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Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis says he felt ‘cheated out of something’ after falling short of Pete Maravich’s record

Davis was frustrated that the 14-19 Titans didn’t receive a CBI bid, ending their season.

When the Detroit Mercy Titans didn’t receive a bid for the CBI postseason tournament, ending its campaign, that also meant the end of star Antoine Davis’ hopes of surpassing Pete Maravich’s all-time career scoring record as he came up just four points shy in a Horizon League tournament loss to Youngstown State.

At 14-19, it would have been fairly surprising to see the Titans get a bid, though they themselves were pushing for one. Based on Davis’ comments, he seems to have taken the snub personally.

“I’m upset about it,” Davis said per The Associated Press. “I feel like I got cheated out of something that they can’t ever give back to me. I think it’s selfish — and weird — that people emailed or called the CBI to say we shouldn’t be in the tournament because they didn’t want me to break the record.

“But there’s nothing to hold my head down about. I still feel like I’m the best scorer in my generation, especially finishing No. 2 behind him.”

Rick Giles, the president of the Gazelle Group which runs the CBI, did confirm that they received emails and voicemails asking to exclude UDM to protect Maravich’s record, though he emphasized that played no role in the decision.

The CBI is a pay-to-play tournament, and Maravich’s son Jason told the AP that he thought it would be a “terrible look” to allow Davis to break the record in a lower-tier postseason tournament on a 14-19 team.

Maravich’s all-time record is safe, and given that Davis needed five full seasons granted by COVID-19 eligibility relief to even get close, it probably will be for quite a while.

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Pete Maravich’s all-time Division I scoring record is officially safe as Detroit Mercy was spurned by CBI

Maravich will hold onto his crown despite a close call this season.

Antoine Davis’ hopes of toppling “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s all-time scoring record, which has stood for more than 50 years since Maravich left LSU in 1970, have officially ended.

The Detroit Mercy standout finishes his college career just four points shy of surpassing Maravich’s record after the Titans didn’t receive an invite to the CBI, officially ending their season.

Davis entered DMU’s Horizon League quarterfinal matchup against Youngstown State needing 26 points to pass Maravich on the all-time scoring list, and he finished with 22 in a loss for the Titans.

Even if Davis had broken Maravich’s record, it’s hard to draw a one-to-one comparison between the two. Davis played five seasons compared to Maravich’s three (freshmen weren’t permitted to play on the varsity team at the time) and the latter played prior to the advent of the three-point line or shot clock.

No one will ever match Maravich’s career, in which he averaged 44.3 points per game — an unbreakable Division I record — and he’ll also be holding onto his all-time scoring record for the foreseeable future.

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Will Penn State play in the CBI?

What Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry said about Penn State potentially playing in the CBI

Penn State is about to open the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament as the No. 11 seed, making them a longshot to win the Big Ten’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. And given the story of the season, it remains a longshot Penn State would receive an invite to the NIT at this point. But postseason possibilities still may exist for Penn State with the College Basketball Invitational. Asked whether or not Penn State would accept any potential invite to the CBI this season, Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry said he’d leave that decision up to his players.

“I’d leave it up to those guys,” Shrewsberry said in a press conference on Monday, as reported by Blue White Illustrated. “If they want to keep playing, I’d owe it to them to keep preparing and keep trying.”

Shrewsberry did note that the CBI may not be the kind of tournament a roster like Penn Stat has would be ideal for. According to Shrewsberry, the CBI is traditionally played in by teams that are looking to give a roster full of younger players in transition and growing an opportunity to continue practicing and playing with an eye on the next season. Given the veteran presence on the Penn State roster, the CBI may not be the most desired alternative for the program after this season.

“This team’s a little different than other teams,” Shrewsberry said. “Some of those tournaments you play in if you want to get experience for a reason, right? Things like that. You’ve got a bunch of younger dudes like, ‘Hey, we got a chance next to be really good, let’s keep playing. Our team’s a little different. We’re not really in our boat.”

Penn State opens the Big Ten tournament on Wednesday against Minnesota. The Nittany Lions are a slight favorite in the game but Penn State has longshot odds to win the Big Ten championship.

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USF Coach Brian Gregory’s Daughter Moves Into Notre Dame

For most of the past 17 years, Brian Gregory has devoted his life to being a college basketball head coach.

For most of the past 17 years, Brian Gregory has devoted his life to being a college basketball head coach. He has coached the past three years at USF, leading the program to the most recent CBI championship. Before that, he coached Georgia Tech for five seasons, which came after an eight-year tenure at Dayton, which included the 2010 NIT title. With 296 career wins, he’ll reach that coveted 300 mark next season, whenever that comes.

Though he’s built a solid resume, one opponent Gregory never will defeat is time. On Wednesday, he came to terms with that further when he moved his daughter, Isabella, into Notre Dame for her freshman year. Yes, in spite of her father being a major conference coach, she made the decision in March to continue her education in South Bend, which her dad was perfectly fine with:

The day before moving his daughter in, Gregory toured the campus. And if this tweet is any indication, he wasn’t able to fight back tears when it was time to let go:

Sooner than they would like, all parents have to send their child off on their own. And whether you’re on the giving or receiving end of it, emotions almost always are there. But don’t worry, Coach. Your daughter and her future are in good hands.