Ross Land laughs at the nicknames.

He has been called “The 3-Point King.” And it has been written that behind the 3-point arc is “The Land of 3.”

But behind the nicknames and the 3-point accolades is the touching story of how Northern Arizona’s Ross Land became the best 3-point shooter in the history of Division I basketball.

It is a story of love and loss and family.

Land was just a tyke when he started attending his father’s practices. Jim Land was the coach at Chico High in northern California, and Ross would tag along.

“I’d go to practices and he’d tell me to go shoot 100 jumpers in the corner of the gym,” Ross Land told The Post. “I come back and he’d say, ‘Go shoot another hundred and keep track.'”

Jim Land never got to see just how great a shooter his son became.

He won’t be in the stands tomorrow night in the McKale Arena when his son, who now carries 205 pounds on a 6-foot-5 frame and can bench press more than 300 pounds, leads Northern Arizona against St. John’s in a first-round game of the NCAA Tournament.

One day after his 48th birthday, when Ross was a high school junior, Jim Land succumbed to pancreatic cancer. His legacy lives on his son’s sweet jumper.

“We had one of those portable hoops in the driveway,” Ross recalled. “At first he didn’t want me to shoot 3-pointers. I was in sixth grade and I wasn’t very strong. My mom wanted me to shoot. She’d tell me to shoot the 3. My dad would tell me I wasn’t strong enough.”

By the time Land was a high-school sophomore, his father couldn’t help but notice that his little boy was becoming a young man. They worked on the 3, on proper technique. Jim would always push his son to take another hundred 3’s.

For his career, Ross Land has converted 46.4 percent of his 3’s (300-of-646), eclipsing Shawn Respert’s previous career record of 45.5 percent. If Northern Arizona is to have a shot at upsetting St. John’s, Jim Land’s son must shoot out the lights.

Ross Land doesn’t play for his dad, although Jim is always in his heart. He plays for the love of the game. He plays because every time he puts down a 3, that sound of the ball swishing through the net touches a chord deep inside.

Ross Land and Northern Arizona are what this NCAA Tournament is all about.

“It’s a great feeling,” said Land. “It’s something for all of us at a little school to cherish for the rest of your life.”

Just like the bond between and father and son.