Basketball

Will moving the 3 point line back in NCAA basketball effect the game much?

It looks like the NCAA has decided to make 3 pointers harder to make. Tell me how you think this will change college basketball.

Public Comments

1. Hopefully it will. The ncaa three point line currently is a total joke. For the love of GOD!!! 19'9" is little more than a free throw!!!! move it back to the NBA RANGE PLEASE!!!
2. Not at all.
3. The same as the pros. The 3 point line is a fairly new concept, it started as a gimick to make the ABA more exciting.
4. Yes! it will! More NCAA players, who boast of thier 3-point shooting to NBA scouts, will have to prove themselves on a longer 3-point line. Less 3-point shots will be taken by players because they are now harder to make.
5. I think moving the line will have an effect on the game, but not a huge one. A good shooter's range is much further than where the line is. I think there will be less shots taken from three-point range, and percentages will take a hit, but the good shooters won't really be effected at all.
6. yeah, its going to make it much tougher on the mid-major schools
7. It really will not have much of an effect at all.
8. Here's my take on this... YES I think it will change the college game, ALOT. Most of the college kids like to pull up from RIGHT BEHIND the 2 point line, but will hesitate if one of their feet is not about 2 inches from that line. It may not seem like alot to think of to you people who don't know what its like to even shoot a basketball anymore, but it's a mental thing. The college guys won't be used to it for a couple years at least because of the fact that even those guys in high school up until then had been used to this older version and have to get used to this new, and soon to be universal, 3 point line. Extending the line will do nothing but help the "shooters" in the draft. It will give scouts a better look at players 3 point shooting potential, helping the "shooters" because of the fact the the "shooters" can always pull-up from about 3 feet behind the line. If a guy can still pull-up from 3 feet behind the new line then it gives a little more defention to the "shooter". If you can't tell... I think this is a HUGE deal.
9. I think it will. It spreads the offense, causing the defense to spread to cover. While 3-pointers may go down slightly, I expect the game in the paint to increase significantly.