You probably won't be surprised to hear that there are a lot more 3s in today's college basketball game than when the 3-point line was introduced.
The NCAA's first season with a 3-point shot was 1986-87, and teams took an average of 9.2 triples per game. That number has more than doubled in the almost four decades since, with teams taking 21.9 3-pointers per game in the 2023-24 season.
That trend continued into the NCAA Tournament. No. 14 Oakland stunned No. 3 Kentucky in the first round of March Madness, and the long-range ball had much to do with it. Golden Grizzlies guard Jack Gohlke let it rip from beyond the arc against the Wildcats, sinking 10 3-pointers in the upset win.
Gohlke came close to breaking the record for most 3s made in an NCAA Tournament game, however he was unable to surpass the all-time mark. The record was set not long after the introduction of the 3-point line, and no one has beat it since.
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Most 3s made in a March Madness game
The record for most 3-pointers made in an NCAA Tournament is owned by Loyola Marymount's Jeff Fryer, who made 11 of his 15 3-point attempts in a win over Michigan on March 18, 1990.
Fryer is one of five players who have ever made double-digit 3s in a March Madness game. UNLV's Freddie Banks was the first to do it when he hit 10 3-pointers in a loss to Indiana in 1987. Memphis' Roburt Sallie joined the list in 2009, followed by Purdue's Carsen Edwards in 2019.
Edwards hit nine 3-pointers in a different game in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, tying him with a group of players for the third-most triples ever made in March Madness.
Gohlke added his name to the list with his stellar showing for Oakland at the 2024 NCAA Tournament, sinking 10 3-pointers to tie Edwards, Sallie and Banks for second on the all-time list.
Here are the most 3-pointers made in a single game in NCAA Tournament history:
| Rank | Player | 3s | Year |
| 1. | Jeff Fryer | 11 | 1990 |
| 2. | Jack Gohlke | 10 | 2024 |
| Carsen Edwards | 10 | 2019 | |
| Roburt Sallie | 10 | 2009 | |
| Freddie Banks | 10 | 1987 | |
| 6. | Johnny Hemsley | 9 | 1999 |
| Johnny Miller | 9 | 1995 | |
| Carsen Edwards | 9 | 2019 | |
| Bryce Alford | 9 | 2015 | |
| Gerry McNamara | 9 | 2004 | |
| Garde Thompson | 9 | 1987 | |
| Rickey Paulding | 9 | 2003 | |
| Brady Heslip | 9 | 2012 |
Fryer also owns the record for most 3-point attempts in an NCAA Tournament game. In a loss to Arkansas in 1989, he scored 24 points on 5-for-22 shooting from deep.
Edwards set a tournament record by making a total of 28 3-pointers over four games in 2019. The previous record was owned by Michigan's Glen Rice, who drained 27 3-pointers in the 1989 NCAA Tournament.
