If you’re wondering who the most improved 3-point shooter was among major conference players this season, it was T.J. Gibbs. Not only did the senior guard lead Notre Dame in shooting from beyond the arc (42.0 percent), but his 10.2-percent improvement from a year ago was bested only by three players from mid-major schools. He also had the highest free-throw percentage for the Irish (88.0 percent) while becoming the seventh player in program history to play at least 4,000 minutes in a career.
Gibbs was consistent and productive in his scoring, reaching double figures in 14 of 15 games, including 11 straight, from Dec. 7 to Feb. 9. Thanks in large part to all those 3s and free throws, it wasn’t unheard of for him to reach 20 points, which he did five times. His best scoring output of the season was 23, which he achieved Jan. 29 against Wake Forest. And in what became his final farewell to Notre Dame, he led his team with 16 points in its lone ACC tournament game.