The Bruins arrived in Houston with a 47-game, two-and-a-half-season winning streak. He won the first-ever John. 50 years ago today, UH took down UCLA in the 'Game of the Century' - Chron He currently operates a website that is dedicated to motivational speaking. Hometown / High School; 0: Alex Olesinski: F: 6-10: 220: R-Jr. Roswell, N.M. / La Lumiere School [IN] 1: Moses Brown: C: 7-1: 245 . Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Freddie Goss, 6-1, guard: 7.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg, Dave Waxman, 6-6, forward: 5.4 ppg, 5.3 rpg, Jim Milhorn, 5-9, guard: 3.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg, Larry Gower: 5-10, guard: 0.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg, Dec. 14, 1963 UCLA 74, No. Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. He is also ranked eighth in career blocks at 91. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Trivia: As of 2011, Dollar is the head coach of Seattle University, which he is attempting to revive in Division I basketball. UCLA Basketball Archives. UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with quarterback, Three days after he was benched by Coach Wooden during the "Game of the Century" on January 20, Edgar Lacey, a high school All-American at, Lew Alcindor, First Team All-American; Lucius Allen, Second Team, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 21:57. 3 Michigan 80, Jan. 3, 1964 UCLA 88, Washington State 83, Jan. 4, 1964 UCLA 102, Washington State 77, Jan. 31, 1964 UCLA 107, UC-Santa Barbara 76, Feb. 1, 1964 UCLA 87, UC-Santa Barbara 59, Feb. 10, 1964 UCLA 79, Southern California 59, Feb. 11, 1964 UCLA 78, Southern California 71, Feb. 29, 1964 UCLA 93, Washington State 56, March 6, 1964 UCLA 91, Southern California 81, March 13, 1964 (NCAA tournament) UCLA 95, Seattle 90, March 14, 1964 (NCAA tournament) UCLA 76, San Francisco 72, March 20, 1964 (NCAA tournament) UCLA 90, Kansas State 84, March 21, 1964 (NCAA tournament) UCLA 98, No. ), -Ninth in career rebounds: 894 (9.9 avg. He got struck by Ted Henderson of Cal in a rebound battle. Record: 28-2 (14-0) The Boilermakers won two Big Ten titles and the 1932 national championship during his years there. MacLean is the current all-time leading scoring in UCLA basketball history with 2,608 points (Lew Alcindor had 2,325 in three seasons played. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 21 in career rebounds with 663 rebounds (7.4 avg.). The Bruins defeated the Michigan Wolverines 91-80 in the latter's firstnational championship game appearance. [9] The broadcast drew a vast television audience in addition to the 52,693 fans who had filled the Astrodome for its first basketball game. 3 Duke 83, No. Lew Alcindor, School Record, Most season Points: 870 (1967), Lew Alcindor, School Record, Highest season Scoring Average: 29.0 (1967), Lew Alcindor, School Record, Most season Field Goals: 346 (1967), Lew Alcindor, School Record, Most season Free Throw Attempts: 274 (1967), Lew Alcindor, School Record, Most single game field goals: 26 (vs. Washington State, 2/25/67), This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 21:58. Leading the Bruins in assists in all of his four seasons at UCLA, Jackson is sixth in career assists with 523. UCLA roster situation: Who is arriving, who might be departing and staying UCLA basketball players (from left) Mac Etienne, Tyger Campbell and Jules Bernard celebrate after an NCAA. Foster in currently No. Each school received $125,000 for the game, four times the 1968 NCAA tournament payout of $31,781. He was named to the All-Tournament Team that year despite losing to Louisville in the championship. Michael Douchant. Trivia: Bailey has played on 14 different teams in his 11-year professional playing career, including teams in Italy, Belgium, Germany, Greece, China and Spain. Richardson performed as a passer and a shooter, turning on his offensive production in his senior year to average 15.2 points per game. Point guard Baron Davis was a highly sought-after recruit who chose UCLA due to its proximity to his family in Los Angeles. 37 on the all-time scoring list). Lew Alcindor would suffer the first major injury of his athletic career. UCLA won 100-64. Moore is No. 1968-1969 UCLA Bruins Roster # Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date . In his four seasons as a varsity starter at UCLA, Gadzuric averaged 10.