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Is Indiana allergic to corner 3s? An investigation on an unsustainable trend
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Depending on the random sampling of Indiana men’s basketball games that you analyze from this season, there’s a chance that Indiana’s opponents have made a similar number of corner 3-pointers as the Hoosiers have attempted. Using publicly available shot charts from ESPN,
Crimson Quarry analyzed the role, or the lack thereof, that corner 3-pointers have in Indiana’s offense.
Over the course of the last 25 years, Indiana has fluctuated between embracing the 3 and being 3-point averse in terms of attempts, and the Hoosiers’ success from behind the arc has varied, too. But among Indiana’s last five head coaches, Archie Miller has arguably had the lowest – or at least, the least-modern – combination of 3-point percentage and 3-point