With the shooting, he’s not just extremely efficient, he’s also versatile in terms of the type of shots he can make. He makes shots on the move, off hand-offs, off the dribble, over top of contesting defenders, and in various types of screening actions. He shoots almost 60 percent on unguarded jumpers, per Synergy, which ranks in the 99th percentile — so defenders can’t leave him or help off him. That helps the rest of your offense even when he doesn’t touch the ball. He’s also a threat to attack close-outs, score in the mid-range area, and is a deceptively effective rim finisher according to the numbers.”
Prior to the portal’s opening on March 15, sources close to UNC told Inside Carolina that Hubert Davis and his staff are always looking for firepower from the perimeter, irrespective of position. Considering UNC will lose Cormac Ryan and could lose both RJ Davis and Harrison Ingram, representing its three best shooters from the 2023-24 season, adding a strong shooter is — as head coach Hubert Davis likes to say — not just a want, it’s a need.
The North Carolina coaching staff’s first confirmed portal contact of the offseason is a sharpshooter with roots in the Tar Heel state. Cade Tyson, a standout at Belmont, has received a phone call from a UNC assistant coach, multiple sources confirmed to Inside Carolina on Wednesday.
A 6-foot-7, 205-pound native of Monroe, N.C., Tyson entered the portal on March 25. Tyson was the 2022-23 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) freshman of the year, while averaging 13.6 points and 2.6 rebounds on 49/41.7/85.9 percent field goal, three-point field goal, and free throw shooting splits. He followed it up this past year by increasing his production and efficiency, averaging 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game with 49.3/46.5/85.5 percent shooting splits. He ranked No. 2 nationally in three-point percentage per the NCAA’s criteria.
Tyson is ranked the No. 18 player in the transfer portal by 247Sports. In the immediate days following his portal announcement, Tyson received interest from a bevy of high major schools including Arkansas, Auburn, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Stanford, South Carolina, Texas, Vanderbilt, VCU, Villanova, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin, Xavier, among others.
He’s one of the very best shooters in college basketball, that much is obvious,” said 247Sports director of scouting Adam Finkelstein. “He also has good size at 6-foot-7, and although we haven’t seen official measurements, he seems long too. There’s typically an inverse relationship between length and shooting, so that combination would make him unique and help compensate for the lack of elite athleticism that could be more problematic at the high-major level than it has been thus far.
“With the shooting, he’s not just extremely efficient, he’s also versatile in terms of the type of shots he can make. He makes shots on the move, off hand-offs, off the dribble, over top of contesting defenders, and in various types of screening actions. He shoots almost 60 percent on unguarded jumpers, per Synergy, which ranks in the 99th percentile — so defenders can’t leave him or help off him. That helps the rest of your offense even when he doesn’t touch the ball. He’s also a threat to attack close-outs, score in the mid-range area, and is a deceptively effective rim finisher according to the numbers.
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