Where’s she’s at in relation to Maravich is irrelevant to what she does. She’s a woman who competes against women. What a man did competing against other men is irrelevant to what Clark has done. I don’t really care about it at all and I haven’t followed any of it. But I think what’s she’s done is good enough in its own without having to compare it to a man to give it some more substance.
But when she breaks Maravich’s record, she will be the all time scorer in the history of D-1 basketball….that’s not a comparison, it’s a fact. It’s not like they’re comparing a basketball player and a football player.
She’s already the number 1 scorer in NCAA history in her sport. Her sport is women’s basketball. They’re not the same thing and until this thread, I had no idea anybody was making believe records crossed over between the two. It’s silly.
Dale Brown charted him out at 57 pts./game w/ the college 3 point line. It actually would have been higher because if he knew there was a 3 point line, he would have attempted many more of them. And made many more of them.
I'd call BS on Dale Brown's 57 points/game then, since that would mean he's making about 13 three's/game (out of his 16.5 FGs).
Take it up w/ Dale and LSU. He's on record w/ those numbers. I can see some exaggeration there, but he's in the zip code imo.
No one is bringing up D2 or D3 scorers…that’s the equivalent of your uncle’s situation. Maravich and Clark play the same sport and both play at the D-1 level.
There have been a ton of players since Maravich who had the three point shot and none of them broke his record. To down play what Clark is doing based on the three point shot is lame.
And Clark is not playing men’s basketball. She’s playing women’s basketball, which is enough. There is no reason to bring the men’s game into the equation.
They’re it bringing the men’s game into the equation, they’re bringing the point total into the equation. Again, no one is saying Clark could outplay Maravich on the court, they’re saying she is going to score more points than he did. If someone in the WNBA scores 102 points in a game, I’m quite certain Wilt Chamberlain will be mentioned.
Hell, that may have happened already in the WNBA.
| 1 | Caitlin Clark | 3569 |
| 2 | Kelsey Mitchell | 3402 |
| 3 | Rachel Banham | 3093 |
| 4 | Kelly Mazzante | 2919 |
They would surely mention it, to give it some weight. If it was reversed nobody would care about it. Again, a WNBA player scoring more than Wilt is a great accomplishment in and of itself and has absolutely nothing to do with Wilt.
I’m not sure Dale said 57 but I definitely agree with you that if the line was there, he would’ve shot more of them.
Maybe people shouldn't mention Clark's name to down play what Maravich did since there is no way in hell she will ever be better than he was doing anything on the basketball court?
And I don’t believe anyone is saying she is better than he was. She might be better than he was compared to her peers, but not compared to him.
It's so hard to compare them...heck, it's hard to even compare players in their own sport. Would you rather Pistol Pete scoring a ton but not being overly efficient and never winning anything in college, or a guy that was more efficient and won? And would you rather a two-way player like Brittney Griner, or Clark?
Great players adapt to their environment. Obviously, Greiner, Clark, Maravich, Lynette Woodward and Pearl Moore were Great players. I got no problem saying each of them was. Pete Maravich was a product of his obsessed father Press. There was positives and negatives to how he turned out. I simply think it's laughable to say Clark will be the Greatest scorer in NCAA history possibly....when it's comparing apples to oranges. The size of the ball, the distance of the 3 point line, and the fact that there was no 3 point shot in the past alone point to the fact it's a stretch to make a comparison.
Well both of their losses are to B1G teams so that's a possibility.
I grew up a huge Maravich fan, he was my favorite player until Bird came along. Once Clark breaks Maravich’s record, she will be the all time leading scorer in D-1 basketball…if people take that to mean people are saying she’s better than him, then that’s on them. All it means is she scored more points than he did and nothing else.
All time leading scorer in D-1 basketball. It’s funny, they never say Maravich is the all time leading scorer in D1 men’s basketball….they just say he’s the all time leading scorer in college basketball history. I promise you that Caitlin Clark surpassing his point total will not diminish what he accomplished in any way.
And I promise you that saying she is the leading scorer in women’s D1 history will not diminish what she has done. For me at least. Seems like maybe it would for you.
