How the 3-Pointer Revolution Is Shaping an Unpredictable March Madness Showdown
Yet two of those runs ended when the Tide couldn’t hit from outside. That 2023 team led by eventual No. 2 overall NBA pick Brandon Miller went 3 for 27 (11.1%) on 3s in a Sweet 16 loss to San Diego State. The Tide went 8 for 32 (25%) in last year’s regional-final loss to Duke.
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Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, now at St. John’s, has never shied from the 3, going back to Providence’s unexpected Final Four in the first season of the 3-pointer to cutting down the nets at Kentucky in 1996, followed by Louisville in 2013 in a later-vacated title push.



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