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3 Point Line Being Moved Back

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The NCAA has announced that starting this season the 3-point line will be moved back to a distance of 22 feet, 1 3/4 inches, the same distance used in international play. Since the 2008-09 season, the college 3-point line has been 20 feet, 9 inches. Prior to that, it was 19 feet, 9 inches.  By comparison, the NBA 3-point line ranges from 22 feet in the corners, out to 23 feet, 9 inches. 

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There might be a negligible dip in percentages in the first year but it won't take long for players to adjust.  There aren't too many out there who barely have their toes outside the line when they take 3's.  I don't think 17 inches is going to make a giant difference as far as the quantity of shots taken.  What it might end up doing is forcing teams who have to defend against those 3-point teams to come out far enough that it ends up opening more traffic lanes to the basket.  In the good old days of the Princeton offense, I'm sure Pete Carril would be salivating at the opportunities a pushed-up defense would afford.

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