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1. Long live Pistol Pete’s 3,667 points

Pete Maravich’s NCAA scoring record, which has stood for 54 years and one month, has only a few days left. Caitlin Clark plays on Sunday. She’s 18 points away and averages 32.2 PPG.

Maravich never did much team winning (college or pro), died 36 years ago, had a greener light than Allen Iverson, played before integration was a given, and was coached by his dad, a Lavar Ball prototype.

And, yet, his NCAA scoring records remain hilarious historical outliers.

By the numbers: 

Clark is the soon-to-be rightful scoring champ, but Pete will never relinquish the title of NCAA’s BA(ddest)MF.

[READ: Pistol Pete’s last shot]

2. Daily GIF: Giraffe vs. Giraffe

Victor Wembanyama dropped 28 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals with five made 3s last night in a win over OKC and his slender rival. He also hit a 3 from near the logo. 

[WATCH: Wemby vs. Chet highlights]

3. Trivia

4. Maybe this bottle lady was right

One’s a coincidence, two’s a trend, and three gets its own section in this newsletter, and we now have three accusations that Daryl Morey is, indeed, a liar, hence this section.

Morey is the NBA’s Billy Beane in terms of nerd stats, but definitely not people skills.

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