I understand that. However, your benchmark was 38%. He shot 37.9% from 3 in Big 12 play after his role expanded due to TH's injury.
I get it. He shot better in Big 12 play. When we talk about the 38% bar you need to have that guy making around 50 3’s a year. Our best teams have always had 4-5 players that make over 40 3 pointers a year with a lead sniper between 65-75 3’s.
As an example in 16-17 we had 5 players over 42 3’s made and all shot above 37%. Matt and Naz were in the 80’s and 90’s for makes.
In 15-16 we had 4 people over 38 made 3’s and all were above 36% with Niang & Nader above 50 and Matt at 89.
In 13-14 we had 5 players above 43 3’s made.
In 12-13 we had 5 players above 38 3’s made and three players above 65 3’s made.
In 11-12 we had 4 players above 50 3’s made.
In closing we need to have Bolton, Jackson and two new recruits shoot at that 38% clip and make over 45 3’s next year. Bolton and Gomez could do that. Maybe Jackson can but he simply wasn’t consistent enough to make that a forgone conclusion.