2019 Player Discussion Thread: Zeke Moore

[ctt8410]

Sophomore G Zeke Moore

Last year, Tulsa ranked 178th nationally in 3-point shooting. It was the highest finish in 6 years.

College basketball has increasingly become a 3-point shooters' game with a record 38% of all shots coming from deep last year. More than ever before, you need shooters to win. And that's one thing Zeke Moore can definitely do. Rumor has it, when Moore showed up to visit campus in 2017 and the coaching staff ran him through their normal workout, he broke the record in every shooting drill they had.

With the graduation of 126 made threes from last year's team, there's an immediate role available for a shooter. The rest of his game? Well, it's a work in progress. And he'll join the monster sophomore class with 3 years to round out it out. But, for now, he can shoot. And you need shooters to win.

2017 stats: 20.8mpg, 5.3ppg, 2.0rpg, 0.9apg, 0.6spg, 0.2bpg, 0.9topg, 34.5% 2PT, 39.1% 3PT, 76.7% FT
2019 proj.: 21.1mpg, 7.1ppg, 2.4rpg, 1.3apg, 0.9spg, 0.3bpg, 1.1topg, 40.4% 2PT, 42.8% 3PT, 84.1% FT

 

[Chris Harmon]

 

[ctt8410]

There's been lots of comparisons to Corey Henderson, but Moore chipped in 3 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 assist in 13 minutes last night. That's something that Henderson never did in 90 career college games.

It's really weird that he made the play below, immediately subbed out, and then sat on the bench for the final 17 minutes.

 

[URedskin54]

Yeah I guess I've never understood the Henderson comparisons. I don't mean this as a slight to Corey, but this guy seems quite a bit more athletic.

 

[cmullinsTU]

"He's a combo guard that previously played D1 at a nearby college, is a really good 3 point shooter, 6'7, long, and can defend too!" -- People that don't compare Zeke to Henderson

What everyone else hears: "He's a combo guard that previously played D1 at a nearby college, is a really good 3 point shooter"... OMG he's exactly the same as Corey Henderson!!!1111