NCAA Tournament 2018: 5 best shooters in the Sweet 16

3. Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk  |  Kansas (#10)

There was a stretch earlier in the season when it seemed that Kansas’s streak of 13 consecutive Big 12 regular season titles was in serious jeopardy. Instead, per usual, they had players that stepped their games up this season to continue the Jayhawks’ run of dominance.

Devonte’ Graham was certainly one of those players, but he was largely expected to be one of the nation’s finest this season. It was Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, the 6-foot-8 senior wing from Ukraine, that surprised many around the country with his level of play this year.

Mykhailiuk was able to carve out a nice role in the Kansas rotation as a junior in 2016-17, averaging over 27 minutes and scoring close to 10 points a game on 39.8 percent from 3-point range.

As a senior, Mykhailiuk has seized a large chunk of the production void left by the departures of Frank Mason and Josh Jackson from last year’s team.

His 15 points per game is second on the Jayhawks behind Graham, but it’s the rate at which he’s sinking 3s that’s really given Kansas a boost. He is making 3.1 3s per game and 5.1 per 100 possessions. His 45.5 percent shooting percentage from deep is 10th in college basketball among qualifying players, per Sports-Reference.

Mykhailiuk is also an above-average passer, contributing 4.4 assists per 100 possessions. But it is his 41.3 career 3-point percentage and 6-foot-8 height to get shots off over defenders that gives him good reason to believe he could hear his name called on draft night.

Mykhailiuk drained four 3s in the Big 12 semis over Kansas State, and again in the Big 12 final against West Virginia – both wins against teams also still alive in this tournament. He has hit at least four 3s in a total of 14 games this year.