Perimeter shooting has never been more utized or valuable than it is in the sport of basketball right now with good teams like Duke, Alabama and Marquette — not to mention the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics — taking roughly half of their field goal attempts from 3-point range.
Don’t tell that to Tom Izzo, though.
At Michigan State, the Spartans are barely taking a 3-pointer every third possession, making them at an even lower rate, and this should be a real problem — but it’s not. Izzo’s team won again Friday night, 69-62 at Ohio State, while taking only 18 3-pointers and making just three of them. The Quadrant 1 victory over an Ohio State team that’s 27th in the NET pushed Michigan State’s record to 12-2 overall, and 3-0 in the Big Ten, despite the Spartans shooting just 28% from 3-point range on the season.
That number ranks 342nd nationally.
College basketball rankings: Michigan State picks up ‘ugly win’ vs. Ohio State, is off to hot start in Big Ten
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