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Twenty feet, nine inches: That’s the long-standing three-point arc in college basketball.
With the game increasingly oriented towards perimeter play, we see a lot more players add distance shots to their arsenal. And this says nothing of the equalizing effect it has had in the midmajor ranks. It is almost a trope that teams which cannot sign a blue chip athlete from a prep powerhouse can often find stellar shooters to keep them competitive. It’s hard to argue with the success of the strategy either.
For instance, there is not a single major conference player in the Top 10 in made three-point percentage.