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  1.                                  Nobody in college basket-
  2.                                  ball history has ever
  3.                                  scored like ΓÇ£Pistol Pete"
  4.                                  Maravich. Pete averaged
  5.                                  44.2 points a game for his
  6. career! ThatΓÇÖs a record that still stands today.
  7.  
  8. Pete grew up with a basketball spinning on
  9. his finger or bouncing at his side. He
  10. attended Louisiana State University -- where
  11. his dad was the basketball coach -- and
  12. became a national sensation. He scored
  13. more than 50 points in a game a record 28
  14. times, including three straight games in
  15. 1969. He holds the three highest marks in
  16. NCAA Division I history for most points
  17. scored in a season. He scored more 
  18. points in his career than anyone else
  19. (3,667), in spite of playing just three