The NCAA adapter the Three Pointer in the 1986-1987 season to "open up the game, force teams to play more defense away from the basket and assist in the problem of rough low-post play". The three pointer has become the games great equalizer. There are alot of examples of this in recent college basketball history. In 2005 the West Virginia Mountaineers made 42 3s on there way to the Elite Eight. "We wouldn't have been around very long,'' West Virginia coach John Beilein said. "Can you imagine how low the scores would be without the 3-point shot? Defense has gotten so much better.'' Another great example also happened in the 2005 season when Vermont upset Syracuse in the NCAA tournament. T.J. Sorrentine clinched the game when he drilled a deep three pointer with about a minute left in the overtime thriller. "When the shot ripped through the net, the crowd inside the DCU Center in Worcester rose in unison, the roar reverberating off the ceiling and against the back walls." Would that moment have been as exciting and thrilling if it was only worth two points? Would Sorrentine even taken that shot? Luckily we never have to know the answer to these questions and it is obvious the three has impacted the game, and will continue to impact it down the road.
The information came from an article from ESPN.com by Andy Katz
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2186286
This is the highlight of the deep three pointer by T.J.Sorrentine in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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