7 of 10 Would Give Howard Greatest 3-Pt% in History of College Basketball

As I recorded Andrew Rowsey before the Creighton game asking a defender to come out and guard him at half court, dribbling, and then calmly sinking a 45-footer (see here and photo above), I dwelled on the fact that he might be only the third best three-pointer shooter in the Bradley Center. Steve Novak was sitting a few rows in front of me, and then there is Markus Howard.

If Markus Howard hits seven of his next 10 three-pointers he would be hitting at a 56.08 percent clip - giving him the greatest season in the history of college basketball. Of course, we do not now how many more three point attempts he will take between the Big East and NCAA tournament,

Howard can also become the greatest three-point shooter in the history of college basketball if he finishes the season 4 of 4, 13 of 20, 19 of 30 or 24 of 40, as shown on the table below. Howard is chasing only the 56.03 percent mark of Micah Mason of Duquesne a couple of years ago:

RANK	NAME	TEAM		3FG	3FGA	3FG%
1	Micah Mason	Duquesne	2013-14	65	116	56.03
2	Markus Howard	Marquette	2016-17	76	138	55.07
1?	Markus Howard (if 4 of 4)	Marquette	2016-17	80	142	56.34
1?	Markus Howard (if 7 of 10)	Marquette	2016-17	83	148	56.08
1?	Markus Howard (if 13 of 20)	Marquette	2016-17	89	158	56.33
1?	Markus Howard (if 19 of 30)	Marquette	2016-17	95	168	56.55
1?	Markus Howard (if 24 of 40)	Marquette	2016-17	100	178	56.18
3	Nick Masterson	Kennesaw St.	2016-17	88	161	54.66
4	Roosevelt Moore	Saint Peter's	1992-93			53.28
5	Travis Ford	Kentucky	1992-93			52.88
6	Royce Olney	New Mexico	1997-98			51.28
7	Troy Hudson	Southern Illinois	1996-97			51.15
8	Brad Lechtenberg	San Diego	2003-04			51.08
9	Ross Land	Northern Arizona	1998-99			50.92
10	Giddy Potts	Middle Tennessee	2015-16			50.64
11	Salim Stoudamire	Arizona	2004-05			50.42
12	Jon Diebler	Ohio State	2010-11			50.22
13	Josh Carter	Texas A&M	2006-07			50.00
14	Jeremy Crouch	Bradley	2006-07			50.00
15	Chris Westlake	Green Bay	1994-95			50.00

As long as Howard closes the season reasonably well he will finish as one of 15 players to ever shoot 50 percent from behind the arc for a season. Nick Masterson also matched the feat this season with Kennesaw State, a team that was eliminated from the ASun Tournament as the 252nd best team in the country, and played some non-Division 1 schools.

As a team, Marquette is now at 43 percent on three-pointers, a full 1.5 percent ahead of second place UCLA.