re: Pistol Pete - Remembered - 30 years ago today a life was ended too short

Exactly, Pete was so great other teams’ fans really respected his play.

One of our family friends scored 30 against LSU as a freshman which was his best game ever and believe was/is a school record. Unfortunately no one talks about his game because senior Pistol Pete scored 69 that night in Tuscaloosa.

This is him trying to guard Pete

Lots of people mentioning no 3 point line, but remember, there was no shot clock then either. Other teams would stall just to keep the ball away from Pete.

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A Pete story that I have related here before but the memory of that nite, that play, is that strong. Closing seconds against Ga. at Ga. Pete is running out the clock by dribbling all over, literally, with 2-3 dawgs chasing him. Dribbles to half court, less than 10 seconds left, dribbles to the far end, back to half court, clock hits 0000 & his hook shot from mid court hits nothing but the net. Pete never broke stride & ran off into the LSU locker room Dawg fans went bonkers.

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SOB, I was talking to my Dad last night about the Pistol and he mentioned this exact story and how awesome it was.

Keltic Tiger, are you my Dad?

A sadder story bout Pete in his Jazz days. His brother Ronnie was the mgr at an upscale Italian restaurant in the Quarter & a good friend worked behind the bar there. We used to go there for good..free..drinks & we often saw Pete there, post game, sitting alone with a bottle of Jack Daniels. More than a few times he finished the bottle, alone. He had his demons but even Bob Cousey always bragged that Pete was the best he'd ever seen on a basketball court with the ball in his hand.