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== College ==
== College ==
Pete Maravich went to school at [[Louisiana State University]] from fall 1967 to spring 1970. He became the only person ever to score more than 1,000 points as a sophomore.
Pete Maravich went to school at [[Louisiana State University]] from fall 1967 to spring 1970. The years before, [[football]] was an obsession. Everyone seemed to know the Tiger's team history; fans of basketball were uncommon. Then the new coach, Press Maravich, came with his son.
The years before, [[football]] was an obsession. Everyone seemed to know the Tiger's team history; fans of basketball were uncommon. Then the new coach, Press Maravich, came with his son.
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" (1.96 m) guard averaged 44.2 points per game in 83 contests and led the NCAA in scoring for each of his three seasons.<ref>Rogers, Thomas. [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/06/obituaries/pete-maravich-a-hall-of-famer-who-set-basketball-marks-dies.html "Pete Maravich, a Hall of Famer Who Set Basketball Marks, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 6, 1988. Retrieved June 14, 2009.</ref>
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 field goal|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."<ref>{{cite web | last =Medcalf | first =Myron | title =What if 'Pistol' Pete had a 3-point line? | website =[[ESPN.com]] | publisher =[[ESPN]] | date =2014-08-18 | url =http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/99934/what-if-pistol-pete-had-a-3-point-line | accessdate = 2015-09-16 }}</ref> It has been reported that former LSU coach [[Dale Brown (basketball)|Dale Brown]] charted every shot Maravich scored and concluded that, if his shots from three-point range had been counted as three points, Maravich's average would have totaled 57 points per game.<ref>{{cite web | last =Diaz
| first =Angel | last2 =Erwin | first2 =Jack | last3 =Warner | first3 =Ralph | title =The 25 Most Unbreakable Records in Sports History | website =[[Complex (magazine)|Complex.com]] | publisher = | date =2012-03-02 | url =http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/03/the-25-most-unbreakable-records-in-sports-history/15 | accessdate = 2015-09-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media | people =[[Steve Bunin]], [[Bill Walton]] | title =Remembering Pete Maravich | medium =Television production | publisher =[[The Hot List]] | location = | date =2006 | time =1:56 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk-JJX2SRHc&t=1m56s | access-date =2015-10-03}}</ref>
*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 (gaming)|stalling]], and increases the number of possessions throughout the game, all resulting in higher overall scoring.)<ref name=nytimes />
== NBA ==
== NBA ==