrick Colter, 2014-15, .426
Tom Pipkins, 1996-97, .425
Micah Mason, 2015-16, .423
Jason Duty, 2008-09, .414
Nick Bosnic, 1995-96, .406
Aaron Jackson, 2008-09, .405
TJ McConnell, 2010-11, .402
Nick Bosnic, 1997-98, .401
Tony Petrarca, 1989-90, .400
Robert Mitchell, 2006-07, .400
Bill Clark, 2008-09, .398
James Hargrove, 1991-92, .397
Emile Blackman, 2016-17, .394
Tony Petrarca, 1990-91, .394
Ganon Baker, 1991-92, .393
Mike Talley, 2010-11, .389
Collins Dobbs, 1988-89 , .387
Kenya Hunter, 1995-96, .383
Tom Pipkins, 1995-96, .382
Quevyn Winters, 2012-13, .379
Bill Clark, 2010-11, .379
Wayne Smith, 2001-02, .375
Bryant McAllister, 2005-06, .374
Eric Williams, 2018-19, .371
Jimmy Tricco, 2003-04, .369
Sean Johnson, 2011-12, .368
Mike Lewis, 2017-18, .368
Chauncey Duke, 2005-06, .365
Effrem Whitehead, 1990-91, .365
Eric Williams, 2017-18, .364
Kenya Hunter, 1992-93, .364
Wayne Smith, 2000-01, .362
Mike Lewis, 2016-17, .360
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