Chamberlain's 100-point game hits 50-year mark

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-5738...year-mark/

The Big Dipper was larger than life. His size, his statistics, even his voracious appetite for running up big numbers off the court.

Wilt Chamberlain didn't just tower over his peers, he left records that endured for decades.

And for 50 years, one mighty number has stood as the Mount Everest of sport's magic numbers....
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What with this being basketball season and everything, I thought I'd just point out or remind you all that Wilt the Stilt spent his college hoop years at Kansas University....

Rock Chalk Jayhawk.

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One of two unassailable sports records, according to Sports Illustrated. The other is Secretariat's 2:24 Belmont in 1973, which will never be broken.

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That, and his prodigious romantic forays with 10,000 women, are records that will forever be unassailed...

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An interesting bit from the article:

"Chamberlain played all 48 minutes in Philadelphia's 169-147 win over the Knicks. He shot 36 of 63 from the floor and an un-Wilt like 28 of 32 from the free-throw line. Chamberlain, a woeful 51.1 percent career shooter from the line, attempted his free throws underhand against the Knicks.

"I personally don't think it will ever happen again," said Chamberlain's Warriors' teammate, Al Attles. "I don't know if a team will allow it to happen now."

Oh, the game came during a season when Chamberlain averaged 50.4 points a game. "I played one game where he got 78 points and we lost," Attles said. "The guy got 50 regularly. It wasn't that big a deal."