Sophomore G Curran Scott
Two years ago, Curran Scott scheduled an appearance on okpreps.tv to announce his final decision between Fresno State and Tulsa. Every indication was that TU was the pick. Instead, he juked us all and committed to Mark Price without even visiting Charlotte.
At the time, message board scouts were split on Scott. He had clearly shown the ability to score at an elite level in high school, breaking the single-season record for points at Edmond Memorial, but his game was built around beating defenders off the dribble and drawing the and-1 with mediocre 3-pt percentages that suggested D1 defenders wouldn't respect his jump shot. And through his first 11 college games, it appeared those critics may have been correct. Scott averaged just 6 points per game on 35% from the field and failed to fill the box score in other areas. But a 20/5/3/1 outburst against the Citadel on 12/29 jumpstarted Scott's season and from there he went on a 22-game run shooting 49%/49%/84% and getting to the line 5 times per game.
There's no question that the weakness of last year's Tulsa team was guard play. While leading the team in attempts, Pat Birt shot just 31% from inside the arc and out. The team turned the ball over on 22% of their possessions (330th nationally) and got a ridiculous 14% of their shots blocked (looking at you, Jaleel). There's stiff competition for the starting 2 spot, but I think Curran Scott wins this job and provides a huge boost to the guard play this year.
2018 proj.: 21.8mpg, 10.8ppg, 1.9rpg, 1.1apg, 0.5spg, 1.4topg, 0.0bpg, 46.5% 2PT, 44.7% 3PT, 86.5% FT
Two years ago, Curran Scott scheduled an appearance on okpreps.tv to announce his final decision between Fresno State and Tulsa. Every indication was that TU was the pick. Instead, he juked us all and committed to Mark Price without even visiting Charlotte.
At the time, message board scouts were split on Scott. He had clearly shown the ability to score at an elite level in high school, breaking the single-season record for points at Edmond Memorial, but his game was built around beating defenders off the dribble and drawing the and-1 with mediocre 3-pt percentages that suggested D1 defenders wouldn't respect his jump shot. And through his first 11 college games, it appeared those critics may have been correct. Scott averaged just 6 points per game on 35% from the field and failed to fill the box score in other areas. But a 20/5/3/1 outburst against the Citadel on 12/29 jumpstarted Scott's season and from there he went on a 22-game run shooting 49%/49%/84% and getting to the line 5 times per game.
There's no question that the weakness of last year's Tulsa team was guard play. While leading the team in attempts, Pat Birt shot just 31% from inside the arc and out. The team turned the ball over on 22% of their possessions (330th nationally) and got a ridiculous 14% of their shots blocked (looking at you, Jaleel). There's stiff competition for the starting 2 spot, but I think Curran Scott wins this job and provides a huge boost to the guard play this year.
2018 proj.: 21.8mpg, 10.8ppg, 1.9rpg, 1.1apg, 0.5spg, 1.4topg, 0.0bpg, 46.5% 2PT, 44.7% 3PT, 86.5% FT
