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Something in Garvin's last post, about a bad shooting environment, triggered a distant memory. I gave myself five minutes to google past stats for the years in which the women had to move from Galen (a gym they know) to Staples for semis and finals, but drew blanks.  It's my impression that Staples doesn't dim its arena lighting as much as many or most venues. My hunch is, every semi-finalist in every year shot measurably worse from beyond the arc, but that the finalists reverted toward the norm in the big game. If either or both supposition is true, not to worry. Because Stanford's threes have fallen well over the last ten NCAA runs.

[FarmDad.01]

Something in Garvin's last post, about a bad shooting environment, triggered a distant memory. I gave myself five minutes to google past stats for the years in which the women had to move from Galen (a gym they know) to Staples for semis and finals, but drew blanks.  It's my impression that Staples doesn't dim its arena lighting as much as many or most venues. My hunch is, every semi-finalist in every year shot measurably worse from beyond the arc, but that the finalists reverted toward the norm in the big game. If either or both supposition is true, not to worry. Because Stanford's threes have fallen well over the last ten NCAA runs.