Correctable Error: 3pt FGA: Utah State vs Portland State Men's Game.

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Originally Posted by BryanV21

Three pointer. If the ball had bounced inside the arc it would be two points.

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Not correct and it doesn't matter where it bounces...

Originally Posted by BryanV21

I swear I read that somewhere

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You read that a try is over if the ball strikes the floor. Therefore, if a long throw bounces on the floor and then enters the basket, it cannot be worth three points. There is even an NFHS case play in which this happens (with or without the expiration of time at the end of a quarter.) Camron is astutely telling you that you incorrectly added a phrase stating where the ball bounces when you wrote “inside the arc.” He is pointing out that it doesn’t matter whether the ball bounces inside or outside the arc, merely the fact that it contacted the floor somewhere is enough to eliminate the possibility of a 3-point goal.