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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4590061, member: 1969"] I have no problem with the kid not getting the record. While you are right on the other contextual factors, as an aside, you are quite wrong in claiming that college basketball is played at a faster pace today than the Maravich era. The 60's in college and the NBA was played at an absurdly high pace even without a shot clock compared to today -- even with some hold the ball coaches. Eastern Kentucky leads the entire nation this year in field goal attempts per game at 67. The average team in the country shoots 58. As a comparison LSU averaged 75 shots per game in the Maravich era -- 30% higher than the current day average. In 1968, the top 3 ranked teams in the country took 77, 69 and 85 shots per game respectively. These were not the highest shot taking teams, just what the best teams shot. They dwarfed the amounts taken today. [/QUOTE]