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Entering this season, many coaches and NCAA officials were concerned that the perimeter game had come to dominate play, resulting in less intense games that relied too heavily upon 3-point shots. As a result, the NCAA moved the 3-point line back a foot to encourage post play down low. Based upon early statistics, the move is having some impact upon field goal percentages, although the impact upon game strategies is still far from clear.
Many leading high school and AAU coaches believed that elite players didn’t get the proper experience at the collegiate level due to the… |
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John
May 31st, 2010 at 10:24
I wonder what long term effect this will have on college basketball. Will it drive scores down, push the players to the interior more to fight for those 2 pointers, or force the players to become better at shooting the long ball from 1 foot further out? I guess we’ll see, right?