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How Good Was Pistol Pete Maravich? by Jonny Arnett
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An evaluation of the talent, career and legacy of one of the most dynamic players of NBA history
Pistol Pete Maravich - The Greatest College Basketball Player Ever (26 Videos)
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"Pistol Pete" Maravich was one of my two my basketball idols when I was growing up. Thank you Pete for giving me the inspiration to become a great basketball player when I was young. My other basketball idol was Walt "Clyde" Frazier. The night Pete scored 68 points, it was against Walt, who was perhaps the greatest defender ever."
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January 5, 1988 - Pete Maravich collapsed and died of heart failure at age 40 while playing in a pickup basketball game in the gym at First Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena, California, with a group that included evangelical author James Dobson. Maravich had flown out from his home in Louisiana to tape a segment for Dobson's radio show that aired later that day. Dobson has said that Maravich's last words, less than a minute before he died, were "I feel great. I just feel great." An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a rare congenital defect; he had been born with a missing left coronary artery, a vessel that supplies blood to the muscle fibers of the heart. His right coronary artery was grossly enlarged and had been compensating for the defect.
Pistol Pete Maravich was an American professional basketball player. He was born and raised in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University (LSU) and played for three NBA teams until injuries forced his retirement in 1980. He was the first white male to be offered a million dollar contract by the Harlem Globetrotters.
One of the youngest players ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Maravich was cited by the Hall as "perhaps the greatest creative offensive talent in history." In an April 2010 interview, Hall of Fame player John Havlicek said "the best ball-handler of all time was Pete Maravich."
In only three years playing on the varsity team (and under his father's coaching) at LSU, Maravich scored 3,667 points; 1,138 of those in 1968, 1,148 in 1969, and 1,381 in 1970 - while averaging 43.8, 44.2, and 44.5 points per game. For his collegiate career, the 6' 5" and 170 pound guard averaged 44.2 points per game in 83 contests and led the NCAA in scoring for each of his three seasons. His 44.2 points per game average is far and away the highest ever.
List Of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season Scoring Leaders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season_scoring_leaders
Maravich's long-standing collegiate scoring record is particularly notable when three factors are taken into account:
First, because of the NCAA rules that prohibited him from taking part in varsity competition during his first year as a student, Maravich was prevented from adding to his career record for a full quarter of his time at LSU. During this first year, Maravich scored 741 points in freshman competition.
Second, Maravich played before the advent of the three-point line. This significant difference has raised speculation regarding just how much higher his records would be, given his long-range shooting ability and how such a component might have altered his play. Writing for ESPN.com, Bob Carter stated, "Though Maravich played before the 3-point shot was established, he loved gunning from long range." It has been reported that former LSU coach Dale Brown charted every shot Maravich scored and concluded that with a three-point line of 19’ 9" (the distance it was for over 20 years), Maravich would have averaged 13 three-pointers a game.
So 44.2 + 13 (three-pointers) = 57.2 points per game average for his three years at LSU.
Third, the shot clock had also not yet been instituted in NCAA play during Maravich's college career. (A time limit on ball possession speeds up play, mandates an additional number of field goal attempts, eliminates stalling, and increases the number of possessions throughout the game, all resulting in higher overall scoring.) Almost 50 years later, however, many of his NCAA and LSU records still stand. Maravich was a three-time All-American.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Maravich#College_career
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