Oakland's Max Hooper has set an NCAA record for most 3 pointers attempted to start a season. He has taken 133 shots so far this year, and they have all been 3s. Nothing inside the line. No layups, dunks, nothing else. 45.1% from beyond the arc.

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Still, you can’t attempt at least one floater, one layup, something – just to keep defenses honest?

Hooper doesn’t see it that way.

“My coach has never told me not to take a 2 or anything like that,” he explained. “It’s really just the way it works out. Our offensive system is designed for me to get open shots, and my teammates and my coaches have confidence that I’ll make those shots.

If you look back at the history of Oakland, Coach (Greg) Kampe has had a long history of guys who take a high volume of 3’s and are expected to make a high volume of 3’s.”

That may be so, but this sort of thing is unprecedented in college basketball. Hooper already has attempted the most consecutive 3-pointers ever to start a season, and if he maintains this style of play for the whole year, it’s hard to predict that mark being broken.