For those of us who remember him--superb. For those who don't-Pistol Pete is the all time scorer in college basketball. He was challenged this year by Antoine Davis of Detroit U. who played his last game who played his last collegiate game last night and scored 22 points and fell 3 points short of Pete's all time record of 3,667 points. BUT there is a number of significant differences in their respective scoring. Davis did his in 144 games as he had an added season due to Covid and he had 588 threes (on 1566 three taken). Pistol Pete played only 3 seasons as Freshman were ineligble and was in 83 games. For his career Davis averaged 25 points per game while Pistol Pete averaged 44 points per game and there was NO 3 point shot which would have only added to his scoring as he shot from all over the place and at any distance
How good was Pistol Pete Maravich
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Before my time, so only clips...dribbling and passing impressive but looking at his stats.. he had ~37 field goal attempts per game!!! 43% fg isn't so hot
Have to assume he'd be pegged a "ball hog" by many at the time... guess with father as the head coach it helped
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Have to assume he'd be pegged a "ball hog" by many at the time... guess with father as the head coach it helped
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Also the talent level at LSU dictated that Pete shoot early and often.
Either his dad was a crappy recruiter or a genius to get his son more action...
Looking at W-L record in those 3 year 14-12, 13-13, 22-10 (AP rank high of 15)
NY TIMES , 1-6-1970
PISTOL Pete Marovich, who led the nation's college basketball players in scoring the last two seasons, is lead ing again and is only 168 points short of breaking the major college career scoring mark of 2,973 points, set by Oscar Robertson at the Uni versity of Cincinnati from 1957 to 1960. Yet his Louisiana State University team is not ex pected to be in the running for the national championship.
But don't criticize Maravich when talking to Lou, Carnesecca, the St. John's coach. The Redmen suffered from a Maravich assault dur ing the recent Rainbow Classic in Hawaii that left them with nothing but the highest praise for Pistol Pete's artistry.
Carnesecca put Maravich in a class by himself, say ing, “You talk of Jerry West or Oscar Robertson or any of those great ones who scored and passed so well. Maravich is better. He's a show.
“Pistol Pete put on the greatest performance for a limited time that I have ever seen when we played him.”
St. John's led L.S.U. at half‐time but lost the game, 80‐70, as Maravich scored 40 points in the second half for 53 points in the game. St. John's scored 39 points in the second half.
Carnesecca said, “In the last 15 minutes he was just too much. The more men we put on him the better he got. He's got a whole bag of tricks. He passes under his legs at full speed, pops the ball in from 25 feet and out and even passes by punching the ball with his wrist. Ever see that?”
After beating St. John's, L.S.U. lost to Yale in the final of the Rainbow Classic, 97–94, in the biggest upset of the Christmas season tourna ments.
Carnesecca said, “Yale did a great job but Maravich, you must realize, had four fouls in the first half and never saw the ball for 16 minutes of the second half. He gets a lot of offensive fouls ‘cause he drives in so hard to shoot.”
Maravich scored “only” 34 points against Yale. The fouls obviously hurt his effort but Yale did a job that gave other Ivy League teams food for thought.
Maravich's future, accord ing to Carnesecca, is virtually unlimited. “He's such an attraction the way he plays and delights crowds that he may become the biggest single draw in basketball his tory when he reaches the pros.”
PISTOL Pete Marovich, who led the nation's college basketball players in scoring the last two seasons, is lead ing again and is only 168 points short of breaking the major college career scoring mark of 2,973 points, set by Oscar Robertson at the Uni versity of Cincinnati from 1957 to 1960. Yet his Louisiana State University team is not ex pected to be in the running for the national championship.
But don't criticize Maravich when talking to Lou, Carnesecca, the St. John's coach. The Redmen suffered from a Maravich assault dur ing the recent Rainbow Classic in Hawaii that left them with nothing but the highest praise for Pistol Pete's artistry.
Carnesecca put Maravich in a class by himself, say ing, “You talk of Jerry West or Oscar Robertson or any of those great ones who scored and passed so well. Maravich is better. He's a show.
“Pistol Pete put on the greatest performance for a limited time that I have ever seen when we played him.”
St. John's led L.S.U. at half‐time but lost the game, 80‐70, as Maravich scored 40 points in the second half for 53 points in the game. St. John's scored 39 points in the second half.
Carnesecca said, “In the last 15 minutes he was just too much. The more men we put on him the better he got. He's got a whole bag of tricks. He passes under his legs at full speed, pops the ball in from 25 feet and out and even passes by punching the ball with his wrist. Ever see that?”
After beating St. John's, L.S.U. lost to Yale in the final of the Rainbow Classic, 97–94, in the biggest upset of the Christmas season tourna ments.
Carnesecca said, “Yale did a great job but Maravich, you must realize, had four fouls in the first half and never saw the ball for 16 minutes of the second half. He gets a lot of offensive fouls ‘cause he drives in so hard to shoot.”
Maravich scored “only” 34 points against Yale. The fouls obviously hurt his effort but Yale did a job that gave other Ivy League teams food for thought.
Maravich's future, accord ing to Carnesecca, is virtually unlimited. “He's such an attraction the way he plays and delights crowds that he may become the biggest single draw in basketball his tory when he reaches the pros.”
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What many don’t know or have forgotten, he wasn’t just a scorer but a phenomenal passer as well. With the assists he was capable of making, if he had talent around him, he probably would be the all time assist leader as well.
To date in my book he was and still is the greatest college hoops player of all time and yes that includes Kareem, Bird and Magic.
To date in my book he was and still is the greatest college hoops player of all time and yes that includes Kareem, Bird and Magic.
He was something else. I was in high school when he and Calvin Murphy were both phenomenal college players (Maravich the better all around player no doubt). They both played the same three years and Maravich averaged 44 ppg and Murphy 33 ppg. I never got to see Pistol Pete play in person, but did see Murphy play against the Johnnies at Alumni Hall. I think Calvin was only about 5'9" tall but still a pretty good rebounder and dunker.
Loved watching Pistol Pete play at LSU. Never really appreciated him in NBA probably because he torched my guy Clyde Frazier for 69 points while playing for New Orleans so I hated him. Years ago looking back I wished I appreciated him more because he was quite a showman and a great ball handler, passer and scorer.
Wow
I saw him in the 1970 NIT at the Garden--he didn't have a good tournament as LSU came in 4th. THat NIT is famous for Al McGuire's decision to pass on the NCAA's because he did not like the region thay put 22-3 Marquette. In the Marquete/LSU pre game press conference with coaches, Pete's dad dissed Al's defensive approach as saying it was like watching grass grow and Al responded that Pete'sdad's ass was grass and he was the lawn mower. Al was always great with the lines!
Was at that tournament also. I believe that Marquette beat the Redmen. Might have been for the championship
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Yes it was. I was there as well.
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Check out YouTube for Maravich. I especially enjoy the underhand 3/4 court pass for a layup.