I recently read an article that compared Tyler Haws to a Hall of Fame middle reliever in baseball. That comparison, perhaps an apt description of his senior campaign, didn't sit well with me. The author gives statistics from Haws' senior season and points out that his shooting percentages are well below his season averages. While accurate for this year, it seemed to me that he has been excellent in previous seasons late in games when things are tight. I decided to take a look at everything he did in previous years in the final two minutes of games.
So here we go, year by year: The Clutch-ness of Tyler Haws.
Freshman
Tyler Haws' freshman campaign was also the junior year of one Jimmer Fredette, so as you might expect Tyler didn't get as many touches in the closing minutes of games as Jimmer did, especially the tight ones. In the 25 games that ESPN had available with play-by-play data Tyler put up just 7 shots, but he made them count:
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I began working on this last week, spending several hours compiling spreadsheets filled with statistics from the final two minutes of games throughout Tyler's career at BYU. I was preparing an argument that he was indeed clutch during his first three years in Provo, and that there may be some lurking variables surrounding his senior struggles late in tight games. Then Saturday at Santa Clara he made research and argument irrelevant, and I am perfectly content to end this here:
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But if you're still interested, here's the statistics from the final two minutes/overtime of (almost) every game from Tyler Haws' career. I was able to get the stats from all games decided by single digits, and most other games.
