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Ute guard Charles Jones Jr. is adjusting to D1 basketball, learning that not all shots are good shots

Charles Jones Jr. became the national player of the year in junior college basketball because of his scoring ability, and his defense has proven to be more than adequate in Utah's practices over the past month.

There’s more for him to learn, though. “I’m just trying to figure out where I’m going to get my shots — what’s a good shot, what’s a bad shot, and just playing my game,” Jones said.

Wait. There’s such thing as a bad shot? Jones laughed, knowing that phrase rarely surfaced during his career as a guard for the College of Southern Idaho, where he was asked to do a lot of shooting and scoring.