2000's Pitt Trivia

[FireballZ]

As I sit here absolutely disgusted by Jaland Lowe's regression this season, I was thinking to myself that he's having the worst high volume shooting season that I can ever recall from behind the arch since I became a Pitt fan during the 2000-01 season. I decided to take a look and it's true, outside of one other similar output (I was surprised).

Jaland is 2-9 tonight from 3 and now shooting 27.4% for the season (37 - 135). There has not been another single Pitt player this century to shoot over 130 3's in a season at under 30%.

Trivia question:
Pitt has had 5 players shoot over 100 3's in a season at under 30% this century. Who are they?

 

[Sam Young 23]

Brandin Knight maybe once.
Antonio Graves not sure he ever got the volume
Gibbs had that awful Sr year but I don't think it was that bad.
Cam Wright again volume

 

[FireballZ]

1) Brandin Knight*********2000-2001*****33-128*****25.8%
2) Justin Champagnie****2019-2020*****33-126*****26.2%
3) Jaland Lowe**********2024-2025****39-147****26.5%
4) Levance Fields*********2007-2008*****28-101******27.7%
5) Ricardo Greer**********2000-2001*****34-120*****28.3%
6) Jermaine Dixon********2008-2009*****32-109*****29.4%

 

[JD1976]

Cam Wright comes to mind as well. Someone from the awful ‘17-18 team had to have qualified so I will say Marcus Carr. The other guess I will go with is James Robinson though I don’t think he shot that many 3s.

 

[HailToPitt725]

I don’t know if he actually shot <30%, but Jermaine Dixon comes to mind as someone who’d continuously chuck three-pointers despite very few falling down. He was a guy who’d drive you nuts one possession only to redeem himself with a very nice play the next one.

 

[OhioPanther99]

Wannamaker

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Justin Champagnie was simply awful shooting threes as a freshman, so if he had more than 100 attempts that season he's probably on the list.

 

[FireballZ]

Hint: #5 on the list played on the same team (same season) as another already correctly named player on the list.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Justin Champagnie was simply awful shooting threes as a freshman, so if he had more than 100 attempts that season he's probably on the list.

I would not have guessed that he shot 126 of them, but I knew he was really bad at them.

 

[DT_PITT]

1) Brandin Knight*********2000-2001*****33-128*****25.8%
2) Justin Champagnie****2019-2020*****33-126*****26.2%
3) Jaland Lowe************2024-2025*****37-135******27.4%
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5)
6) Jermaine Dixon********2008-2009****32-109*****29.4%

Levance as a junior is on the list. Although he did hit the big one against Duke that year. Let me think about the other one,

 

[DT_PITT]

Hint: #5 on the list played on the same team (same season) as another already correctly named player on the list.

I’m thinking this is Ricky Greer.

 

[FireballZ]

I’m thinking this is Ricky Greer.

You got it.

I held off posting the answers until you diehards got home, figuring that you and/or Joe would nail them.

 

[DT_PITT]

Brandin Knight maybe once.
Antonio Graves not sure he ever got the volume
Gibbs had that awful Sr year but I don't think it was that bad.
Cam Wright again volume

Gibbs shot 34.5 as a senior. Graves actually shot something like 37% for his career.

 

[Sam Young 23]

Yes. DT Graves was excellent his Jr and sr years. I remember him struggling earlier in his career. Ended up a very good player.

With how good Gibbs was before that 34.5 seemed much worse. He did play out of position and not much help once Woodall went down.

 

[FireballZ]

Gibbs shot 34.5 as a senior. Graves actually shot something like 37% for his career.

Pitt might have a few more wins this season if Lowe could shoot at Gibbs' senior year clip.

 

[DT_PITT]

Pitt might have a few more wins this season if Lowe could shoot at Gibbs' senior year clip.

Great point.

 

[DT_PITT]

Yes. DT Graves was excellent his Jr and sr years. I remember him struggling earlier in his career. Ended up a very good player.

With how good Gibbs was before that 34.5 seemed much worse. He did play out of position and not much help once Woodall went down.

I’m remembering it was Graves’ junior year when he struggled from three until he had a breakout game with 19 against Marquette when Dixon remarked that he probably wasn’t even on the Eagles scouting report. He also was very good from three against Nova and the Cuse in the Big East Tournament.

 

[Sam Young 23]

I'm sure you are correct. I do remember his big east tournament run. He was hot.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

1) Brandin Knight*********2000-2001*****33-128*****25.8%
2) Justin Champagnie****2019-2020*****33-126*****26.2%
3) Jaland Lowe**********2024-2025****37-135****27.4%
4) Levance Fields*********2007-2008*****28-101******27.7%
5) Ricardo Greer**********2000-2001*****34-120*****28.3%
6) Jermaine Dixon********2008-2009*****32-109*****29.4%

Top two guys on the list played/are still playing in the NBA!

 

[FireballZ]

All that I'm rooting for at this point is for Jaland to have arguably Pitt's worst shooting season of the century. A couple more of these 1 for 6 type of efforts in what will almost assuredly be our final three games will do it.

