Hvem leder ncaa mænds basketball i scoring?
Pete Maravich
List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders
Desuden spillede flere af spillerne på denne liste i en periode, hvor førsteårsstuderende på college ikke var berettiget til at deltage på universitetsniveau og var tvunget til at deltage på enten førsteårs eller juniorhold. Da point for førsteårs- og juniorhold ikke tæller med i de officielle NCAA-rekorder, havde tre spillere - Pete Maravich, Oscar Robertson og Elvin Hayes - kun tre sæsoner til at samle deres samlede antal point. Larry Bird spillede redshirted (sad ude) sit første år på college, og derfor dækker hans totaler ligesom Maravich, Robertson og Hayes også kun tre sæsoner (selv om det i Birds tilfælde, i modsætning til de andre, var hans eget valg ikke at spille en fjerde sæson på college-niveau). Med de ekstra fordele ved en trepunktslinje og et helt ekstra år som universitetsdommer ville deres allerede historiske statistikker have været meget højere. Maravich, en guard fra LSU, har ikke blot de tre højeste gennemsnit i en enkelt sæson i Division I-historien, men også det højeste samlede gennemsnit i karrieren. Bemærkelsesværdigt nok scorede han 3 667 point (over 400 mere end den næstnærmeste spiller) i blot 83 kampe. Hans rekord anses for at være næsten ubrydelig; den eneste spiller, der potentielt kunne have overhalet ham som topscorer i Division I-historien, er Stephen Curry fra Davidson, som havde scoret 2 635 point i sine første tre sæsoner i college-basketball. Curry valgte dog at give afkald på sit sidste år i NCAA og gik videre til National Basketball Association (NBA) efter sin juniorsæson i 2008-09.
Pete Maravich
List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders
Additionally, several of the players on this list played during an era when college freshmen were ineligible to compete at the varsity level and were forced to participate on either freshman or junior varsity teams. Since freshman and junior varsity points do not count toward official NCAA records, three players—Pete Maravich, Oscar Robertson and Elvin Hayes—only had three seasons to compile their totals. Larry Bird redshirted (sat out) his freshman year, and therefore, like Maravich, Robertson, and Hayes, his totals also cover only three seasons (though in Bird's case, unlike the others, it was his own choice not to play a fourth season at the college level). With the added benefits of a three-point line and a full extra year of varsity eligibility, their already-historical statistics would have been much higher. Maravich, a guard from LSU, not only owns the three highest single season averages in Division I history, but also the highest career total. Remarkably, he scored 3,667 points (over 400 more than the next closest player) in a mere 83 games. His record is considered nearly unbreakable; the only player who could have potentially overtaken him as the top scorer in Division I history is Stephen Curry of Davidson, who had scored 2,635 points through his first three seasons of college basketball. However, Curry opted to forgo his final year of NCAA eligibility and moved on to the National Basketball Association (NBA) following his junior season in 2008–09.
List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders