Pistol Pete- 44.2 ppg

[Chin Diesel]

So, Yahoo is doing another one of those off-season greatest/toughest lists right now for college hoops- 10 Ten Most Unbreakable Records.

Pete Maravich's 44.2 career scoring average is #2.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...-ncaab.html;_ylt=ArgmqFHZr_GU.lKtbPSauaLevbYF

Granted his dad was the coach and his had carte blanche to shoot whenever he wanted, but the mix taped is hilarious. Must have been fun to play with him on the break. Run your lane, keep your head and be ready for the ball. The angles and timing of his passes are surreal. Him and Magic did it better than anyone else when it came to making impossible angles look routine.

A good quote from one of the guys who had to guard him.

"Someone once asked me what it was like guarding Pete with all those screens they set for him, and I said, 'It was like trying to catch a house fly in a really dark room full of refrigerators,'" former Georgia guard Herb White said. "You were just running around, grabbing and you keep running into things you can't see."

 

[Huskies4ever]

So, Yahoo is doing another one of those off-season greatest/toughest lists right now for college hoops- 10 Ten Most Unbreakable Records.

Pete Maravich's 44.2 career scoring average is #2.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...-ncaab.html;_ylt=ArgmqFHZr_GU.lKtbPSauaLevbYF

Granted his dad was the coach and his had carte blanche to shoot whenever he wanted, but the mix taped is hilarious. Must have been fun to play with him on the break. Run your lane, keep your head and be ready for the ball. The angles and timing of his passes are surreal. Him and Magic did it better than anyone else when it came to making impossible angles look routine.

A good quote from one of the guys who had to guard him.

"Someone once asked me what it was like guarding Pete with all those screens they set for him, and I said, 'It was like trying to catch a house fly in a really dark room full of refrigerators,'" former Georgia guard Herb White said. "You were just running around, grabbing and you keep running into things you can't see."

Great vid. I have seen several Pistol Pete highlights over the years. 44ppg is amazing, but as you noted, his passing ability was sensational.

 

[Catsailor]

Pistol Pete was truly amazing. And so was this guy. Guess who...

"He also knew the key to success at the college level. He had 235 basketball scholarship offers but chose Niagara University and enjoyed an extraordinary under his coach, the future Utah Jazz coach, Frank Layden. During the 1967-68 season, his first as a varsity starter for the Purple Eagles, he was the high scorer in 23 of 24 games, averaging 38.2 ppg second to LSU's "Pistol" Pete Maravich. The next season, with teams throwing up every type of defense to try and stop him, he averaged 32.4 ppg and scored 68 points vs. Syracuse."

 

[Chin Diesel]

Pistol Pete was truly amazing. And so was this guy. Guess who...

"He also knew the key to success at the college level. He had 235 basketball scholarship offers but chose Niagara University and enjoyed an extraordinary under his coach, the future Utah Jazz coach, Frank Layden. During the 1967-68 season, his first as a varsity starter for the Purple Eagles, he was the high scorer in 23 of 24 games, averaging 38.2 ppg second to LSU's "Pistol" Pete Maravich. The next season, with teams throwing up every type of defense to try and stop him, he averaged 32.4 ppg and scored 68 points vs. Syracuse."

Calvin Murphy?

 

[slumdog]

Calvin Murphy?

Norwalk homeboy, Calvin. Went there so he could twirl baton at Bill's games. Best in the country at it. Saw him hang about 62 on Bob Staak, who went on as a three year starter at UConn. I think Calvin still holds several NBA records...foul shooting percentage was insane.

 

[Tenspro2002]

So, Yahoo is doing another one of those off-season greatest/toughest lists right now for college hoops- 10 Ten Most Unbreakable Records.

Pete Maravich's 44.2 career scoring average is #2.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...-ncaab.html;_ylt=ArgmqFHZr_GU.lKtbPSauaLevbYF

Granted his dad was the coach and his had carte blanche to shoot whenever he wanted, but the mix taped is hilarious. Must have been fun to play with him on the break. Run your lane, keep your head and be ready for the ball. The angles and timing of his passes are surreal. Him and Magic did it better than anyone else when it came to making impossible angles look routine.

A good quote from one of the guys who had to guard him.

"Someone once asked me what it was like guarding Pete with all those screens they set for him, and I said, 'It was like trying to catch a house fly in a really dark room full of refrigerators,'" former Georgia guard Herb White said. "You were just running around, grabbing and you keep running into things you can't see."

Ohbytheway, Pete did this in an era before the 3-point shot. His college coach estimated that if the rule were in effect, with the shots he was making, he would have averaged something like 13 3's per game. That's both ridiculous in its own right and would have boosted his scoring average to an even more incredible 57 points per game.

 

[slumdog]

Pistol Pete...probably the coolest nickname ever. Him, Magic, and Earl Monroe were the three most exciting players to watch. When they had the ball, you just couldn't wait to see what was going to happen.

 

[mauconnfan]

Pistol Pete was simply the most amazing college player ever to watch. He did things the great athletes of today could and never will do. His ballhandling and passing skills were way ahead of their time and he could shoot it. Creativity never lacked, great stuff!!!

 

[61cygni]

His arms looks they were molded out of silly putty.

 

[Catsailor]

Norwalk homeboy, Calvin. Went there so he could twirl baton at Bill's games. Best in the country at it. Saw him hang about 62 on Bob Staak, who went on as a three year starter at UConn. I think Calvin still holds several NBA records...foul shooting percentage was insane.

You are close but mistaken about 62 vs Bob Staak/Darien. Murph scored 54 in that game.

Perhaps you confused the number with his 62 vs Ludlow where he outscored the entire Ludlow team.

He played the Dapper Dan Tourney and Allentown Classic, equivalent to the Micky D game of today, playing against the best players in the US.

Murph scored 37 pts in 29 minutes in the Dapper Dan Game and 62 points in Allentown Classic in front of John Wooden/UCLA and Adolph Rupp/Kentucky who called Connecticut's Calvin Murphy "the best guard in 15 years."

We were friends in Jr High and HS and I watched almost every game he played back then. He was a very special player. And tough as they come.

Rick Mount/Purdue was another very good high ppg player of that era.

 

[ucp990411]

Pistol Pete was something. Him, Calvin Murphy and Rick Mount were quite the players. We played Calvin Murphy's Norwalk High in the tournament in 1966? and thought we had a defensive plant to stop him. 1 player played him full court and 2 more picked him up in the front court. Torched us for 49. Unstoppable.
Oh, by the way wasn't that Jim Burr and Tim Higgins reffing one of Pistol Pete's games?

 

[sparky]

Played against Calvin in '65 he hung a 35 spot on us in the state tourney, but we beat him and my best friend played for trumbull that year and he hung 62 on him. Rick Mount was also special. I had the pleasure of coaching against Darrell Griffiths at Louisville's Male HS. He could jump out of the universe.

 

[Edward Sargent]

So, Yahoo is doing another one of those off-season greatest/toughest lists right now for college hoops- 10 Ten Most Unbreakable Records.

Pete Maravich's 44.2 career scoring average is #2.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...-ncaab.html;_ylt=ArgmqFHZr_GU.lKtbPSauaLevbYF

Granted his dad was the coach and his had carte blanche to shoot whenever he wanted, but the mix taped is hilarious. Must have been fun to play with him on the break. Run your lane, keep your head and be ready for the ball. The angles and timing of his passes are surreal. Him and Magic did it better than anyone else when it came to making impossible angles look routine.

A good quote from one of the guys who had to guard him.

"Someone once asked me what it was like guarding Pete with all those screens they set for him, and I said, 'It was like trying to catch a house fly in a really dark room full of refrigerators,'" former Georgia guard Herb White said. "You were just running around, grabbing and you keep running into things you can't see."

All with a heart defect!!!

 

[Excalibur]

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...-ncaab.html;_ylt=ArgmqFHZr_GU.lKtbPSauaLevbYF

I've seen that video a few times. The pass at 1:56 is sick.

 

[Catsailor]

I played against Calvin too in Norwalk's Cousy League.
I also had to wrestle him in gym class..that was a hoot...embarrassing.
Probably lasted 10 seconds. This is what I looked like after the match

Anyone remember the SI article featuring the 10 baddest guys you don't want to mess with in the NBA. Yep little Murph was on the list.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Pete averaged 40 shots a game. He was fun to watch!

 

[CL82]

Pistol Pete...probably the coolest nickname ever. Him, Magic, and Earl Monroe were the three most exciting players to watch. When they had the ball, you just couldn't wait to see what was going to happen.

maybe add Bird to that list?