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Why Indiana should be shooting more 3-pointers and fewer long 2s

For a fourth straight season under Mike Woodson, Indiana basketball has one of the nation’s lowest 3-point shooting volumes.

According to college basketball analytics site KenPom.com, the Hoosiers currently rank 350th out of 364 teams in percentage of field goals attempted from beyond the 3-point line. Indiana is 8-2 and ranked inside the top 40 of Pomeroy’s rankings.

Through 10 games, 29.7 percent of Indiana’s field goal attempts are 3-pointers. That’s the second-lowest among teams from power conferences. Only Syracuse (29.3 percent) ranks lower. The Division I average is 39.5 percent.

The last time Indiana basketball’s 3-point shooting volume was higher than the Division I average was the 2016-17 season, Tom Crean’s final year in Bloomington.