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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, August 17, 1998
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Jaeson Maravich, the 18-year-old son of the late basketball great "Pistol Pete" Maravich, will play for Alabama as a walk-on.
"I know the Maravich family through a mutual friend, and Jaeson and his mom, Jackie, got in touch with me," said Crimson Tide coach Mark Gottfried. "They came to visit and liked Alabama very much. Jaeson is a great kid and a very good student, and we will give him a chance."
The 6-foot-5 Maravich averaged 17 points and six rebounds as a senior at St. Paul's High School in Covington, La., two seasons ago. Hoping to hone his skills and get a Division I scholarship, he transferred to New Hampton Prep School in New Hampshire last year, but a back injury forced him to miss the entire season.
His father averaged 44.3 points per game during his career at Louisiana State and holds several scoring records — including the most points,
69, scored in a single game against Alabama at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa. He was named one of the NBA's 50 greatest players for its first 50 years.
The elder Maravich died in 1988 of heart failure when Jason was 8. A younger son, Josh Maravich, will be a sophomore at St. Paul's this season.
Jaeson Maravich said he knew that expectations came with the Maravich name.
"You really can't escape the comparisons," he said. "I've just learned how to deal with it."
He said his father's legacy at LSU was a factor but not the biggest one in his decision to play somewhere else.
"I wanted to be close to home, but not quite that close," he said.
not quite that close, he said.
He said he has watched his father's highlights and has tried the drills on his workout video tapes.
"He does a lot of stuff that's still pretty amazing to me," Jason Maravich said. "You think, 'I can't do that,' but then you realize that nobody else can do it either."
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