Texas Basketball: 3 players that must bounce back very soon
1) Texas basketball players who must bounce back soon
Courtney Ramey, Guard
As is true for Brown, the Longhorns did get a solid outing (at least compared to how he was looking previously) from junior guard Courtney Ramey in the win over Kansas State on Feb. 9. Ramey did bounce back in a big way at least in the three point win over Kansas State after really falling flat in the team’s double overtime loss to Oklahoma State on the road last weekend.
In the win over Kansas State, Ramey did still turn the ball over three times (which was exactly half the amount of field goals he had in the game). He still did shoot less than 50 percent from the field too. While that’s not bad at all by usual considerations, that outing he had against the Wildcats didn’t feel like his true bounce back performance that he needs right now.
Ramey is still putting up good numbers as a whole this season. He’s played in 16 games for the Longhorns so far this season (all of which he’s started in), averaging around 34 minutes on the floor per game. And he’s averaged 13.8 points per game, 3.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.1 blocks. Ramey shot 41.8 percent from the field, an efficient 42.3 percent from beyond the arc, and 82.4 percent from the free-throw line.
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That all has amounted to a career-best 5.0 box plus/minus rating, .140 win shares per 40 minutes, 1.9 total win shares, 54.7 true shooting percentage, 110 offensive rating/102 defensive rating, and a 16.0 player efficiency rating.
When the Longhorns are getting the likes of Ramey and senior guard Matt Coleman playing at their peak, that backcourt combination is nearly unstoppable.