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OVERVIEW

A great finisher around the hoop and a natural scoring slasher, Chris Douglas-Roberts is a crafty player with an array of moves to score. As a junior, he continued to improve his shot selection -- and field-goal percentage -- from the 3-point line. He has rare wingspan for a guard (81 inches) that he uses to his advantage on the defensive end and despite his lanky frame, he has developed into a good offensive rebounder.

The 43rd player in school history to score 1,000 points in his career, Douglas-Roberts ranks seventh on the school's all-time record list with a .272 percentage from the 3-point line and with 263 free throws made. His 1,545 points rank ninth and his .540 field-goal percentage placed him 11th in Tigers annals.

Douglas-Roberts began his prep career at Cass Tech, where he averaged 28 points, 10 rebounds and six assists per game as a point guard during his junior year. He then transferred to Northwestern High as a senior, but due to transfer rules, he was ineligible to play until midseason, as he finished with averages of 13.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

Douglas-Roberts was rated the 22nd-best player in high school basketball by USA Today. Scout.com rated him the 30th-best player in the country and he was ranked the No. 15 shooting guard by Rivals.com.

In 2004, Douglas-Roberts played for the North Team at the USA Basketball Men's Youth Development Festival, helping lead his squad to the silver medal. He saw action in four of the five contests, as he averaged 5.5 points and 2.8 rebounds. He also shot 75 percent from the free throw line, which was first among all Festival participants.

In 2005-06, Douglas-Roberts appeared in 34 games and started 25. The Conference USA All-Freshman Team choice averaged 8.3 points and 3.3 boards per game while shooting 53.1 percent from the floor and 74.5 percent from the charity stripe. He ranked among Conference USA leaders in field-goal percentage (second) and free-throw percentage (10th) and was among the league's freshmen leaders, ranking fourth in scoring and fifth in steals (26).

As a sophomore, Douglas-Roberts garnered All-American honorable mention and first-team All-Conference USA accolades, in addition to earning All-District and NCAA Tournament All-South Region honors. He started all 35 games in which he played, missing two contests with a high right ankle sprain.

He finished as the team's leading scorer, averaging 15.4 points per game while shooting .543 from the field, .328 from 3-point range and .732 from the charity stripe. He averaged 3.4 rebounds and had 61 assists, 16 blocks and 39 steals.

As a senior, Douglas-Roberts was a consensus All-American and unanimous first-team All-Conference USA choice. He led the team with a career-high 18.1 scoring average, making 54.1 percent of his field goal tries. His 259 field goals made were the fourth-highest season total in school history. He averaged 4.1 rebounds per game, as he chipped in with 71 assists, 18 blocked shots and 49 steals.

ANALYSIS

Positives: Lacks ideal bulk but his 81-inch wingspan indicates he could earn several minutes at "3" spot ... Versatile backcourt player who really developed nicely as a shooting guard last season, but also has experience and decent ball-handling skills to run the point in stretches ... Shows good court vision and quickness and was a nice fit for the team's up-tempo attack ... Has the balance to slash to the basket from either side ... Has the vision to quickly locate the open teammate ... Still lacks bulk and strength, but has worked hard throughout the offseason to improve in these areas ... Because of his lithe frame, he is a slippery mover on the court and is very hard to contain on the move ... Prides himself on his strong work ethic and is a positive influence on the team's younger players on the court and in the locker room ... Was the best mid-range shooter in Conference USA, showing a soft touch executing his shot ... Has a quick release and a high release point shooting from long range, but has much of his success tossing in a soft floater ... Patient looking for an opening for his shot rather than forcing the issue, leading to his high success for making field goals (54.0 percent) for a player at his position ... Also works well without the ball in his hands ... Slippery getting past traffic into the lane to flip in a pull-up jumper, using his body control and length to convert on those attempts ... His floater is very consistent from the baseline, and he is a creative slasher who loves to play the transition game ... Struggled shooting from long range earlier in his career, but did some technique refinement, which helped him improve his 3-point consistency from 31.0 percent in 2005-06 to 41.3 percent in 2007-08 ... Effective spot-up shooter who has the body control to take the ball off the screen and drive into the lane to the basket, where he shows excellent elevation to flip the ball in at the rim ... Uses the glass well to get his floater into the basket and causes defenders to freeze in their tracks with the precise stop-and-go action he demonstrates when pulling up off the dribble to make his shot ... Very effortless unleashing his 3-point shot, but would be even more effective if he speeded up his release ... Efficient ball handler who does a very good job of creating a shot for himself or others off the dribble ... Good passing out to an open teammate from double teams ... Crafty player who will entice a defender with a slow, deliberate dribble and then simply spin away from the opponent or freeze his man with hesitation moves ... Fluid moving up and down the court and is very aware of protecting the ball ... Has an array of moves to the basket, executing nifty pump fakes to force the defender to commit too early ... Has the quickness to beat his man off the dribble consistently and explosive initial step to deliver on isolation plays ... While he lacks a sudden burst with the ball in his hands, he can catch a pass on the move and use his balance, body control and leaping skills to lay the ball up at the rim ... Tenacious defender who stays low in stance, using his wingspan well to impede the opponent's shot and shows good lateral agility to stay in from of his man to prevent drives to the basket ... Effective reading the guard's moves and is quick to get his hands into the dribble to cause the turnover.

