they started the 3 point shot in abl basketball in 1961.
they started the 3 point shot in abl basketball in 1961.
when did they start the 3 point shot in abl basketball?
1961
he had ambitions of owning a team in the national basketball association and hoped to start a team in california. that hope was dashed when the nba approved the move of the lakers from minneapolis to l.a. the nba also did not award the warriors to saperstein when the team moved from philadelphia to san francisco. instead of sitting on the sidelines, saperstein started the american basketball league in 1961 and served as its commissioner, as well as owner of the league's chicago majors team. to differentiate the abl from the nba – and to promote the new league – saperstein introduced a widened free throw lane and the three-point shot, both of which were later adopted by the nba, although the abl lasted only a season and a half. the nba adopted the three-point shot in 1979.
abe saperstein
the jayhawks entered the season ranked 4th, their 162nd consecutive poll they have been ranked in. during the season, they extended the streak to, as of the poll released on march 12, 2018, 180 consecutive polls. the last game ku played as unranked team was a 66–61 win over colorado on january 31, 2009. with their 74–72 win over texas tech on february 24, 2018, the jayhawks clinched their ncaa record 14th consecutive big 12 regular season championship. the season marked the first time the jayhawks have ever been swept in the regular season by an opponent under bill self, ending what was a streak of 103 home and home series without a sweep dating back to 2001. the jayhawks lost to self's alma mater oklahoma state twice. with 3:49 left in the 2nd half of their big 12 tournament quarterfinal game against oklahoma state, red-shirt sophomore guard malik newman made a 3-point shot. that 3 point was the jayhawks school record 319th made 3 point shot in the season, breaking a record the jayhawks set the previous season.
2017–18 kansas jayhawks men's basketball team