It is a record so sturdy that it has not been threatened for more than half a century. Pete Maravich, Louisiana State’s shooting — and shooting and shooting — guard, poured in 3,667 points in his college career from 1967 to 1970, the most in men’s Division I history.
Now, an unheralded player, Antoine Davis, at an unheralded school, Detroit Mercy, may break the record. But if he does, his mark will come with some caveats.
The closest any player came to Maravich before this season was the swingman Freeman Williams, with a not especially close 3,249 points at Portland State in the 1970s.