Found May 26, 2012 on Run the Floor: Yardbarker Blogger Network
During an off-season of decidedly ball hungry players transferring schools, South Carolina's Damontre Harris provides a very different story. The defensive specialist, who rarely shoots, is moving from one SEC school to another, and will enroll at Florida where he will sit out a year. South Carolina's coach - Darrin Horn - was fired, and Harris picked this time to move on. As a freshman Harris only attempted 10.8% of the shots when he was on the floor. That bumped up to 13.7% as a sophomore. No Gator starter took less than 19% this year, and the last player that Gator head coach Billy Donovan coached who was a low-volume as Harris was Dan Werner a couple seasons ago. So - for a player who hasn't averaged 7 points in his first two seasons - why were his final two schools the caliber of Florida and Kansas? Defense. Offensive rebounding. Potential. On the floor, Harris blocked 10.7% of all shots. That was third in the SEC behind Anthony Davis (13.8%) and Hunter Mick...
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