When It’s Time To Flee The Three

Not everybody is good at what they do, or at all of what they do.

This unfortunate truth is evident in the corps of laggard 3-point shooters returning to the ACC this season. Boston College boasts (is saddled with?) two of the bottom five in Vin Baker, Jr. and Steffon Mitchell, both freshmen in 2018.

The least-accurate 3-point marksman coming back this season, Pitt’s Kene Chukwuka, also was among the worst free throw shooters (.433). He’s now a junior and presumably will learn to zero in on the basket under new coach Jeff Capel.

Notre Dame sank from fourth to 11^th in 3-point accuracy last year, handicapped by the graduation of Steve Vasturia and V.J Beachem, injuries to Matt Farrell and Bonzie Colson, and the misfires of Nikola Djogo and 35-game starter Rex Pflueger. Between them the Djogo and Pflueger tried 184 threes and made 54, a cumulative 29.3 percent.

Pflueger shot 39.7 percent from the bonusphere in 2017. Relied on more and launching long-distance strikes almost twice as often, his accuracy dropped significantly.