Best 3 Point Shooters

[JonnyRI]

Haven't seen this posted before (new to the site). Thoughts on the all time UConn 3 point shooters? My list:

1) Rashad Anderson (when he was hot, could shoot from anywhere on the floor and was just money)
2) Brian Fair (ridiculous range)
3) Ray Allen
4) Niels Giffey (only one year really, but was incredible)
5) Madison Square Gordon

Runners Up:
Napier
Doron

No way I could include:
Lamb - far too many 1-11 from 3 games

 

[Scoe]

I'm sorry but no way Niels is a better 3 point shooter then Gordon, Doron, Shabazz, or Lamb.

 

[Danzz]

I'm sorry but no way Niels is a better 3 point shooter then Gordon, Doron, Shabazz, or Lamb.

Giffey may have been better when wide open but definitely not with any pressure. I love Rashad but Wes B. would be #1 on my list and Leotis Wilson would be on the list somewhere.

 

[UChusky916]

Shabazz hit WAY more tough, contested, or clutch 3's than Niels did. I love Niels as much as anyone, and he was deadly when left open from 3, but he was purely a spot-up shooter and could not create his shot if needed, and only hit at a high % one year.

Shabazz should be 5th with maybe Gordon 4th. I would put Lamb ahead of Niels as well.

 

[Strummer]

Giffey may have been better when wide open but definitely not with any pressure.

No disrespect to NG - one of favorite UConn players of all time - but it's completely unfair to compare his 3PT% to anybody else, because he literally only took 3s when he was wide open or when the shot clock was expiring.

Look at it this way. What if Gordon, Sheffer, and the rest only shot 3s when they were as wide open as Giffey? We've had 10 guys who could lead the nation in 3PT% if they only shot it when wide open.

I think Niels could have been a great 3 pt shooter, on a different UConn team. We did not need him to shoot contested 3s, and so, being the consummate glue guy, he did not, and to our great advantage.

That written, I also believe that Niels was really coming into his own down the stretch. If you look at the huge 3 he hit against St. Joes late and the 2 he hit against Kentucky late, and particularly the one from dead center off the bounce pass from Shabazz, it's clear to me that his catch and shoot was getting quicker, better, and more confident. When he shot that one against Kentucky to pad our lead, I thought, "that's a little quicker and more contested than usual for him." Then "splash," and, "damn, I think we're going to win this game."

 

[Horatio]

Rashad
Ray
Shabazz
Ben

Scott Haralson

 

[Migs]

Yes, B Fair at the Carrier Dome was ridiculous.

I'm hopefull Omar can join that list when he gets his confidence back.

 

[bmayuc]

ok lets stop the insanity here.

Any list that does not start with Ray Allen is invalid.

1. Ray Allen - Greatest 3pt shooter in the history of basketball, shot 46% at VOLUME at UConn.
2. Rashad Anderson - Onions(Duke, Alabama,Washington, nuff said)
3. Shabazz - His efficiency is good(~40% his final year), but it is the degree of difficulty/significance of his shots that carries him. Never took an open three, all were contested and/or off the dribble. Amazing he shot ~ 40% with all the tough daggers he took in hero-ball situations.
4. BG - Same as shabazz but down a level. He is the player that I had the most confidence in shooting. As in, when he took an open three, it was IN. Every time.
5. Albert Mouring - Sweetest stroke this side of Ray. Was just textbook, with the efficiency to match. Forgotten a bit because the majority of his career was in that in-between the 98-99 core and the 03-04 core.

 

[UConNation]

ok lets stop the insanity here.

Any list that does not start with Ray Allen is invalid.

1. Ray Allen - Greatest 3pt shooter in the history of basketball, shot 46% at VOLUME at UConn.
2. Rashad Anderson - Onions(Duke, Alabama,Washington, nuff said)
3. Shabazz - His efficiency is good(~40% his final year), but it is the degree of difficulty/significance of his shots that carries him. Never took an open three, all were contested and/or off the dribble. Amazing he shot ~ 40% with all the tough daggers he took in hero-ball situations.
4. BG - Same as shabazz but down a level. He is the player that I had the most confidence in shooting. As in, when he took an open three, it was IN. Every time.
5. Albert Mouring - Sweetest stroke this side of Ray. Was just textbook, with the efficiency to match. Forgotten a bit because the majority of his career was in that in-between the 98-99 core and the 03-04 core.

That's a list I can agree with. Well done.

 

[KennyD]

Giffey may have been better when wide open but definitely not with any pressure. I love Rashad but Wes B. would be #1 on my list and Leotis Wilson would be on the list somewhere.

As a Weaver Beaver myself, Lee Otis certainly holds the record for having the highest arc on his shot - 1/2 way to the rafters in the old fieldhouse

 

[ktuck911]

ok lets stop the insanity here.

Any list that does not start with Ray Allen is invalid.

1. Ray Allen - Greatest 3pt shooter in the history of basketball, shot 46% at VOLUME at UConn.
2. Rashad Anderson - Onions(Duke, Alabama,Washington, nuff said)
3. Shabazz - His efficiency is good(~40% his final year), but it is the degree of difficulty/significance of his shots that carries him. Never took an open three, all were contested and/or off the dribble. Amazing he shot ~ 40% with all the tough daggers he took in hero-ball situations.
4. BG - Same as shabazz but down a level. He is the player that I had the most confidence in shooting. As in, when he took an open three, it was IN. Every time.
5. Albert Mouring - Sweetest stroke this side of Ray. Was just textbook, with the efficiency to match. Forgotten a bit because the majority of his career was in that in-between the 98-99 core and the 03-04 core.

