CHICAGO – Jordan Tucker participated in the high school 3-point contest at the 2017 Final Four. Shooting is among the reasons ESPN had him 42nd in that recruiting class, making him the highest-ranked prospect ever to wind up at Butler.
He can shoot, OK? Twenty seconds into his first game for the Bulldogs, he sank a corner 3-pointer against Indiana.
LaVall Jordan has not asked him about shooting. The Butler coach has asked him to get on the glass, improve his defense, trust teammates, stick with it. The upshot of all that was in evidence Wednesday night.