BOULDER — Colorado guard Shane Gatling developed his affinity for 3-point shooting when he was just a youngster.
It was a move was born mainly out of necessity and survival.
"When I was about 9 years old, I was playing with a lot of 12-year-olds," the 6-foot-2, 180-pound Gatling said recently. "I was skinny and little and I couldn't go by anybody. So I would just shoot every time. It kind of came natural to me, so I just kept working at it. Now I just keep trying to perfect it, but you can always get better at it.