Negatives: Lacks strength and bulk to handle small forwards and quicker guards can slip past his tall, lanky frame on the open court (better when facing up than trailing) ... Gets banged around when driving to the basket and while he draws contact well on the way to the rim, he does not have the ability to absorb all of that punishment (has played with minor injuries in each of his last three seasons) ... His marginal power base will see him sometimes passively back away rather than fight through screens ... Gets pushed out of the box often competing for the rebound, having to slip under blocks in order to get a piece of the ball ... Can put down a reverse dunk, on occasion, but he will usually get pushed out of the box too much to make that play often ... Improving from the perimeter, but can be a bit too deliberate getting his shot off, inviting a face-up defender to elevate and block his shots ... Prefers to shoot floaters from mid range and unlike most shooting guards, treys are not his strong suit ... Has an unorthodox shooting style and is a bit hunched over and unbalanced ... When playing on the outside, he does not show much creativity and is slow to get going on the way to the rim (better on the open court rather than coming from the corners) ... Has shown good ball-protection skills, but tries to get too crafty by baiting the defender with his high, loose dribble.

Compares to: RICHARD HAMILTON-Detroit ... Douglas-Roberts is nowhere near the smooth athlete that Hamilton is, but both have a sweet floater and good crossover action along with crafty pump fakes and hesitation moves to consistently fool their opponent on the way to the rim. Douglas-Roberts is a high-percentage shooter, a rarity for a guard, and effective finishing with either hand under the basket. His unorthodox shooting style and deliberate release on 3-point shots concerns some who doubt he'll have the same level of success driving past NBA defenders, but he has the range to connect from outside. He is a decent ball-handler, but he is not going to be able to get away with baiting NBA defenders to attack his high, loose dribble like he does against younger college players. Old timers that remember Louis Orr of the Knicks and Pacers will see a lot of similarities in Douglas-Roberts' game. He does several things well, but lacks the pure shooting stroke or scorer's ability to be ranked among the elite in this class.

CAREER NOTES

Douglas-Roberts tied Don Holcomb (1969-72) and Win Wilfong (1955-57) for seventh on the school all-time record list with 362 free throws made ... His .540 field-goal shooting percentage rank 11th in Memphis annals, while his .372 percentage rate from 3-point range ranks seventh ... Became the 43rd player in school history to score over 1,000 points in a career, as his 1,545 points placed him ninth in school history ... Scored 724 points in 2007-08, topped only by Dajuan Wagner (762 points, 2001-02) and Anfernee Hardaway (729, 1992-93) on the school record list ... His 259 field goals made that year rank fourth on the Memphis annual record chart, surpassed by Larry Kenon (273, 1972-73), Keith Lee (266, 1984-85) and Dajuan Wagner (265, 2001-02) ... His 161 free throws made in 2007-08 are the sixth best season total in school annals.

2007-08 SEASON

Earned All-American first-team honors from the Associated Press, NABC, USBWA, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, ESPN.com and Collegehoops.net ... Finalist for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy ... Earned USBWA District IV Player of the Year honors ... Named NABC All-District VII first-team and was an NCAA Tournament All-South Region Team pick ... All-Conference USA first-team choice and garnered C-USA All-Tournament Team accolades ... Led the team in scoring with a career-high 18.1-point average, totaling 724 points ... Made 259-of-479 field goals (54.1 percent), 45-of-109 three-pointers (41.3 percent) and 161-of-226 free throws (71.2 percent) ... Pulled down 165 rebounds, including 53 from the offensive glass ... Handed out 71 assists, as he blocked 18 shots and had 49 steals ... Charged with 68 personal fouls and had 83 turnovers ... Scored in double figures in 33 games.

