Some players are suited for a role as a shooting guard, or at least predisposed to shoot a lot from outside, if not suited to do so.
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A quick glance at those with the highest percentage of their field goal tries from beyond the arc in 2012 reveals a roster well-suited to the second guard's slot.
Well, nearly.
Among the top seven at letting fly frequently from the bonusphere one name stands out as ill-fitting.
There's no question Duke's Tyler Thornton is a point guard. No one would mistake the 6-1 junior for anything else. Yet only BC's Lonnie Jackson and N.C. State's Scott Wood were more reliant on 3-pointers last year than Thornton, who did make a respectable 35.1 percent from long range.
Thornton's two key late threes sank Kansas in last November's Maui Invitational, so his outside shot may represent a vital, if under-recognized, weapon.
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Pct. 3 | Player, School | 3FGA-FGA |
.765 | Lonnie Jackson, BC | 143-187 |
.748 | Scott Wood, NCS | 232-310 |
.746 | Tyler Thornton, D | 77-103 |
.743 | Andre Dawkins, D | 171-230 |
.727 | Terry Whisnant, FS | 40-55 |
.721 | Paul Jesperson, V | 31-43 |
.702 | P.J. Hairston, NC | 139-198 |