The use of the three-point shot has become more common in Division I men’s basketball in recent years. The top 20 teams in the country with the most three-pointers attempted has gradually risen from 18,037 to 19,205 in only three seasons.
The NCAA first recognized the three-point arc in the 1986-87 season and there has been an average of 21.9 attempts from downtown in 2018.
On Jan. 27, the Seton Hall’s men’s basketball team fell, 80-52, to Villanova in a game where the Wildcats took 42 shots from beyond the arc. Villanova converted on 17 of these shots, which accounted for nearly 64 percent of the team’s scoring.