Brandan Wright All-Stars: Big East

Brandan Wright was one of the most talented players to wear a Tar Heel uniform in the post-Dean Smith era. A phenom out of Nashville, he hit 67% of his shots in Chapel Hill, and he even developed a mid-range jumper and hook shot prior to declaring himself eligible for the NBA draft following his freshman year.

But do you know who shoots better free throws than Wright? This guy:



Yes, despite all the tools in his arsenal, his one true weakness was when he got to the line. This is dedicated to the great players of college basketball who seem to be lacking when 15 feet of air is the sole object separating them from the basket. These...are the Brandan Wright All-Stars of the Big East.

Center: Casiem Drummond, Villanova. Roy Hibbert would have been a near-obvious choice, but there are a few centers in the Big East with higher field goal percentages, and many with worse free throw percentages. Drummond is an integral bench player for the Wildcats, tallying nearly 8 points and 9 rebounds per game and shooting 58% from the field before an injury sidelined him in December. (He qualifies for this team because he has since returned.) However, at 27.8% from the line, he is the team's worst free throw shooter.

Forward: Vernon Macklin, Georgetown. If Hibbert is bad from the free throw line, then Macklin is simply God-awful. Currently, his field goal percentage (60.0) is more than twice his free throw percentage, an astoundingly bad 27.1%.

Forward: Arinze Onauku, Syracuse. Thanks to Jameson of CuseAdelphia for suggesting this one to me. Onuaku is probably the best Brandan Wright archetype we have seen so far. A talented 6-9 Junior coming back from knee surgery, Onauku is averaging nearly 14 points per game and shooting more than 68% from the field for the Orange. However, he is the team's worst free throw shooter, making only 44.9% of his attempts from the stripe.

Guard: Jabari Currie, DePaul. It's difficult to find good guards for the Brandan Wright All-Star team. Most guards have a free throw shooting percentages far above their field goal percentages (either because they're sharpshooters or because they chuck up more bad threes than most people can bear to watch). Jabari Currie, however, more than fits the necessary requirements.He ranks 12th in the Big East in 3 point percentage (44.5% beyond the arc, equivalent in points to shooting 67% from two point range) among players who average at least 2 attempts per game. However, he has shot 37.5% from the stripe thus far this season.

Guard: Jamaul Warren, Cincinatti. Jeremiah Rivers was almost put in this spot; the Hoyas get a reprieve from having multiple players on this roster thanks to some slightly deeper research. Despite not shooting the ball very well, at the stripe Warren is almost comically bad for a guard, making only 30.5% of his undefended shots.

(Dis)honorable mention: Hibbert and Rivers (Georgetown), Dwight Burke (Marquette), Rick Jackson (Syracuse).