Kentucky AD worries about where the game is going

Mitch Barnhart is the AD at Kentucky. He is saying the same things about the 3-point line that I am saying. At least misery loves company.
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�But as a fan I always loved to watch the game with cutting and moving and inside games with interior passing. I think that�s a lost art in some respects.�

Barnhart, like most, has noticed a dramatic shift to 3-point shooting.

�I watched a pro game and one team shot close to 40 3-pointers and made six or seven of them,� Barnhart said. �I�m thinking, �If that�s where our game has gone, I�m not sure I want to watch,� from a fan�s perspective. I appreciate the college game because I think it has some of the pieces of interior passing, moving people, some zone, some man-to-man so that part of it is good. The complete reliance on the 3-point shot? I wish we could get back to where the mid-range jumper was important.�

Some have proposed moving the collegiate 3-point line back to the NBA distance might deter teams?

�I think if you put the 3-point line at 27 feet they would shoot it,� Barnhart said. �It�s so funny to watch young people warming up. Nobody warms up at 10 or 12 feet. They all go three places � layup, free throw line, 3-point line. That�s clearly the emphasis of the game.