Austin Carr - G - Notre Dame
Notre Dame's Austin Carr holds the all-time record for the most points scored in a NCAA tournament game with 61. Here's some classic footage from Carr's record-setting performance. He breaks Bill Bradley's record at around 5:20. Also worth watching are all the different ways Carr scores: bank shots, drives, jumpers, hooks. He has ALL the shots and did this without a 3-point line:
Carr is a also in the record books for scoring 52 points (twice), 47, and 45. Here's the complete list of players who have scored the most points in a NCAA tournament game:
| Points | Player | Team | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | 1970 |
| 58 | Bill Bradley | Princeton | 1965 |
| 56 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | 1958 |
| 52 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | 1970 |
| 52 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | 1971 |
| 50 | David Robinson | Navy | 1987 |
| 49 | Elvin Hayes | Houston | 1968 |
| 48 | Hal Lear | Temple | 1956 |
| 47 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | 1971 |
| 46 | Dave Corzine | DePaul | 1978 |
| 45 | Bob Houbregs | Washington | 1953 |
| 45 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | 1970 |
| 45 | Bo Kimble | Loyola Marymount | 1990 |
| 44 | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas | 1952 |
| 44 | Rod Thorn | West Virginia | 1963 |
| 44 | Dan Issel | Kentucky | 1970 |
| 44 | Bill Walton | UCLA | 1973 |
| 44 | Hersey Hawkins | Bradley | 1988 |
| 44 | Travis Mays | Texas | 1990 |
| 44 | Glenn Robinson | Purdue | 1994 |
