When Shaka Smart recruited Jase Febres out of Houston Westfield, he was expected to become the shooter the Texas Longhorns so desperately lacked after finishing No. 345 nationally in three-point shooting percentage in 2016-17.
As a freshman, Febres experienced some struggles in limited playing time with limited opportunities to shoot — he averaged three three-point attempts per game and only hit at a rate of 30.1 percent. A host of factors contributed, but the randomness introduced to shooting results at low volume was likely the biggest.
And yet, Smart described Febres as one of the best shooters that he’s ever coached, an assertion backed up by watching his pure stroke in warmups.