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A floppy-socked prodigy and the rodeo arena he called home

Before his NBA career, basketball legend “Pistol Pete” Maravich spent his college years at LSU, shattering the NCAA scoring record. But did you know that his incredible career started in a dirt-floor arena designed for rodeos and livestock shows?

This is the story of LSU’s John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum — better known as “The Cow Palace.”