NCAA moving the 3-point line

A good move that was overdue. Looks like the college 3 point line will be moved back a foot. Will make the 3 point shot a little tougher and perhaps push a little more emphasis on the game inside the 3 pt line.


http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=ap-ncaa-3-pointline&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10164333

No longer 19-9 shot, now a 20-9 shot

 

Wonder if the high schools will follow suit? Or at least how quickly...

 

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This is a d_b. The linked thread started first.</a>

 

Yeah, but is it a db if the original thread garnered no responses?

Kind of the tree falling in the forest, concept.

 

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So is this gonna' be like the 3 point line they use during international games?

 

AP story says high schools will stay 19-9.

 

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I wish that they would push it back to the NBA distance. I've never liked the 3-pointer at the length the NCAA currently uses because it's too close and it has changed the game. If they got rid of the 3-pointer, that would be fine with me. It seems like the mid-range jumper is a lost art these days. Too many offenses are set up for two or three players to be stationed behind the arc and I don't think it makes for good basketball. Granted, the quick shift of momentum can lead to excitement, but that doesn't mean it's good basketball.

 

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Good move I think. Presnetly, it's as close for a college senior male as it is for a junior high school girl to shoot a 3.

 

So the floor at a facility that hosts NBa and college games -- say MSG -- will have three sets of lines for the arc? That's a bit busy...

 

Wouldn't that be a state-by-state decision? Idaho had the 3-point line two years before some neighboring states did. My school got some extra home games because the nearby border schools wanted to play with a 3-point line.

side note: yours truly recorded the first 3-point basket in Idaho high school history during a freshman basketball game in 1983.

 

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Kirk: d_b by five minutes my friend. Missed by this much ...