Wondering if we will benefit  from the move.  We aren't the best 3 point shooting team anyway.  This move might reduce all the 3point bombs that are routinely dropped on us; seemingly due to our trapping style of D. 

But making the issue more confusing, the women didn't move their line back. So, in the majority of arenas, where the men and women play on the same court, there will be two lines marking the 3-point line (only 1 foot apart).  This may be very distracting.

To go back to the topic of the thread,  I think that the new line will be more of an issue in the women's game when they might start shooting from behind the new line more often because they will see it out of their peripheral vision and step back as I don't think many of them have played on courts with even the second NBA line on them too many times before.

For the men, it will just mean that we defend the 3 even worse and will also show off our lack of big men as it opens up the paint some.

So, to answer the question, I'd have to say it's bad for us

It's an interesting question about who will benifit and who will be hurt by the change.  I don't think we know fully until we see it in action.

But I do think it helps deep 3pt shooters like Wilmore and Allbriton who can hit from NBA land if left open.  It probably hurts the 19.9 three point shooters (the ones that aren't that great but can make a couple) like avier, King, Wilmore and even Noel.

As a team GW shoots less 3pters than most (12th in the A-10 in 3ps/game), so that's a plus if we assume they are now harder to make.  With a switching/rotating D, 3pt shooters will still be left open and it may be somewhat harder to close out on them, but it's still a plus for GW on defense.  The opposing players could have set up at 20.9 ft last year if they wanted but didn't because it's harder to make from further out.

I say net plus for GW.  Net minus for heavy 3pt set shot teams like Davison, Vandy and Charlotte.  Then again, it's only 1 foot so the NCAA basketball world won't be that different.

Hey Bobo,

I still miss our hilarious "Fight Club" post that was banned on this site.

Team               # of 3s             Threes Per Game

Mass                929                  25.80

Char                786                  23.11

Duq                 680                  22.66

Temp               721                  21.20

Ford                613                  21.11

Bona                609                  20.30

LaSalle            648                  20.25

Rich                 619                  19.96

GW                 516                  19.84

avier             721                  19.48

URI                 639                  19.36

St. Joe             640                  18.82

SLU                497                  16.03

Dayton                        542                  15.94

Let's recap.  We took more 3's than ever before, did not shoot them particularly well, our opponents always take many 3's against us, and presumably made a higher percentage.  And, with two other conference teams joining us in the top 10 of teams that opponents shoot a high number of 3's against, it stands to reason that many A10 teams relied heavily on the 3.

And now, the 3 point shot is a tougher shot to make.

Good for us.