Kentucky guard CJ Fredrick is not just a good or even great 3-point shooter. “CJ is an elite, elite, elite, elite shooter,” point guard Sahvir Wheeler said of the 6-foot-4 native of Cincinnati this summer.
The numbers back that up. Transferring from Iowa last offseason, Fredrick entered the year as the nation’s leading returner in career 3-point field-goal percentage (46.6%) with a minimum of 150 attempts. His final season with the Hawkeyes in 2020-21, he knocked down 47.4% from three on 2.8 attempts per contest after hitting 46.1% on 4.1 attempts per game the year before.