I can confirm Marcus' report that Marcus Carr is currently visiting Minnesota. Carr was a Gopher target as a high school prospect. He received some attention in the late summer in high school IIRC but was always considered a Pitt lean, and Minnesota had Isaiah Washington as their primary target and McKinley Wright as an option too.
David's story on Carr from six weeks ago: https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/how-could-the-fallout-at-pitt-impact-minnesota-
HS recruiting story: https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/carr-impresses-at-adidas-nations
STATS
How did Carr perform at Pitt last year?
Pitt was very bad last year, one of the very worst high-majors. They didn't win a single game in the ACC. Carr was a young bright spot on the team. He was Pitt's second leading scorer among players who were healthy all year. He started 27 of 32 games and averaged 10.0 points, 4.0 assists, and 2.8 rebounds. He shot 39.6% from the field, 33.3% from three, and 81.8% from the free throw line.
A deeper look:
- Carr was a somewhat high usage player last year at Pitt (23.6%) while on the court. Pitt didn't have many scorers last year.
- Pomeroy says all of his minutes came at point guard.
- He had a 34.4% assist rate, which was 34th in the country and second in the ACC. That's impressive for a freshman. His turnover rate was relatively high (22.1%), which of course isn't abnormal for a freshman. By comparison, Mason had a 8.7 TO% and Washington a 13.4 TO%.
- His production and efficiency dropped in ACC play. He went from scoring 12.2 points on 50.4% FG shooting in non-conference play to 8.3 points on 32.5% shooting in ACC games.
- He's a pretty average rebounding guard.
- 40% of Carr's field goal shots came from three, which is pretty normal. To compare, 46% of Mason's and 31% of Coffey's field goal attempts were threes. His other 60% of shots were fairly equally distributed between jumpers and shots at the rim. He shot 61% at the rim but just 29.5% on two-point jumpers. Of his two-point jumpers, almost all he created off the dribble, rather than being assisted.
