“College Basketball’s All-Time Highest Scoring Player”

Pistol Pete had an undeniable impact on basketball and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Thirty-seven years ago, he crushed the all-time NCAA scoring record and set many other records that may never be broken.

Here is the "short list":

• Most points in college career (3,667)
• Most field goals made (1,387) and attempted (3,166)
• Highest points per game average (44.2)
• Most games scoring at least 50 points (28)
• Most free throws made (893) and attempted (1,152)
• Most points in a single season (1,381)
• Highest per-game average in a single year (44.5 ppg)
• Most free throws made in a single game (30 of 31)

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Pistol Pete Maravich is also held in the highest regard by college and professional basketball players. Here are some quotes, courtesy of the book "Maravich" by Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill:

"He was the man. I'd just sit there and shake my head and say to myself;
how'd he do that?"
Magic Johnson

"Pete was the original. He was the best ball-handler I ever saw. Ever."
Pat Riley

"He did things with the basketball that players - still today - can't do."
Isiah Thomas

"...Pete is the best I've ever seen!"
Elgin Baylor

"I've got a lot of Pistol Pete in my game."
Steve Nash

"Like a master chess player, Pete Maravich saw things that nobody else did."
Bill Walton

"I learned all my tricks from Pete Maravich."
Kobe Bryant

"Pistol Pete is a legend to all who understand the history of basketball."
Jason Kidd