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College basketball star feels 'cheated' out of chance to break NCAA scoring record

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Detroit Mercy guard Antoine Davis finished his collegiate career as a two-time Horizon League Player of the Year and made the All-Horizon League First Team five times, but he fell just four points short of breaking Pete Maravich’s all-time scoring record.

Davis had five seasons with Detroit Mercy, and in his final season, the Titans finished 14-19 missing out on a chance to make the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for the 10th consecutive season, not counting the coronavirus pandemic-impacted season of 2019-20.

Davis’ chances of breaking the record ended when the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) failed to invite Detroit Mercy to its 16-team postseason tournament.

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Detroit Titans guard Antoine Davis, #0, dribbles the ball during the second half against the Michigan State Spartans at Jack Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing Michigan, Dec. 4, 2020. (Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports)

"I'm upset about it," Davis told the Associated Press on Monday. "I feel like I got cheated out of something that they can’t ever give back to me. I think it's selfish — and weird — that people emailed or called the CBI to say we shouldn't be in the tournament because they didn't want me to break the record.

"But there's nothing to hold my head down about. I still feel like I’m the best scorer in my generation, especially finishing No. 2 behind him."

Rick Giles, the president of the Gazelle Group that runs the CBI, denied the tournament had the NCAA record in mind when deciding to leave Detroit Mercy out of the field.

"We did receive unsolicited emails and voicemails about Detroit Mercy and

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