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An interesting look at how the new three point line could affect the game.

Here’s a nice bit of analysis from the boards on what the new three point line will mean for college basketball and how it could help power programs.

From the post:

“This year, what [Ken Pomeroy has] been harping on is overall offensive efficiency. The trend is down across the country, and it doesn’t take a genius to theorize that the longer 3pt line is the culprit. My opinion/hope when the rule change was announced was that this would benefit teams with better talent overall, like Duke. I don’t even think it’s necessary that Duke in particular is proficient at shooting 3s to be helped by the rule change (although, it certainly won’t hurt if Stanley, O’Connell, Hurt, Jones, White, Moore, Carey, etc. find themselves making a high % of their 3s). What I do think is that by making the offensive footprint bigger, more talented players all over the floor are going to have more opportunity to succeed against their less talented counterparts. Good for programs like Duke.“

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