NCAA To Move Back 3-Point Line In 2008

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  1. BrewCityBuck

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>3rd May, 2007 - 1:50 pm AP - Two decades after adding the 3-point line, the NCAA men's basketball rules committee approved a measure Thursday that will move the line back one foot -- from 19 feet, 9 inches to 20 feet, 9 inches. If approved by the playing rules oversight committee on May 25, it would mark the first major change to 3-pointers since their adoption. The change would not take place until November 2008</div> Not a big deal, but the three in college basketball is a little too easy.
     
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    I think this could be kind of a big deal..now it may be difficult to compare stats from differernt players in different eras because the players in the past have taken a lot significantly of easier 3-pointers.The good thing about this is it will show which players actually have NBA 3-point range and expose the pretenders.
     
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    I like this move alot. 3-point shooters are way too dominant in college.
     
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    This is a big deal. Less game winners now. How far is the NBA compared to this?
     
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    The NBA is about 18 inches more...it's a HUGE difference.I completely agree with what they said on ESPN about it maybe bringing back the 15-foot mid-range jumper..a lost art in the NBA..that would be great
     
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    It said on ESPN that the NBA line is 23 feet, 9 inches, but that seems really far.
     
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    that's what it is and it isn't that much farther than a college 3 from a shooter's stand-point
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Suns Fan Guy @ May 6 2007, 08:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>that's what it is and it isn't that much farther than a college 3 from a shooter's stand-point</div>It's four feet (currently)... that's a good distance. I think it depends on the shooter. A lot of guys shoot from way past the three anyway... like those Oregon guys come to mind.
     
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    I think the college 3 point line should be moved back to 6 inches less than the NBA range. It wouldn't be too easy but not so close as to which the jump from college to the NBA is extreme.
     
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    Good...I think some players jack too many 3's because they were relatively easy to make. I think we'll see more team oriented play now...more high quality basketball..
     
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    I guess this is a good move, but why didn't they move it to the distance of the international three? I think that would have made more sense. Anyway, teams that play a lot of zone will really benefit from this IMO. Some think that this will lower the amount of upsets, but I don't agree really. They say that the teams that pull off the upsets often have small lineups and hit threes. But most of these players hit many of their threes way past the college three, so I don't think that this will affect them.
     
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    It is only one foot, nothing huge, it won't make that much of a difference.
     
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    For some players it will, one comes to mind is Robert Dozier. He can hit the three, but he cant hit a three a foot behind. Hopefully he'll work on it. But like I said in the earlier post, players like JJ Redick, and sometimes Lofton should dominate the game.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ May 6 2007, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's four feet (currently)... that's a good distance. I think it depends on the shooter. A lot of guys shoot from way past the three anyway... like those Oregon guys come to mind.</div>Also when a team like Villanova plays at Wachovia, and they leave the NBA three point line, they always shoot from there anyways.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Not a big deal, but the three in college basketball is a little too easy.</div>If you look up the statistics the average 3-point % was like 34% or something like that. Also what does moving a foot do? If anything, move it to the NBA perimeter. That's the only option that actually makes sense. Moving it back a foot does nothing.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WELCOMEtotheJUNGLE @ May 9 2007, 04:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If you look up the statistics the average 3-point % was like 34% or something like that. Also what does moving a foot do? If anything, move it to the NBA perimeter. That's the only option that actually makes sense. Moving it back a foot does nothing.</div>I agree. Why move it a foot? The women didn't move it back, so there could be like 1000 lines on the court?
     

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