Who was the first USA college basketball player to score over 3000 career points?

MikeMaster99

For NCAA Division 1, it was Pete Maravich - and he achieved that feat before the three pointer was introduced. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Maravich Feb 24 12, 8:40 PM

CliftonClowers

That would be "Pistol" Pete Maravich, a 6'5" guard from LSU, who did it in only 3 years as Freshmen were ineligible at that time (1967-1970), and prior to the three-point shot. He tragically died at age 40 due to an undiscovered congenital heart defect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_career_scoring_leaders Feb 24 12, 8:40 PM

Emma058

"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 generally considered unbreakable; the only player who could have potentially overthrown 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. "http://www.ask.com/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_career_scoring_leaders Feb 24 12, 8:42 PM

knud77

You need to look beyond D-1. Emma, Wayman Tisdale (RIP) also had an outside shot at Maravich's D-1 record, but left for the NBA in 1985 after his junior year at Oklahoma. He scored 2661 points in his three years at OU. Feb 24 12, 8:55 PM

gtho4

looking at the list on this page of The Ledger (Lakeland) of Sat 26th Feb 1994 it's probably Bob Hopkins at Grambling (1953-56) http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19940226&id=6N0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d_wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6715,1816438 see also the list on page 7 here: NCAA Division II Records The list of all-time top pt scorers on that page is long enough to show everyone above 3000 pts. Hopkins looks like he's still the first to get there. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2011/D2.pdf Feb 24 12, 10:48 PM

knud77

Bob Hopkins it was. Well done. Feb 25 12, 9:53 AM