In a one-point loss to Villanova, Kansas basketball allowed 10 three-pointers to be made, out of 41 attempts. The Wildcats completely relied on the three-pointer; however, they couldn’t get any to fall which is why they only scored 56 points.
According to KenPom, teams are shooting 49.9% (we’ll call it 50%) of their shots from behind the three-point line. against Kansas That’s right, for all of the non-three attempts, an opponent is shooting an equal amount of three-pointers.
Anybody that has watched Kansas basketball this season knows that teams fire away from behind the arc, but why?