WOW! HOORAY Caitlan Clark!
Did she score those points against men?
Pistol Pete played 3 years
Freshmen played on the freshman team back then
One comment. "Pistol" Pete Maravich played men's basketball. Clark is playing women's basketball.
That's all.
Simply amazing feat by a female player from my Alma Mater.
If Pete Maravich had only thought of identifying as female, who knows how many points he’d have scored?
A great accomplishment! I didn’t see how many games she’s played in vs. Pete Maravich, but it’s still a great accomplishment.
A ridiculous and deceptive comparison. Had she played against men, she would be a mediocre nobody.
They shouldn’t even make it one day!
Comparing Clark and Maravich is really apples to oranges. Both of them are outstanding for various reasons. It really is like the argument of the greatest HR hitter in MLB history. Many people will say Babe Ruth because of the sheer dominance he had over everyone else even though Bonds has the most in the final tally.
Arguments are over shots per game with Clark and Maravich. Yes he took many more and each one was worth two points. An LSU official went back over the shot charts that they had kept for Pete’s games and awarded that extra point for what would have been a 3 in today’s game. Pete would have averaged 57 a game based on the data! While the charts may have not been precise, one could safely say he would have been around 52-53 PPG. The discrepancy in FGA pretty much disappears right there if he is averaging 24-25 points per game more than her. Wow. Also, remember that the women play with a smaller ball. How many baskets did Pete lose due this fact that Clark had an extra 2 inches of space to utilize? It also would make his shooting percentages lower.
It is not my intention to bring Clark’s achievements down. What I mean to point out is how incredible Maravich was. LSU was not a good team when he arrived. Pete made them respectable. It is a shame they didn’t have a 64-68 team tourney field back when he played. So many great players never got to showcase their talents to the country.
Wow
Asterisk. Women use a soccer ball and a basketball goal.
No record yet. I remember Biden saying something about his scoring record at Delaware. I believe it’s close to 8000 points.
Pistol Pete was not allowed to play as a Freshman, so it is comparing apples to oranges.
The average player could amass thousands of points if given enough time.
A hell of a game.
Great atmosphere.
Good on Clark👍
She’s just phenomenal, and watching them BEAT OSU made it all that much more delightful.
She’ll never see this, but I wish her all the luck in the world as life unfolds.
“The Iowa star holds the record in both men’s and women’s Division I basketball.”
No she doesn’t. She doesn’t play against men. Since when can you hold a record for a thing you’ve never done?