From 1967 to 1970, Louisiana State University saw the rise of a legend: "Pistol Pete" Maravich, one of the greatest basketball players in LSU history and arguably the greatest to ever play college basketball. Known for his dazzling ball handling, creative passing, and extraordinary shooting, he averaged 44.2 points per game at LSUwithout the benefit of a three-point lineand remains the NCAA's all-time leading scorer. Danny Brown, a journalism student at LSU during most of Pete's college years, took hundreds of photographs at LSU basketball games as part of his course work. SHOOTING THE PISTOL presents more than eighty photographsmost never before publishedof Pete in action, along with game statistics and personal recollections, to form the single most complete portrait ever made of Maravich during his LSU years.