Indiana Basketball: Best Hoosier shooters from 2000-Present

Indiana is known for its shooting, and Indiana Basketball is no exception.

I have family roots in Indiana but have lived in Nashville, Tennessee my entire life. Whenever I come to the gym for pickup basketball wearing one of my many Indiana Basketball shirts, people immediately assume I’m a shooter. Whenever I talk to people who know basketball and I say my dad is from Indiana, their reaction is always the same: “Ohhhhh so you can shoot that thing then!” with a grin and a gooseneck formed on their dominant hand.

It’s no secret to anyone that Indiana is known for shooting, and Indiana University has been home to many of the best snipers in the state. Today, we look back at the best shooters from the 2000s to wear the cream and crimson.

5. Nick Zeisloft — 43.2% 3pt, 4.3 attempts (career)

Nick Zeisloft came to the Indiana Basketball program in 2014 as a transfer from Illinois State and immediately thrived in Tom Crean’s pace and space system.

In his first season as a Hoosier, Zeisloft shot a blistering 45% from three on 4.1 attempts per game. He was one of the best catch and shoot guys in the entire country, although he only averaged 6.6 points per game

Zeisloft fell off a bit in his second season at Indiana, but still hit a phenomenal 41.7% of his threes and attempted 4.5 per game.

Although he was a lights-out shooter, Zeisloft gets penalized here for two reasons. He was only at IU for two seasons and he was only a catch-and-shoot player. Still, he did enough to make this list.