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Is one foot back on the 3-point line a step forward for NCAA hoops?

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Thursday, July 10, 2008

AKRON, Ohio -- One after the other, the 3-point shots were off the mark. It was just a drill with some of the top college guards in the country at the LeBron James Skills Academy. It doesn't mean much since it was just a random Tuesday in early July. But throughout the drill, a few players glanced down to make sure they were behind the right 3-point line -- the new 3-point line, one that is a foot farther back than it has been. Next season, the 3-point line will move from 19 feet, 9 inches ...

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