NCAA didn't start officially tracking assists until the early 80s

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Nov 29, 2015
5:44:54pm

Captain_Strongo All-American

The teams counted them, which is how we know Magic had 8. But assists weren't an official NCAA stat.

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Originally posted on Nov 29, 2015 at 5:44:54pm

Message modified by Captain_Strongo on Nov 29, 2015 at 5:46:16pm

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Captain_Strongo

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So on all of the national tweets about KC's triple-double record, I see a

benny1982

11/29/15 4:33pm

Magic had back to back triple doubles in the NCAA tourney one year

BlueFrog

11/29/15 4:37pm

What did Oscar do in college?

concolor couguar

11/29/15 4:38pm

Averaged a triple double

BlueFrog

11/29/15 4:43pm

Not according to this:

LiveCoug

11/29/15 4:45pm

Essentially 33-15-6 for his career

concolor couguar

11/29/15 4:48pm

So we probably don't need to worry about what magic did when worrying about the

concolor couguar

11/29/15 4:46pm

That was in the pros for a season or two.

lightmann

11/29/15 7:55pm

Wikipedia says 10

ZonaCougar12

11/29/15 5:22pm

When did the NCAA officially start tracking that stat?

benny1982

11/29/15 4:39pm

Yes, just like how Dale Brown went back & calculated Pistol Pete Maravich

SpiffCoug

11/29/15 4:50pm

Not really the same

ZonaCougar12

11/29/15 5:13pm

Assists didn't become an official NCAA stat until 1983.

SpiffCoug

11/29/15 5:45pm

So not quite as legit

ZonaCougar12

11/29/15 6:17pm

so Pistol hit 16 3's a game according to Mr Brown? hahaha

palangi

11/29/15 6:54pm

That's the claim, that he went back and mapped all his shots

SpiffCoug

11/29/15 7:06pm

not a chance, he probably hit 4-5(still would be ridiculous) but the guy in his

palangi

11/29/15 7:16pm

HA! Really, he added 3 more points HAHA

invisible sman

11/30/15 10:14am

NCAA didn't start officially tracking assists until the early 80s

Captain_Strongo

11/29/15 5:44pm

I predict that KC will get 3-4 more, so it won't matter anyway.

Oceanographer

11/29/15 7:58pm

Considering we're only 5 games in and he's four rebs/ast of two more. Good bet

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