Crazy stat on Pete Maravich scoring record...

I see there are a few people replying on twitter that he holds that record only because he shot 38 times per game.

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see there are a few people replying on twitter that he holds that record only because he shot 38 times per game.

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We was so good that he could take 38 shots a game and still make 40 plus percent with defenses playing a box and one or a triangle and two against him.

How many games did Pete play in compared to the kid about to break his record?

With people complaining about all the shots, they never seem to talk about the fact that Pete also had 6.2 assists per game as a senior, which if I'm not mistaken, led the SEC!

Not to be a negative cog in this positive spin because what Pete did will never be matched, but Pete still shot the ball more that this guy so that’s a variable to measure as well.
Now if the 3 pointers weren’t a thing for this Detroit kid he would still be about 600 points back.
Pistols record won’t ever truly be matched.

The Detroit Mercy kid already fell 3 points short.

No more conference tournament games, no March madness, no NIT left.


HOWEVER, there is some random obscure tournament I’ve never heard of that would qualify him to break the record if he scores 4 points in the game. The school needs to pay $50k to get into that tournament if they want in, and it’s the only shot the kid has for the record

44.2 ppg is a record that will be never be touched.

Maravich also played in the era of the one shot foul and he shot a lot of those. I don’t think that balanced out the lack of a 3 pt basket but you could say he shot 3/4 of his teams 1-shot fouls (fouls before you went to 1-1) and be pretty accurate.

White boy can ball