re: No, Iowa's Clark is not breaking Maravich's scoring record

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To be fair, Maravich put up those numbers against only white competition in college

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To be fair, this is a bullsh*t remark.
And not entirely true. LSU played against black players during Maravich's time. In his senior year, he played against Southern Cal, Oregon State, UCLA and Marquette.
In fact, the great John Wooden praised Pete after UCLA played against him, saying he was like "a white Globetrotter."

As for the record, it's impossible to estimate how many points Pete would have scored had there been a 3-point line and a shot clock in those days. Dale Brown once claimed to have looked at old game films (I don't believe him, but anyway) and said Maravich would have averaged another 5 or 6 points per game.
I don't think that's accurate, though. Anyone who watched Pete in person in those days knows what kind of player he was, and after all his dad was the coach. To try to chart how many of his shots were behind the eventual 3-point arc ignores Pete's flair and showmanship.
Let me suggest that had there been a 3-point shot in those days, Pete Maravich would have taken NEARLY ALL of his shots behind the arc. That's what kind of player he was.

Caitlin Clark is a great women's college player. Let's leave it at that.

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To be fair, Maravich put up those numbers against only white competition in college

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Oh really

such a sad racist you are

Are you stupid?

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To be fair, Maravich put up those numbers against only white competition in college

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True that the SEC was still segregated. But he did play against non conference teams with black players. But how integrated do you think the rest of the country was? All white Kentucky won the championship numerous times, the last being in 1958. Ohio State was almost all white when they won in 1960. UCLA won all those championships with lots of black players but had white stars in Gail Goodrich and Bill Walton.
Pete's skills defied the color of his skin. He was a 6'5" guard with the greatest handles of all time. He had every shot in the book and half of them he invented. Most teams double teamed him, some even triple teamed him. Others, without a shot clock, played a slow down game sitting on the ball just to limit his numbers. And yet he still came through with 50 and 60 point games. To be fair you don't know what the crap you are talking about!