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1. If you thought Jared Bynum’s buzzer beating attempt versus Xavier looked familiar…

2. Noah Locke is quickly becoming one of the all-time “Don’t let him get hot” shooters of the Ed Cooley era.

Locke was outstanding at Xavier on Wednesday, shooting 8-14 from three and 6-7 from beyond the arc, on his way to scoring a team-high 22 points in an 85-83 overtime loss.

This was the third game since Big East play started that Locke made at least five 3-pointers in a game, which led me to wonder just how many players had hit that many under Cooley.

As it turns out, Locke is in great company. Here is the list of players who hit five threes in a game under Cooley, and the number of times in which they did so: