Originally Posted by
CDu
You are correct that it would be REALLY hard (if not impossible) to tell exactly how much the three point line has made the difference, given different lineups, different opponents, different opponents' lineups, etc. With Duke, it's hard to say if it's the line or the players. Smith and Scheyer are down from their numbers last year, Henderson and Singler are up, and Paulus is way down (but that could be the injury and reduced role). We also lost Nelson and King, which hurt as well considering both had high percentages.