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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 06-08-2018, 11:29 AM:

Remember those worries about Kentucky’s 3-point shooting last season?

John Calipari is ready to acknowledge there was some validity to the hand-wringing.

“Last year that hurt us,” Calipari said Thursday. “My first year, 2010, should have won a national title that year but we go (4 for 32) in a game from the 3-point line. You can’t win a game like that.

“This has become a hit-or-miss league: If you make it you win, if you miss it you lose.”

Avoiding that problem moving forward was a key goal in Calipari’s construction of his 2018-19 roster.

“I want to have everyone on the court that can shoot the ball,” Calipari said. “You’ve got to be honest, you’ve got to play them. Anytime you’re playing against a team where they’re playing off of one person it’s hard. How about two? And we’ve had sometimes when they played off three."

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Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 06-08-2018, 01:13 PM:

If we have 3 guys who can nail 40% or more of their 3-pointers, we will either bury them in a flood of treys, or our big guys will be unstoppable inside.

I hope we can get that balance next year.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 06-08-2018, 11:21 PM:

We shot 35.7% from the 3 point last season which tied for 134th in D-1 basketball.