1) Brandin Knight*********2000-2001*****33-128*****25.8%
2) Justin Champagnie****2019-2020*****33-126*****26.2%
3) Jaland Lowe**********2024-2025****38-143****26.6%
4) Levance Fields*********2007-2008*****28-101******27.7%
5) Ricardo Greer**********2000-2001*****34-120*****28.3%
6) Jermaine Dixon********2008-2009*****32-109*****29.4%

 

[Pittnerski]

Incredible he’s already taken 15 more shots than anyone on that list with 4 games still to go. He might clip 175 attempts for the season.

And at that percentage to still have a green light…. That my friends is ALL COACHING

 

[FireballZ]

Incredible he’s already taken 15 more shots than anyone on that list with 4 games still to go. He might clip 175 attempts for the season.

And at that percentage to still have a green light…. That my friends is ALL COACHING

It's absurd. Here's the list of players that have taken 150+ 3PA attempts in a season since 2000.

Year	Player	3PA	3P%
2010-11	Ashton Gibbs	208​	49.0%​
2006-07	Ronald Ramon	164​	45.1%​
2023-24	Blake Hinson	261​	42.1%​
2022-23	Greg Elliott	185​	41.6%​
2016-17	Cameron Johnson	188​	41.5%​
2018-19	Jared Wilson-Frame	248​	39.5%​
2016-17	Jamel Artis	189​	39.2%​
2009-10	Ashton Gibbs	199​	39.2%​
2013-14	Lamar Patterson	206​	38.8%​
2017-18	Parker Stewart	184​	38.6%​
2022-23	Blake Hinson	255​	38.0%​
2007-08	Ronald Ramon	180​	37.2%​
2005-06	Carl Krauser	182​	36.8%​
2022-23	Nelly Cummings	171​	35.7%​
2001-02	Brandin Knight	261​	35.6%​
2011-12	Ashton Gibbs	235​	34.5%​
2003-04	Julius Page	170​	32.9%​
2023-24	Carlton Carrington	202​	32.2%​
2017-18	Jared Wilson-Frame	231​	32.0%​
2001-02	Julius Page	182​	31.3%​
2002-03	Brandin Knight	185​	30.8%​
2024-25	Jaland Lowe	147​	26.5%​

 

[Tvax1]

hey, but Jaland makes up for it in defense

 

[zookeeper2000]

Jaland’s problem is because there is no flow to our passing (something the PG normally initiates), a lot of his 3-pt attempts are 1v1 with a hand in his face…instead of open looks.

If he would pass the ball, move around a bit, and find some spacing he would have much better opportunities. Instead we send a big up to screen, Jaland runs back and forth around the screen, tries one more ball-handling trick and then just chucks it up there. Looks like pickup ball at the gym.

 

[FireballZ]

Jaland’s problem is because there is no flow to our passing (something the PG normally initiates), a lot of his 3-pt attempts are 1v1 with a hand in his face…instead of open looks.

If he would pass the ball, move around a bit, and find some spacing he would have much better opportunities. Instead we send a big up to screen, Jaland runs back and forth around the screen, tries one more ball-handling trick and then just chucks it up there. Looks like pickup ball at the gym.

This is true, but he's clanking most of his wide open three's too. Maybe he's just lost his legs and confidence at this point of the year. He'll be okay with a change of scenery.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

I tend to agree that Lowe never really gets a good look at 3.

That being said he doesn’t have the same luxuries that Guillermo and Austin have. Lowe doesn’t have the option of just standing in one spot at the 3 point line hoping that the ball falls into his lap with his feet underneath him

 

[FireballZ]

Come on, Jaland. 1 for 9 in your final two games here gives you inarguably the worst three point shooting season in modern Pitt history! I have faith.

 

[FireballZ]

Year	Player	3PA	3P%
2010-11	Ashton Gibbs	208	49.0%
2006-07	Ronald Ramon	164	45.1%
2023-24	Blake Hinson	261	42.1%
2022-23	Greg Elliott	185	41.6%
2016-17	Cameron Johnson	188	41.5%
2018-19	Jared Wilson-Frame	248	39.5%
2016-17	Jamel Artis	189	39.2%
2009-10	Ashton Gibbs	199	39.2%
2013-14	Lamar Patterson	206	38.8%
2017-18	Parker Stewart	184	38.6%
2022-23	Blake Hinson	255	38.0%
2007-08	Ronald Ramon	180	37.2%
2005-06	Carl Krauser	182	36.8%
2022-23	Nelly Cummings	171	35.7%
2001-02	Brandin Knight	261	35.6%
2011-12	Ashton Gibbs	235	34.5%
2003-04	Julius Page	170	32.9%
2023-24	Carlton Carrington	202	32.2%
2017-18	Jared Wilson-Frame	231	32.0%
2001-02	Julius Page	182	31.3%
2002-03	Brandin Knight	185	30.8%
2024-25	Jaland Lowe	154	26.6%