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Originally Posted by eg-italy
Moving back the three point line together with the rectangular area should increase the number of plays near the basket. Games had become a kind of target shooting. 
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I don't know about the lane change, but the stated reason the NCAA moved back the three point line was to open up the area between the three point line and the paint, to encourage more play in that area, which they felt had become too congested owing to the size of today's college player. In theory, at least in the NCAA's theory, extending the three point line should result in more mid-range shots whereas before the change the vast majority of shots were taken either in the paint or at the arc. I have never heard whether the change had the desired effect.