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Kenpom: #25 overall, #27 offense, #42 defense
Wake is one of the best shooting teams in the country (#17 3PT%, #2 FT%), and their extreme bad luck on opponent FTs this season (#310 FT% allowed) is artificially depressing their overall defensive numbers. The least threatening shooter in their main lineup, 7-0 junior transfer Efton Reid, is a 90% FT shooter. Junior SG/SF Hunter Sallis is the latest in a line of transfers who blow up at Wake, transforming from a terrible overall player in his two seasons at Gonzaga to a high volume 3pt marksman, midrange assassin and great finisher. 6-10 senior transfer Andrew Carr is a very nice and perhaps underutilized stretch 4 in this offense, with a 126 offensive rating on 20% usage; he makes shots and draws more fouls than anyone else on Wake.
Steve Forbes' best attribute appears to be identifying high-potential transfers, recruiting them to Wake and getting them to reach their potential. His entire main lineup consists of transfers. If a coach were to combine Jon Scheyer's recruiting with Forbes' portal use, he would have the best roster in the country every season. Of course, this is impossible.
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