JG10Hawk
Well-Known Member
Our eyes tell us Joe W has been pretty darn good shooting the ball during his frosh season. What some may not realize though, is just how good he actually has been. I decided to dig into an advanced stat that in my opinion is one of the better metrics on how efficient a player is shooting the ball, the "True Shooting Percentage" (TS%). This stat takes into account one's efficiency in shooting from 2, 3, and FT by computing it into one number.
To provide some context I'm going to list the top players(those that averaged at least 20 mpg) in this metric for each year Fran has been at Iowa.
True Shooting Percentage Yearly Leaders:
2010 - 2011: Melsahn Basabe (FR) - 60.6%
2011 - 2012: Matt Gatens (SR) - 61.8%
2012 - 2013: Aaron White (SO) - 57.9%
2013 - 2014: Aaron White (JR) - 65.9%
2014 - 2015: Aaron White (SR) - 63.3%
2015 - 2016: Adam Woodbury (SR) - 58.7%
2016 - 2017: Peter Jok (SR) - 58.1%
2017 - 2018: Luka Garza (FR) - 61.3%
2018 - 2019: Joe Wieskamp (FR) - 63.6%
As you can see, similar to FG%, this stat is mostly dominated with bigs because they tend to shoot it from close range a lot more often. You have SR Gatens and SR Jok that posted stellar senior campaigns and then FR Wieskamp for wing players. That's some pretty elite company as far as wings go under Fran. Then throw in that he is only a tenth of a percentage point behind the best year in the bunch, Aaron White's "junior" year.
In other words, Joe W has had the 2nd most efficient shooting year of anyone in Fran's tenure. He's behind only the junior season posted by the 2nd all time leading scorer in program history. (as of 2/11/19)
Edit: Updated 4/12/19 for Joe's FR year final TS%. He officially had the 2nd most efficient season shooting the ball of any player in the McCaffery era. (20 mpg minimum)
To provide some context I'm going to list the top players(those that averaged at least 20 mpg) in this metric for each year Fran has been at Iowa.
True Shooting Percentage Yearly Leaders:
2010 - 2011: Melsahn Basabe (FR) - 60.6%
2011 - 2012: Matt Gatens (SR) - 61.8%
2012 - 2013: Aaron White (SO) - 57.9%
2013 - 2014: Aaron White (JR) - 65.9%
2014 - 2015: Aaron White (SR) - 63.3%
2015 - 2016: Adam Woodbury (SR) - 58.7%
2016 - 2017: Peter Jok (SR) - 58.1%
2017 - 2018: Luka Garza (FR) - 61.3%
2018 - 2019: Joe Wieskamp (FR) - 63.6%
As you can see, similar to FG%, this stat is mostly dominated with bigs because they tend to shoot it from close range a lot more often. You have SR Gatens and SR Jok that posted stellar senior campaigns and then FR Wieskamp for wing players. That's some pretty elite company as far as wings go under Fran. Then throw in that he is only a tenth of a percentage point behind the best year in the bunch, Aaron White's "junior" year.
In other words, Joe W has had the 2nd most efficient shooting year of anyone in Fran's tenure. He's behind only the junior season posted by the 2nd all time leading scorer in program history. (as of 2/11/19)
Edit: Updated 4/12/19 for Joe's FR year final TS%. He officially had the 2nd most efficient season shooting the ball of any player in the McCaffery era. (20 mpg minimum)
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