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ESPN on MSN.com · 1h

Celtics 'a little bit off' but calm after historically bad 3-pt shooting night

The Celtics might've finally reached a saturation point as they missed a record 45 3-pointers Monday night as the Knicks took advantage in a 108-105 Game 1 overtime victory.
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 23, 2025

NCAA Tournament notebook: Arizona’s 3-point shooting coming around at right time

At 32.9 percent for the season, Arizona is ranked outside the top 200 in Division I in 3-point ... NCAA history with 380 triples. “We’ve just got to have confidence in ourselves.” Love is ...
NBA · 10h

The impact of 3-point shooting in the 2025 NBA playoffs

The present-day NBA has been defined by the emergence and efficiency of 3-point shooting, and that has been extremely noticeable during the 2025 NBA playoffs. It’s difficult to fully distill wins and losses by just one statistical category, but the numbers show how important 3-point shooting has been to team success so far in the playoffs.
Icon for www.sportingnews.comSporting News · 26d

UNC adds 44-percent 3-point shooter in big transfer portal pickup

Evans lit it up for the Rams in 2024-25, shooting 44.6 percent from 3-point land. All told, Evans put in 10.6 points per game. Evans was a key part of Colorado State's first-round NCAA Tournament ...
Icon for www.newsobserver.comRaleigh News & Observer · Mar 24, 2025

Why Tyrese Proctor’s red-hot shooting brought tears to Duke coach Jon Scheyer’s eyes

Sunday’s performance against Baylor boosted Proctor’s 3-point shooting percentage for the season ... and seeing Proctor come up big in the NCAA Tournament, brought tears to Duke coach Jon ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · Mar 28, 2025

A freshman with 3-point shooting skill is Kentucky’s first transfer add for next season

Williams’ shooting splits were certainly ... a day before Kentucky’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against Troy. Kam Williams (3) shot 48.5% from the field and 41.2% on 3-pointers in ...
Icon for www.cleveland.comCleveland.com · 26d

How the Cavs clinched East’s No. 1 seed with 3-point shooting revival

Not only were they coming off a loss to the Sacramento Kings only 48 hours prior — the game was also their fourth-worst shooting night ... standings for team 3-point percentage (38.4).
CBS Sports · 28d

Florida wins NCAA championship: Gators overcome double-digit deficit, rally past Houston for third title

Star guard Walter Clayton Jr. didn't make his first basket from the field until the 7:54 mark, but he came alive late to help spur the Gators to the college basketball mountaintop once more. His 3-pointer coming out of the final media timeout evened the score at 60-60 and showed how the Gators were finally able to crack the code on Houston's suffocating defense.
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · 19d

Gonzaga loses out on top 3-point shooter in the transfer portal

At least six rotational players from last season's squad that won the West Coast Conference tournament and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... needs for 3-point shooting ...
Icon for www.nydailynews.comNew York Daily News · 18d

How St. John’s is addressing its shooting deficiencies through the transfer portal

but the team’s shooting deficiencies proved costly in an upset loss to Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament’s second round. The second-seeded Red Storm went just 2-of-22 (9.1%) on 3-point attempts ...
Icon for www.sbnation.comSB Nation · 4d

Landing a top 3-point shooter makes this Big Ten women’s basketball team a transfer portal winner

The Bruins landed a commitment from arguably the best 3-point shooter in the transfer ... Kneepkens had the ninth best shooting percentage from deep range, knocking down 44.8 percent of her ...
Icon for www.nytimes.comThe New York Times · Mar 28, 2025

Men’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 roundup: Alabama sets 3-point record, Cooper Flagg carries Duke

The first night of Sweet 16 action in the men’s NCAA Tournament ... And then the shooting became contagious. Second-seeded Alabama finished with 51 attempts from 3, which also set a tournament ...
Icon for www.elevenwarriors.comEleven Warriors · 20d

Former Boston College Guard T’yana Todd Transferring to Ohio State Women’s Basketball

Former Boston College guard T’yana Todd, who ranked fourth in the NCAA last season with a 3-point shooting percentage of 45.9%, announced her commitment to Ohio State on Tuesday. Todd ...
Icon for www.aol.comAOL · 28d

NCAA championship game: Houston leads Florida 31-28 at half

The Cougars (35-4), who entered the night as the NCAA's leading 3-point shooting team at 39.9 percent, missed their first eight 3-point attempts while the Gators missed their first six.
USA TODAY · 27d

Florida vs Houston predictions, picks, odds for men's NCAA championship

Madness Final Four action concludes with No. 1 Florida vs. No. 1 Houston in the national championship. Here are expert predictions and how to watch.
Icon for www.yardbarker.comYardbarker · Mar 28, 2025

Gonzaga Contacts Elite Three Point Shooting Guard in Transfer Portal

All that resulted in Lindsay being named Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year, while his three point percentage led the league and his true shooting percentage of 61.5% was third.
Buckeyes Wire on MSN.com · 12d

Ohio State Women's basketball adds scoring threat from transfer portal

The Ohio State Women's basketball team is in a bit of a rebuilding period after seeing several players graduate as well as losing star Cotie McMahon to the transfer portal. Fortunately, Kevin McGuff has a solid foundation with Big Ten Freshman of the Year in Jaloni Cambridge.
Icon for www.indystar.comThe Indianapolis Star · Mar 26, 2025

Alabama basketball's Mark Sears hits back at criticism for 3-point shooting before Sweet 16

All-American guard Mark Sears took the heat on the first question asked on Wednesday, coming under fire for his performance from 3-point range heading into the NCAA ... at Ohio, shooting 28.6 ...
Icon for www.kentucky.comLexington Herald Leader · Apr 5, 2025

One of the top guards in the NCAA transfer portal has committed to Kentucky

One of the immediate knocks against Lowe, though, is that he only shot 26.6% on 3-pointers last season. Lowe averaged five attempts per game from three-point range during the 2024-25 season.
Icon for www.charlotteobserver.comCharlotte Observer · Mar 24, 2025

Why Tyrese Proctor’s red-hot shooting brought tears to Duke coach Jon Scheyer’s eyes

The latest results, news, notes and analysis from the 2025 NCAA Tournament ... performance against Baylor boosted Proctor’s 3-point shooting percentage for the season to 41.5. That’s compared ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · Mar 23, 2025

NCAA Tournament notebook: Arizona’s 3-point shooting coming around at right time

At 32.9 percent for the season, Arizona is ranked outside the top 200 in Division I in 3-point shooting ... win over Akron in the first round of the NCAA tourney, the second-most 3s in an NCAA ...
Yardbarker · 12d

The 'NBA playoff three-point shooting percentage leaders' quiz

He turned in a vintage 31-point performance in Houston in Game 1 with five three's -- including one in at the end of the shot clock in the third quarter that play-by-play man Kevin Harlan said "geometrically that should not have happened!" in disbelief.
Icon for mndaily.comMinnesota Daily · 18d

NCAA 3-point line rule yielding little change

Besides an extra, and annoying, arc being visible on courts, it doesn’t look like the NCAA’s decision to move back the three-point line 12 inches in men ... the Chicago Tribune reports. The percentage of the shots made has dropped slightly nationally ...