March 6
From Hoopedia
- 1917 - Irv Torgoff, All-American at Long Island University, is born in Brooklyn.
- 1972 - Shaquille O'Neal, All-Universe center, is born in Newark, New Jersey.
- 1977 - (Right) Montclair State's Carol Blazejowski – Blaze – scores 52 points against Queens College, setting a new collegiate scoring record (for men or women) in the current Madison Square Garden.
- 1982 - The San Antonio Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks combine for 337 points in the highest scoring game in NBA history, to that point. The Spurs win, 171-166, in three overtimes.
