Antoine Davis is one of college basketball’s best-ever scorers. So why has no one noticed? - The Athletic

2022-10-09 06:14:26 By : Mr. aron chou

DETROIT — Antoine Davis, sitting here minding his own business in the upper rows of Calihan Hall, is the only active men’s Division I basketball player with more than 2,500 career points. He stands at 2,734, to be exact, in 111 games played. He’s already passed fellow 2,500-point scorers Elgin Baylor, Bill Bradley, Andrew Toney, Calvin Murphy, Austin Carr, Joe Dumars, Calbert Cheaney, Steph Curry, Wayman Tisdale and David Robinson, among others. He’s scored more points in fewer games than legendary bucket-getters Jimmer Fredette (2,599 in 139 games), Reggie Lewis (2,708 in 122) and Hank Gathers (2,723 in 117). Currently the 22nd all-time scorer in college basketball history, Davis will soon pass the likes of JJ Redick (2,769 in 139 games), Allan Houston (2,801 in 128) and Larry Bird (2,850 in 94). Davis will probably do so by December. Then he’ll pass guys like Tyler Hansbrough (2,872 in 142 games), Elvin Hayes (2,884 in 93), Danny Manning (2,951 in 147) and Oscar Robertson (2,973 in 88). That should come by Christmas. Davis may very well pass the Big O during a game at Cincinnati, the legend’s alma mater, on Dec. 21. In and around that time, he’ll become only the 11th player in men’s D1 history with 3,000 points. Then, if playing Detroit Mercy’s 32-game schedule and sticking toughly to his career average of 24.6 points per game, Davis will end his career with more than 3,500 points. He’ll cruise right on by the likes of Hersey Hawkins, Harry “Machine Gun” Kelly, Doug McDermott, Lionel Simmons and others. He will, in most likelihood, stand as the No. 2 all-time leading scorer in D1 history.