Through the first half of Gonzaga’s win over Merrimack, the Zags missed all six three-point attempts and the clamoring started to echo around the fanbase on the internet: a lack of a three-point threat is going to kill this team.
On one hand, that is pretty much a guarantee for most basketball squads. If you don’t have a three-point shooting threat, defenses can sag off the perimeter all they want and collapse on the interior. For players like Drew Timme, this limits their effectiveness around the post. For an offense like Gonzaga’s, which funnels a huge chunk of its points through the frontcourt, this can be disastrous.