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Two underrated shooters - AJ Price and Albert Mouring.

Good call on AJ and I'm surprised he wasn't mentioned. Not top five, but he definitely fits in that next tier.

Similar to a bunch of players on the list, I always thought AJ's 3s would go in during 08-09.

After Dyson went down, he was the only good 3-pt shooter on that team (Stanley and Kemba didn't shoot 3s then and Austrie had hit a major funk).
 

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Fair is probably #6. I had him in my top 5 but then looked at the stats and they didn't support my memory of him. He was great in 94-95, but statistically it didn't match Gifffey's season this year (within 10 attempts, shooting % nearly 40% lower). Prior to that, he was good (sub 40% for his first two seasons, right at 40 his junior year but only 80 attempts or so), but not as good as the others on the list.

Kind of an odd slicing and dicing of statistics. Fair hit over 40% of his threes on nearly 500 attempts - if you're looking at numbers, his hold up. Not sure comparing him to Niels this year is fair, either - statistically, Niels had a year like we've really never seen before. I'm not going to look it up, but the only one who might have come close to that kind of year was Albert in 99-00.

Anywho....

Allen 233-520 = 44.8%
Gordon 246-581 = 42.3%
Mouring 177-430 = 41.2%
Fair 194-473 = 41.0%
Anderson 276-715 = 38.6%
Hamilton 237-625 = 37.9%

If anything, I underrated Ben and Albert...but #1 is really, really clear.
 
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AJ shot terribly from 3 his soph year, but imrpoved to 40% by Senior year. He's maybe fringe top-10.

I'm not going to look it up, but the only one who might have come close to that kind of year was Albert in 99-00.
86-180.478 his junior year. Defenses starting keying on him as a senior, dropped to 37%.
 

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Rashad Anderson was the best 3pt shooter in school history. If I'm down by 3 points with less than a second left, who would you rather have shooting? No one. I wouldn't even take Shabazz.

1. Rashad
2. Ray Allen
3. Shabazz
4. Ben Gordon
5. Albert Mouring/Sheffer

Mouring was a lights out shooter as well, he just didn't hit that many shots that led to a title. Same with Sheffer. Both great shooters.
 
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Rashad Anderson was the best 3pt shooter in school history. If I'm down by 3 points with less than a second left, who would you rather have shooting? No one. I wouldn't even take Shabazz.

Rashad certainly took the most and was pretty accurate, but there's no way I can pick anyone other than Ray, for his time in-school or the NBA.

He's got just as big stones...

 

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Rashad certainly took the most and was pretty accurate, but there's no way I can pick anyone other than Ray, for his time in-school or the NBA.

He's got just as big stones...


Ray was the better all-around player without a doubt. But Ray's 3pt touch wasn't as lethal at UConn as it is now. Rashad was also a pure shooter from birth, but I want him taking my game-tying 3.
 

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You're flat crazy or too young to have seen Ray.

I'll bet it's the latter, but I'm not writing off the former.

He was an assassin.
 

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You're flat crazy or too young to have seen Ray.

I'll bet it's the latter, but I'm not writing off the former.

He was an assassin.
I saw him play - still picking Rashad.
 
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Ray was the better all-around player without a doubt. But Ray's 3pt touch wasn't as lethal at UConn as it is now.

Ray was 115-247 as a junior. Nearly 47%. Shot 45% from behind the arc over his career. Rashad's best season was just over 41% with fewer attempts. Stats don't back you up. Ray was our best shooter ever, and it isn't even remotely close unless you just start making up.
 
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While we're on underrated shooters, let's mention Tony Robertson. I never would have guessed that he shot 40% over his career here.
 
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Anywho....

Allen 233-520 = 44.8%
Gordon 246-581 = 42.3%
Mouring 177-430 = 41.2%
Fair 194-473 = 41.0%
Anderson 276-715 = 38.6%
Hamilton 237-625 = 37.9%

If anything, I underrated Ben and Albert...but #1 is really, really clear.

How come Rashad Anderson is all over this thread but there's barely any mention of Rip Hamilton? Rip was less than 1% different on 3pt% and Rashad was a one trick spot up 3 pt streak shooter.
 
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How come Rashad Anderson is all over this thread but there's barely any mention of Rip Hamilton? Rip was less than 1% different on 3pt% and Rashad was a one trick spot up 3 pt streak shooter.
People don't remember percentages, they remember ridiculously clutch three-pointers to save NCAA tournament games. Rashad was good there.
 
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Rip wasn't?
I think you know what I mean. Rashad's three against Washington sticks in people's mind. That's not a knock on Hamilton, who was in every way the better player.
 
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Hamilton's three with 3:30 left against Duke sticks out in my mind just as much, but that's just me.

I think Hamilton's exclusion is based on the three being very much a supplemental portion of his overall offensive game. Anderson was a three point specialist. Also, his one bad shooting year when he was hurt in 2005 really skews his career numbers.
 
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1) Ray Allen
2) Brian Fair
3) Ben Gordon

After that, you just have a jumble - Sheffer, Rashad, Shabazz, etc.

Two underrated shooters - AJ Price and Albert Mouring.

B-Funk rated a little too high Fishy...I'd put him at 6 or 7, maybe even lower than that...
 
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Hamilton's three with 3:30 left against Duke sticks out in my mind just as much, but that's just me.

