Caitlin Clark mirrors ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich in more ways than one

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Jaeson Maravich was visiting his mom Jackie in Covington, Louisiana, near New Orleans during the Final Four last year.

"Jaeson," she called to him from the living room. "You need to see this girl play."

Jackie apparently has an eye for basketball. She met Pistol Pete Maravich at LSU in the late 1960s and married him in 1976 when he was an NBA star - just 12 years before he died of an undetected heart defect while playing pick-up basketball at age 40.

What Jaeson, who was 9 when his dad died, saw on television last spring was shocking - some sort of a long lost relative in more ways than one.

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Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes warms up before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena on February 11, 2024 in Lincoln, Nebraska.  (Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)

"I was really impressed right off. She's the real deal," Maravich told OutKick last week. "And she looks like she could be a cousin or something. There is definitely a resemblance to my dad - the lanky build and real dark eyes. She shoots from 30 or 35 feet like he did, and she passes the ball like a magician. Not as flashy, but a real good ball handler, too. And no one could guard her."

Jackie and Jaeson Maravich saw on ESPN that Friday night, March 31, was what much of the nation saw. An average of 5.5 million watched, which was the most viewers for a college basketball game on ESPN - men or women - since the Duke-North Carolina men's game in 2008.

What the Maraviches saw was skinny, lanky, point guard Caitlin Clark of No. 2 Iowa score 41 points with eight assists and six rebounds to upset No. 1