Love your list bro, but BG was up there with Ray IMO... He killed it in the '03-'04 Natl Championship #2 run... I'd put him a shade under Rashad Anderson... The reason I'd bump 'Bazz down a slot was because he ran the team FIRST... he wasn't a true shooting guard; HOWEVER, IMO, he had the biggest onions out of the bunch, from the perimeter... He made the BIGGEST 3 pt shots out of the bunch. He had that Khalid El Amin in him.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Haven't seen this posted before (new to the site).
1) Rashad Anderson (when he was hot, could shoot from anywhere on the floor and was just money)
2) Brian Fair (ridiculous range)
3) Ray Allen
4) Niels Giffey (only one year really, but was incredible)
5) Madison Square Gordon

No way I could include:
Lamb - far too many 1-11 from 3 games

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Did Jeremy Lamb ever once take 11 three pointers in a single game??

Ben Gordon needs to be on this list, at worst third.

 

[Danzz]

As a Weaver Beaver myself, Lee Otis certainly holds the record for having the highest arc on his shot - 1/2 way to the rafters in the old fieldhouse

I'm a Weaver grad also. I think I may know who you are and if I'm right I was between you and your brother.

 

[tcf15]

Did Jeremy Lamb ever once take 11 three pointers in a single game??

Once, and he was 2-11 lol

 

[intlzncster]

Once, and he was 2-11 lol

Unacceptable.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Haven't seen this posted before (new to the site). Thoughts on the all time UConn 3 point shooters? My list:

1) Rashad Anderson (when he was hot, could shoot from anywhere on the floor and was just money)
2) Brian Fair (ridiculous range)
3) Ray Allen
4) Niels Giffey (only one year really, but was incredible)
5) Madison Square Gordon

Runners Up:
Napier
Doron

No way I could include:
Lamb - far too many 1-11 from 3 games

Nice thread, but I am guessing you didn't see BG play very often. I loved Niels since the first time I saw him play, but he doesn't crack the top 8 in my opinion. As mentioned in other posts, he was shooting spot-up 3s. The other guys (for the most part) were primary scorers. The defensive pressure they faced towers over what NG dealt with. I wouldn't put NG ahead of Bazz last season.

 

[Waquoit]

Giffey may have been better when wide open but definitely not with any pressure. I love Rashad but Wes B. would be #1 on my list and Leotis Wilson would be on the list somewhere.

Gif's 3 against KY trumps every shot Wes and Lee Otis made put together.

 

[intlzncster]

Gif's 3 against KY trumps every shot Wes and Lee Otis made put together.

Maybe*, but that's one shot. A great three point shooter should be evaluated over a season or a career. Also, percentages will dip if you are the teams 1st/2nd option, as has been noted elsewhere.

*I haven't seen those other two play

 

[Gurleyman]

Gif's 3 against KY trumps every shot Wes and Lee Otis made put together.

Almost feel like Napier's was bigger to put us up 4, but that's open to debate. Ky immediately cut it to 2 and Giff hit the next one to make it 5.

Isolating specific threes on title runs - Rip vs Duke, Rashad vs Duke, Lamb vs SDSU would be the other biggies. Boat had a big one against St Joe's too (maybe cutting it from 6 to 3 with four minutes left), but early in the tourney.

A case could be made that DD breaking the ice down 16-4 was a huge one. Felt like we were on the ropes and sinking fast.

 

[James]

NG was the most efficient shooter in the country his senior year. (and before that auror stats geek pops up, he was up there). but best shooters to don a uconn jersey? JR/SR bazz, Shad, Ray allen

 

[Tampahusky]

Rashad #1. He was always ready to shoot his knuckle ball once he stepped on the gym floor.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Ray is #1, and I don't understand how this is a question. Rashad took some big threes, but his success rate is a lot lower than Ray's. I'd have Ray, Gordon, and maybe Chris Smith over Rashad. How has no one said Chris Smith yet?

Wes was the man, but he's not on the list because there was no such thing as a three-pointer then. It's a cute argument to have, but ultimately, there's no real merit to it.

 

[cohenzone]

Giffey may have been better when wide open but definitely not with any pressure. I love Rashad but Wes B. would be #1 on my list and Leotis Wilson would be on the list somewhere.

In fairness, Wes had no 3 point line in college, and Wes was my classmate and I loved to watch him. , FWIW, Leotis went to my high school (maybe yours, too,) but much after me. If we really want to include great long shooters from before the 3 point line, there was a guy who graduated a year before Wes entered UConn named Dale Comey. He might well be the most consistent, very long range shooter who ever played at UConn. He was a 6th man, less than 5'9", brought in as a long range specialist when deep shooting wasn't the norm. In the NCAAs his senior year, UConn was losing handily to favored WVU when Comey came in and pretty much single handedly got the Huskies back in it, although they wound up losing by 1 0r 2. Al Weston was also a pretty fair deep threat. Hard to argue, though with the guys most have named.

 

[joober jones]

The sample size is obviously too small, but you can't leave Donnell Beverly out of the discussion. The few times where he did put up threes, he sunk a pretty decent amount of them.

 

[Kitaman]

Taliek wins 'big shot' long distance award. Sorry guys but love me some Taliek.