I think Hamilton's exclusion is based on the three being very much a supplemental portion of his overall offensive game. Anderson was a three point specialist. Also, his one bad shooting year when he was hurt in 2005 really skews his career numbers.
Really not trying to belittle Hamilton or his shot against Duke or anything. It was huge. But we were about to lose to Washington and Anderson's shot saved the season (for two days, anyway). In terms of three-pointers, it was one of the biggest in our NCAA history.
Add in the fact that, like you said, Rashad was known for threes while it was just one part of Rip's game, and it seems clear why Anderson is better remembered as a three-point shooter.
 
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Really not trying to belittle Hamilton or his shot against Duke or anything. It was huge. But we were about to lose to Washington and Anderson's shot saved the season (for two days, anyway). In terms of three-pointers, it was one of the biggest in our NCAA history. Add in the fact that, like you said, Rashad was known for threes while it was just one part of Rip's game, and it seems clear why Anderson is better remembered as a three-point shooter.

Also Chris Smith vs Duke, 1990. Saved our season for 30 minutes.
 

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While we're on underrated shooters, let's mention Tony Robertson. I never would have guessed that he shot 40% over his career here.

There was pretty much nothing Tony Robertson couldn't do, except put his game together consistently for 30 minutes, twice a week, for a whole season. There is no player where I wonder what might have been more than with Tony Robertson.

Fair is close though. Imagine the numbers Fair would have put up if he had ever decided to play defense and work a little harder in practice.
 
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Collegiate Ray or Rasheed; If one is taken you won't be disappointed in having to take the other.
 
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I'm 10 posts into reading this thread and no one has mentioned Rip yet? Wow...

Ray
Rip
Gordan
Rashad - he is third because he was streaky but when he was hot there was no one better.
Napier
Kemba - he was lights out in his senior year

honorable mention

Lamb
El-Amin - Fros and soph year
Sheffer

I'm hesitant to add guys who were spot up shooters and needed to be open (Mouring, Giffey and even Doron to some degree)

My top guys are ones who were clutch, made dagger 3's and who hit them with a hand in their face at all times. Those top 6 were never "open".
 
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I'm 10 posts into reading this thread and no one has mentioned Rip yet? Wow...

Ray
Rip
Gordan
Rashad - he is third because he was streaky but when he was hot there was no one better.
Napier
Kemba - he was lights out in his senior year

honorable mention

Lamb
El-Amin - Fros and soph year
Sheffer

I'm hesitant to add guys who were spot up shooters and needed to be open (Mouring, Giffey and even Doron to some degree)

My top guys are ones who were clutch, made dagger 3's and who hit them with a hand in their face at all times. Those top 6 were never "open".

Kemba was better from 3 his sophomore year.
 

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Ray was 115-247 as a junior. Nearly 47%. Shot 45% from behind the arc over his career. Rashad's best season was just over 41% with fewer attempts. Stats don't back you up. Ray was our best shooter ever, and it isn't even remotely close unless you just start making up.
Rashad also took 250 more 3's than Ray. But say what you want about figures - Rashad hit more clutch 3's than Ray. Rashad held us in the game vs. Duke in 2004; that's the series of shots that stick out, not the Washington game.
 
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Rashad also took 250 more 3's than Ray. But say what you want about figures - Rashad hit more clutch 3's than Ray. Rashad held us in the game vs. Duke in 2004; that's the series of shots that stick out, not the Washington game.

Ray was 49-5 in his Big East career. I'm not sure that gets enough respect on this board in general. That's insane. Don't ask him what second place feels like - he and Doron never knew.

Truth is, though, that Ray wasn't in that many down to the wire games, other than Florida as a freshman reserve and the Georgetown final when his clutch shot was a little but of luck more than anything. Most of those 49 wins involved putting teams away before the final minute or two - and our losses were often bad ones (Villanova, Kansas, Gtown). In our NCAA run, we beat Maryland and Cincy by 10 before falling to UCLA despite his 36 keeping us in striking distance (Cincy made it 5 at the end, but it wasn't that close).

There's always the Mississippi State game to hold against him, which is a fair point I guess, even though he was the only reason we weren't blown out by halftime. He did miss a contested three down by five with 20 seconds left and us holding on to a sliver of hope.

However, when it comes down to it in my opinion, going against Ray when it comes to three-pointers is like going against Shakespeare when picking a Renaissance playwright or going against Patoni when picking a ceiling tile artisan. Usually you start by saying "other than Shakespeare, who ya got?"
 

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Ray was 49-5 in his Big East career. I'm not sure that gets enough respect on this board in general. That's insane. Don't ask him what second place feels like - he and Doron never knew.

Truth is, though, that Ray wasn't in that many down to the wire games, other than Florida as a freshman reserve and the Georgetown final when his clutch shot was a little but of luck more than anything. Most of those 49 wins involved putting teams away before the final minute or two - and our losses were often bad ones (Villanova, Kansas, Gtown). In our NCAA run, we beat Maryland and Cincy by 10 before falling to UCLA despite his 36 keeping us in striking distance (Cincy made it 5 at the end, but it wasn't that close).

There's always the Mississippi State game to hold against him, which is a fair point I guess, even though he was the only reason we weren't blown out by halftime. He did miss a contested three down by five with 20 seconds left and us holding on to a sliver of hope.

However, when it comes down to it in my opinion, going against Ray when it comes to three-pointers is like going against Shakespeare when picking a Renaissance playwright or going against Patoni when picking a ceiling tile artisan. Usually you start by saying "other than Shakespeare, who ya got?"
You make a good point and I see how Ray can be the favorite pick now - looking back at his 3-pt career in the NBA and in college. But I feel as if every big 3 we needed between 2002-2006 Rashad hit it.
 
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