Big Ten 3 point % leaders

[TC4THREE]

3-POINT FG PCT. GP FG FGA PCT.
1. Brady Ellingson, Iowa 24 27 48 56.3
2. Caleb Swanigan, Purdue 24 27 54 50.0
3. Dakota Mathias, Purdue 24 53 107 49.5
4. D'Mitrik Trice, Wisconsin 23 23 49 46.9
5. Justin JACKSON, Maryland 22 31 67 46.3
6. Joshua Langford, Michigan State 23 24 52 46.2
7. Nathan Taphorn, Northwestern 22 23 51 45.1
8. Vincent Edwards, Purdue 24 34 76 44.7
Ryan Cline, Purdue 20 34 76 44.7
10. James Blackmon Jr., Indiana 20 63 145 43.4
11. P.J. Thompson, Purdue 24 41 96 42.7

We have 2 of the top 3. 4 of the top 9. 5 of the top 11. Really fun to watch this offense when you know that 6 of the 8 players in our rotation knock down open outside jumpers with regularity. I'm including Carsen even though his percentage isn't that great because I think he shoots a good percentage on his open jumpers. It's the forced ones that bring his percentage down.

I know many people here are upset that we have so many 'one dimensional' players who shoot better than they do anything else. Well, that's a pretty damn important skill to have and I think it makes this team pretty damn fun to watch and always about a good minute away from a 9-0 run. Give me this any day over Ronnie Johnson floaters in the lane. Obviously if you can get a 6'4" point guard that can shoot 45% from deep and still slash and defend at a high level that's great but if we're choosing between limitations I'd much rather start with a guy that can shoot and go from there.

 

[rgarlitz]

Ya, Purdue is doing a MUCH better job of making teams pay for packing their defense into the lane to deny the post than was the case last year.

All the more reason why the strategy at the end of the Nebraska game was so puzzling.

Oh, well, I said back before this 5-game swing began that I would be thrilled if Purdue went 4-1. Win in Bloomington on Thursday, and I'll never say another word about Nebraska. Guaranteed. FWIW.

 

[FirstDownB]

And these guys have each improved their 3pt% year after year in the program. Selling point!!!

 

[delish1]

Ya, Purdue is doing a MUCH better job of making teams pay for packing their defense into the lane to deny the post than was the case last year.

All the more reason why the strategy at the end of the Nebraska game was so puzzling.

Oh, well, I said back before this 5-game swing began that I would be thrilled if Purdue went 4-1. Win in Bloomington on Thursday, and I'll never say another word about Nebraska. Guaranteed. FWIW.

I made a similar statement but included the psu game. I said they need 4 and I'd be thrilled to dangerous levels if they won 5. Beat iu and the 5 isn't what I expected but it would be a good stretch.

Plus since then almost everyone has lost games. This team is one we need to enjoy

 

[BoilerDaddy]

3-POINT FG PCT. GP FG FGA PCT.
1. Brady Ellingson, Iowa 24 27 48 56.3
2. Caleb Swanigan, Purdue 24 27 54 50.0
3. Dakota Mathias, Purdue 24 53 107 49.5
4. D'Mitrik Trice, Wisconsin 23 23 49 46.9
5. Justin JACKSON, Maryland 22 31 67 46.3
6. Joshua Langford, Michigan State 23 24 52 46.2
7. Nathan Taphorn, Northwestern 22 23 51 45.1
8. Vincent Edwards, Purdue 24 34 76 44.7
Ryan Cline, Purdue 20 34 76 44.7
10. James Blackmon Jr., Indiana 20 63 145 43.4
11. P.J. Thompson, Purdue 24 41 96 42.7

We have 2 of the top 3. 4 of the top 9. 5 of the top 11. Really fun to watch this offense when you know that 6 of the 8 players in our rotation knock down open outside jumpers with regularity. I'm including Carsen even though his percentage isn't that great because I think he shoots a good percentage on his open jumpers. It's the forced ones that bring his percentage down.

I know many people here are upset that we have so many 'one dimensional' players who shoot better than they do anything else. Well, that's a pretty damn important skill to have and I think it makes this team pretty damn fun to watch and always about a good minute away from a 9-0 run. Give me this any day over Ronnie Johnson floaters in the lane. Obviously if you can get a 6'4" point guard that can shoot 45% from deep and still slash and defend at a high level that's great but if we're choosing between limitations I'd much rather start with a guy that can shoot and go from there.

Purdue as a team has shot at least 39.3% from 3 for 8 consecutive games. Considering that there are only 24 out of 351 NCAA Div. 1 teams that are shooting 39.3% from 3 on average thus far on the season, doing it 8 Big Ten games in a row is pretty remarkable.

 

[BoilerinLouisville]

This is an area I will credit to Painter on, and his recent recruiting over the past couple of years. He looks to take a shooter in every class, and the others are typically good shooters that have gotten better through hard work. Sasha will continue this as he arrives next year.