2007-08 GAME ANALYSIS

Selected Conference USA Player of the Week for Nov. 5-11, as he tied his career high for steals (four) in the season opener vs. Tennessee-Martin and also scored 28 points vs. the Skyhawks, followed by a career best for rebounds (nine) and blocked shots (two) vs. Richmond ... Was again selected Conference USA Player of the Week for Nov. 12-18 and also named Dick Vitale/ESPN.com Nat'l Player of the Week, as he earned the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic MVP honor, netting a career-high 33 points vs. Connecticut in the 2K Classic title game ... Had 10 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals vs. Southern California ... Broke out of a three-game slump (19 combined points) with an impressive 24-point, eight-rebound performance vs. Georgetown, as he scored five points in a 7-3 second-half run that extended a 63-54 lead to 70-57 with 5:34 left ... Netted 30 points vs. Houston, as he hit a season-high 11 free throws ... Added 21 points, six boards, two assists and two steals vs. Gonzaga ... Set career marks for treys made (5) and attempted (6) vs. Siena ... Saw limited action vs. Southern Methodist and Central Florida due to flu-like symptoms ... Named C-USA Player of the Week Feb. 11-17, as he averaged 27 points in the two wins over Houston and Alabama-Birmingham ... The 32-point game vs. UAB was his career best in C-USA play only, as he scored the last six points vs. UAB, including the game-winning three-point play with 0:06.5 left ... Averaged 15.7 points in the Conference USA Tournament, as he scored 19 points and added six boards, four assists and four steals vs. Southern Methodist and had 22 points vs. Southern Miss, hitting a key trey with 2:42 left to extend a 66-61 lead to 69-61 ... Scored 23 points (NCAA high) and grabbed seven boards vs. Texas-Arlington, as he also had four assists in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament ... Tallied 17 points vs. Mississippi State, as he converted key three-pt play to extend a 61-59 lead to 64-59 ... Scored 25 points vs. Michigan State in NCAA regional semis and totaled 25 points vs. Texas in NCAA South Region final, as he set school NCAA marks for free throws made (14) and attempted (17) ... Scored 28 points vs. UCLA in Final Four action and put in 22 points in a loss to Kansas in the national championship game.

2006-07 SEASON

Associated Press All-American honorable mention ... 2007 NCAA Tournament All-South Region Team selection ... NABC All-District VII and USBWA All-District IV first-team pick ... 2007 Conference USA Tournament Most Valuable Player and All-Conference USA first-team selection ... Two-time Conference USA Player of the Week choice (Feb. 19-25, 2007; Dec. 11-17, 2006) ... EA Sports Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team pick ... Started all 35 games in which he played...Missed the East Carolina (1/20) and Tulsa (1/24) games as a result of a high right ankle sprain...Started the 1/16 UAB contest, but only played the game's opening two minutes...Suffered the ankle sprain in the Houston (1/11) game, but played the rest of that contest ... Was the team's leading scorer with 538 points (15.4 ppg), making 194-of-357 field goals (54.3 percent), 19-of-58 3-pointers (32.8 percent) and 131-of-179 free throws (73.2 percent) ... Averaged 3.4 rebounds (120 total) and had 61 assists, 16 blocks and 39 steals.

2005-06 SEASON

Conference USA All-Freshman Team choice ... Played in 34 games and started 25, as he averaged 8.3 points (283 total) and 3.3 rebounds (113)...Shot 53.1 percent from the floor (102-of-192 field goals) and 74.5 percent from the charity stripe (70-of-94), as he made 9-of-29 three-point shots (31.0 percent) ... Added 51 assists with 15 blocked shots and 26 steals.

INJURY REPORT

2005-06: Did not play vs. Jackson State (11/30) due to the flu ... Sat out the Houston (3/10) and Alabama-Birmingham games (3/11) after suffering a right knee sprain during the first minute of action vs. Tulane (3/09). 2006-07: Sat out the East Carolina game (1/20) after suffering a high right ankle sprain vs. Houston (1/11) ... Left the Nevada contest in the second half with a left ankle sprain (3/18). 2007-08: Saw limited action vs. Southern Methodist (2/06) and Central Florida (2/09) due to flu-like symptoms.

SUMMER BASKETBALL

In 2004, Douglas-Roberts played for the North Team at the USA Basketball Men's Youth Development Festival, helping lead his squad to the silver medal ... Saw action in four of the five contests, as he averaged 5.5 points and 2.8 rebounds ... Shot 75 percent from the free-throw line, which was first among all Festival participants.

HIGH SCHOOL

Began his prep career at Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.), where he averaged 28 points ten rebounds and six assists per game as a point guard during his junior year ... Transferred to Northwestern High as a senior, but due to transfer rules, he was ineligible to play until midseason, as he finished with averages of 13.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game ... Was rated the 22nd-best player in high school basketball by USA Today ... Scout.com rated him the 30th-best player in the country ... Ranked 15th at shooting guard by Rivals.com.

PERSONAL

Sport and Leisure Management major ... Son of Judy Roberts and Christopher Douglas ... Born Christopher Douglas-Roberts on 1/08/87...Resides in Detroit, Michigan.