Probably the biggest change to basketball in my lifetime is the introduction of the three-point shot in the NBA and NCAA. The ABA introduced it in '67-'68, the NBA adopted it in '79-'80, and after years of various testing, the NCAA formally adopted it for the '86-'87 season.
The ABA was barely just gone when I was born, and I was only a toddler when threes hit the NBA, but I remember the NCAA's introduction to it -- specifically the reaction of my dad and his friends (many of whom played and coached basketball at the high school level). Initially, they were very opposed to the NCAA's use of it. I remember them complaining, and I think I vaguely remember arguing about it with friends in school circa fifth or sixth grade (I'm sure I was probably against it because I followed what my dad said). I don't recall when they (and I) accepted it in college basketball, but the opposition didn't last very long at all.
Fellow old-timers, do you remember your reaction to it?
The ABA was barely just gone when I was born, and I was only a toddler when threes hit the NBA, but I remember the NCAA's introduction to it -- specifically the reaction of my dad and his friends (many of whom played and coached basketball at the high school level). Initially, they were very opposed to the NCAA's use of it. I remember them complaining, and I think I vaguely remember arguing about it with friends in school circa fifth or sixth grade (I'm sure I was probably against it because I followed what my dad said). I don't recall when they (and I) accepted it in college basketball, but the opposition didn't last very long at all.
Fellow old-timers, do you remember your reaction to it?
