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NCAA moving men's 3-point line to international distance

The 3-point line is moving back in men's college basketball. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel announced the arc will be moved to 22 feet, 1 ¾ inches for the 2019-20 season, matching the international distance.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The 3-point line is moving back in men’s college basketball.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel announced Wednesday that the arc will be moved to 22 feet, 1 ¾ inches for the 2019-20 season, matching the international distance.

The change will not go into effect in Division II and III until 2020-21 due to the potential financial impact on schools.

The committee said the line was moved to make the lane more available for drives from the perimeter, to slow the trend of making 3-pointers so prevalent and to create more offensive spacing by requiring the defense to cover more of the court.

The international line was used on an experimental basis in the National Invitational Tournament the past two seasons. Teams attempted 23.1 3-point shots in the 2019 NIT compared to 22.8 in the 2018-19 regular season. The 3-point shooting percentage also dropped 2.2% to 33%.

The 3-point line was last moved in 2008-09, extending a foot to 20 feet, 9 inches.

The NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee approved an experimental rule last month using the international 3-point line in postseason events outside of the NCAA championships in each division.

The panel also approved resetting the shot clock to 20 seconds after an offensive rebound and gave coaches the ability to call live-ball timeouts in the last two minutes of the second half and any overtime period

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Interesting.

 

[XXL TideFan]

If they are converting 7 meters, they missed by a mile

 

[TUSKtimes]

By extending the 3 point line it has got to only help teams who want to start their offense way out there. Wait a minute, isn't that us?

 

[50+yeartidefan]

By extending the 3 point line it has got to only help teams who want to start their offense way out there. Wait a minute, isn't that us?

Bama had an offense?

 

[planomateo]

Check this out.

Last year, there were ONLY 14 programs (of 353) that were attempting 3 points below 30%. There are 7 programs taking 50% or more of their shots behind the 3 point line. That's insane.

What will this stat look like next year after the change?

Alabama falls at #220 of 353 at 36.9% FT attempts last year.

Out of curiosity, I went back and looked at 2010 and 2000 to see how the 3 point shots had changed.

• 2019 data
• 2010 data
• 2000 data

In a chart, it would look like this (I'm rounding so the % will be off by 1-2%). I bet a histogram would pop!

Year​	<30%​	30%-40%​	40%-50%​	>50%​
2018-2019	4% (14 of 253)	55% (197 of 353)	38% (134 of 353)	2% (7 of 353)
2009-2010	30% (99 of 334)	61% (205 of 334)	9% (29 of 334)	.2% (1 of 334)
1999-2000	43% (137 of 318)	51% (162 of 318)	5% (18 of 318)	.3% (1 of 318)

The biggest changes are the number of programs taking <30% of their shots behind the 3 in the last decade and the number of teams in the 40-50% attempt rate. Not to mention the increase in teams above 50%.

 

[TerryP]