Northwestern Record Book trivia
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I have to guess it's Pardon. Esch was great, but when I was watching him the opponents' triple teams limited his success to a small degree.
This was exactly why I picked Pardon, who was rarely the focal point of the defense so he had a lot of high-percentage shots.
Since this is really just a trivia question and not a "poll" I thought I'd post info about the incorrect answers...
John Shurna topped out at 48.1% in the 2010-11 season, in which he also shot 43.4 from 3 point range.
So far everybody knew he was not the record holder for FG% at NU...
But just a damned good player.
Billy McKinney topped out at 47.4% in his freshman year. He scored more points per game every year, but our opponents focused more on stopping him, so his FG% edged slightly lower. He drew 1 vote.
John Shurna topped out at 48.1% in the 2010-11 season, in which he also shot 43.4 from 3 point range.
So far everybody knew he was not the record holder for FG% at NU...
But just a damned good player.
Billy McKinney topped out at 47.4% in his freshman year. He scored more points per game every year, but our opponents focused more on stopping him, so his FG% edged slightly lower. He drew 1 vote.
Shon Morris was great as a sophomore in 1985-86, averaging 16 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, shooting 51.5% from the field, playing 33+ minutes per game.
Pete Nance had a very strong senior year in 2021-22 at Northwestern (on the offensive end).
He shot 49.7% overall, highlighted by a phenomenal 45.2% from outside the 3 point arc.
No one has voted for him so far.
Kevin Rankin had an excellent career at Northwestern, starting for 4 years.
As a junior in 1992-93, he shot 52.3% from the floor, playing 33 minutes a night, averaging 15.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.
He is 10th on the NU career scoring list, 2nd in career rebounds and 4th in career blocks.
He may have been the slowest Northwestern player of the modern era, especially when he was tired.
He has received 2 votes.
He shot 49.7% overall, highlighted by a phenomenal 45.2% from outside the 3 point arc.
No one has voted for him so far.
Kevin Rankin had an excellent career at Northwestern, starting for 4 years.
As a junior in 1992-93, he shot 52.3% from the floor, playing 33 minutes a night, averaging 15.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.
He is 10th on the NU career scoring list, 2nd in career rebounds and 4th in career blocks.
He may have been the slowest Northwestern player of the modern era, especially when he was tired.
He has received 2 votes.
I wanted to vote for Rankin, as he's one of my all-time favorites, but I knew it wouldn't be him. Also, there is a character actor named Kevin Rankin, and last time I saw the basketball player at a tailgate, I dorkily yelled out, "loved you in Breaking Bad!"
Alex Olah played for Coach Bill Carmody for one season before Carmody was terminated and replaced with Chris Collins.
Olah's productivity improved somewhat in each of his 4 years as NU's starting center.
In his senior season, he missed several weeks due to a foot injury, but shot 52.5% from the floor while averaging 11.4 points and 5.6 rebounds in about 24 minutes per game.
He has picked up 4 votes thus far...
Olah's productivity improved somewhat in each of his 4 years as NU's starting center.
In his senior season, he missed several weeks due to a foot injury, but shot 52.5% from the floor while averaging 11.4 points and 5.6 rebounds in about 24 minutes per game.
He has picked up 4 votes thus far...
Minimum 100 field goal attempts?
Some our best "key kickers" were far below that because they did not to need so many field goals. We were punching in touchdowns.
How many field goals did Bryan Huffman kick in 2004? We were really scoring touchdowns back then. But when could do, boom punch three points.,
He won some games for us. Brian didn't kick 100 kids for us.
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Some our best "key kickers" were far below that because they did not to need so many field goals. We were punching in touchdowns.
How many field goals did Bryan Huffman kick in 2004? We were really scoring touchdowns back then. But when could do, boom punch three points.,
He won some games for us. Brian didn't kick 100 kids for us.
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| Player | Season | FGA | FG% | Votes |
| Matt Nicholson | 2023-2024 | 102 | 65.7 | 7 |
| Derek Pardon | 2017-2018 | 231 | 61.9 | 13 |
| Matt Nicholson | 2022-2023 | 140 | 61.4 | |
| Evan Eschmeyer | 1996-1997 | 240 | 61.3 | 11 |
| Dererk Pardon | 2016-2017 | 167 | 61.1 | |
| Evan Eschmeyer | 1997-1998 | 328 | 61.0 | |
| Evan Eschmeyer | 1998-1999 | 308 | 58.4 | |
| Ryan Young | 2020-2021 | 122 | 57.4 | 2 |
| Ryan Young | 2021-2022 | 186 | 55.9 | |
| Alex Olah | 2015-2016 | 221 | 52.5 | 4 |
As of noon eastern time, there were 40 "votes" cast. People were focused on Pardon and Eschmeyer for good reason. Had the minimum field goal attempts been set at 150 (instead of 100) then Pardon and Esch would have finished first and second.
But the answer to this question is Matt Nicholson.
Really hoping Nicholson gets more scoring opportunities this season because there is no reason to expect his efficiency to decrease dramatically with more field goal attempts. Not to mention the fouls he can draw.
He’ll get all the scoring opportunities his scoring abilities dictate. He’s got the dunk down. Everything else needs work.
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