BREAKING: NU lands transfer guard Justin Mullins
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Seems a good fit. He basically steps into Roper’s roster spot in the same way Preston fills TVH’s.
Mullins was the #6 scorer at Denver (with 9.8 ppg; #4 and #5 has 10.2 and 10.1), and the only freshman contributor. Denver wasn’t particularly good, finishing tied for 8th by going 6-12 in conference.
He scored well in the paint — 58% from 2, which was a huge miss for just about everyone last season.
Mullins was the #6 scorer at Denver (with 9.8 ppg; #4 and #5 has 10.2 and 10.1), and the only freshman contributor. Denver wasn’t particularly good, finishing tied for 8th by going 6-12 in conference.
He scored well in the paint — 58% from 2, which was a huge miss for just about everyone last season.
His numbers are pretty good. In the context of being a freshman, they are outstanding.
10 ppg pops out as a freshman for sure. But when you see he did it on 52% FG% and 37% from 3, that becomes even more impressive. He's also 6'6, which makes him a fairly tall guard.
I'm excited we got this dude.
There’s an obvious comparison to Audige, who came to NU after one year in the Colonial. Chase actually shot 55% from 2 at William and Mary, then went 45%, 40%, 40% at NU.
Chase went 4 RPG/2APG in 27 minutes, while Mullins went 3/1 in 29 minutes, with an A:TO in the wrong direction.
It’s a good pickup, especially if Mullins can be the #3 or #4 member of the backcourt next season.
Pure speculation from someone who never saw him play. But I am envisioning he might make it easier to play Barnhizer at 4. And that 4, or if one wants to stay away from notions of traditional positions, not being too small beyond MN, seems like a problem we need to solve. I am purely spitting this out of seeing he's 6'6.
Is it November yet?
I wanted to be excited about Justin Mullins - He's 6'6" and looks athletic.
He's only a freshman and his shooting percentages look good.
but...
Denver was a 2nd tier team in the Summit League.
Summit was Sagarin's #25 conference last season.
Denver was the #309 team in Division 1, of 363.
NUCat320's comparison of Mullins to Audige is insightful, because William & Mary (Colonial) plays to about the same level as the Summit and they put up similar numbers as freshmen.
So you can find pretty good guys playing in the lower realms of Division 1, but its two jumps up for a young man whose best offers out of high school were Cornell and Denver.
Hopefully he was just unappreciated as a high school junior and exploded after the recruiters had moved on, like Nick Martinelli.
He's only a freshman and his shooting percentages look good.
but...
Denver was a 2nd tier team in the Summit League.
Summit was Sagarin's #25 conference last season.
Denver was the #309 team in Division 1, of 363.
NUCat320's comparison of Mullins to Audige is insightful, because William & Mary (Colonial) plays to about the same level as the Summit and they put up similar numbers as freshmen.
So you can find pretty good guys playing in the lower realms of Division 1, but its two jumps up for a young man whose best offers out of high school were Cornell and Denver.
Hopefully he was just unappreciated as a high school junior and exploded after the recruiters had moved on, like Nick Martinelli.
Wouldn't you say those are reasons for a freshman to want to transfer to a program where he will get more competition and support?
I live in Oak Park, Justin Mullins's hometown. I don't follow the high school basketball team, but it seems that he exploded in his senior year scoring 31, 36 and 42 points in what appears to be his highest scoring games.
I'm sure its a great move for Justin Mullins personally.
He has got to be ecstatic.
The impact on the NU basketball team is less obvious.
Maybe he's Casey Simmons without the hype.
Of course they have plans for Hunger but he remains unproven and a little depth in the power forward position would be a good thing - particularly given our experience this year with Hunger's injury. Think of it as replacing the Beran/Hunger duo with a touch more offense.