Atlanta Hawks in the 3 seasons prior to drafting Maravich:
69-70: 48-34
68-69: 48-34
67-68: 56-26
With Maravich: 36-46, 36-46, 46-36, 35-47
LSU with Maravich: 49-35. Best record: 22-10, NIT appearance.
Team records for other notable players who scored 35 ppg for any single season, or averaged 30 ppg for their college career:
Rick Barry= 65-16
Elgin Baylor= 68-13
Larry Bird= 81-13
Bill Bradley= 62-21
Austin Carr= 61-24
Elvin Hayes= 81-12
Calvin Murphy= 45-32
Oscar Robertson= 79-9
And 2 less well-known names that can be tied to Maravich are Howie Komives and Nick Werkman. Those are 2 guards from the early 60's who put up huge scoring numbers on blah teams while being given the greenest of green lights.
It wasn't uncommon from the mid 50's until the mid 70's for teams to funnel a huge amount of shots to their best player, and the game was played at a much faster pace than what is normal now. Press Maravich took that idea and amped it up to 11.
No doubt it was impressive. How much it had to do with winning basketball games???
69-70: 48-34
68-69: 48-34
67-68: 56-26
With Maravich: 36-46, 36-46, 46-36, 35-47
LSU with Maravich: 49-35. Best record: 22-10, NIT appearance.
Team records for other notable players who scored 35 ppg for any single season, or averaged 30 ppg for their college career:
Rick Barry= 65-16
Elgin Baylor= 68-13
Larry Bird= 81-13
Bill Bradley= 62-21
Austin Carr= 61-24
Elvin Hayes= 81-12
Calvin Murphy= 45-32
Oscar Robertson= 79-9
And 2 less well-known names that can be tied to Maravich are Howie Komives and Nick Werkman. Those are 2 guards from the early 60's who put up huge scoring numbers on blah teams while being given the greenest of green lights.
It wasn't uncommon from the mid 50's until the mid 70's for teams to funnel a huge amount of shots to their best player, and the game was played at a much faster pace than what is normal now. Press Maravich took that idea and amped it up to 11.
No doubt it was impressive. How much it had to do with winning basketball games???