For three games inside Assembly Hall the Hoosiers and their opponents played with the 3-point line extended to the international basketball distance (22 feet, 1 ¾ inches) instead of the normal men’s college distance of 20 feet, 9 inches.
Now, that further distance is the new norm.
In early June the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a proposal to permanently extend the 3-point line to the international distance, forcing college shooters to put a bit more loft and power on their shots.
The new distance was tested in both the 2018 and 2019 NITs, with negligible results compared to the regular season.