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. He also proved to be a good defender, leading the Bruins in steals in two of his three seasons as a starter. Then came a 14-0 rout of top-ranked UCLA. Hamilton is ranked seventh in career assists (512) and seventeenth in career 20-point games (23). 20 on the all-time rebounds list with 667 (6.1 avg). UCLA Bruins Roster | ESPN Guard John Vallely was a junior-transfer from junior college who was a two-year starter for the Bruins. Trivia: Hazzard came back to the UCLA Basketball program to coach from 1985-88. Big Lew Sidelined By Eye Injury Suffered in Game against Bears. He was named on the All-Tournament Team when the Bruins won the NCAA Championship in 1967 and again in 1968 with another NCAA Title. . The Bruins still had time to score, but an attempted basket by Allen would not drop. 1966-67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team - Wikipedia 14 in career 20-point games as a Bruin with 25 and was honored as an all-American in his junior season. Trivia: Shipp holds the record for most career starts with 134. During his three starting seasons, Greenwood proved his dominance on the court averaging a career-high 19.9 points 10.3 rebounds per game in his senior season. Trivia: Farmar also holds the record for most turnovers in an individual season (since 1979) with 135 in his sophomore season, an average of 3.6 turnovers per game. In his first three seasons as a Bruin, he was a part of teams that reached the Final Four under Ben Howland. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Shooting guard John Green was a pivotal player in the years preceding John Woodens championship dynasty. That season, Vandeweghe led the Bruins to the NCAA Finals for the first time with a team that was not coached by John Wooden. 26 on the all-time scoring list with 1,380 points (12.2 avg). Mick Cronin. The Bruins avenged the loss in a rematch with Houston in the NCAA Final Four, by beating the Cougars 10169 to become the only team to win consecutive NCAA championships twice. Goodrich was named on the NCAA All-Tournament Team both of those years and was honored an All-American his senior year. The official 2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster for the UCLA Bruins. He played a supporting role in UCLAs 1969 and 1970 NCAA Championships, scoring 15 points in the finals both years. Assistant Coach. Visible Ink Press, 1998). [2] Houston Cougars coach Guy Lewis wanted to prove his program's worth to his critics, so he decided to schedule UCLA. A profile of the 1969 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team. He also maintains the fifth-highest career field goal percentage at 57 percent. Shooting guard Jason Kapono was one of the most consistent shooting machines in recent Bruin history, coming out of the gates his freshman year scoring 16 points per game and averaging 16.5 in his career at UCLA. [20] UCLA won six more national championships under Wooden. 8 in individual season blocks. Learn more and register, College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Greg Lee and Henry Bibby formed a solid back court, and forwards Keith Wilkes and Larry Farmer were double-digit scorers. Pac-12 Basketball: UCLA Difficult to KO. Richardsons assists per game climbed each season during his four years as a Bruin, reaching an amazing 7.6 in his senior year and leaving him with an average on 6.8 in his career. In men's college basketball, the Game of the Century was a historic National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) game between the Houston Cougars and the UCLA Bruins played on January 20, 1968, at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. Trivia: Henry Bibby, father of NBA guard Mike Bibby, coached at USC for nine seasons. Forward Marques Johnson helped the Bruins win their final NCAA Championship under John Wooden in 1975 as a sophomore. Wilkes helped the Bruins win the 1972 NCAA Championship by putting up 23 points with 10 rebounds, being named to the All-Tournament Team. During his first season as a Bruin, McCoy averaged 3.3 blocks per game and currently holds the record for all-time blocks at 188. Alcindor holds an immense amount of records at UCLA, including: Alcindors No. Watson was also an alert defender, and currently holds the all-time career for most steals at 235. The streak ended at 221 weeks in January 1980. 34 on the all-time scoring list with 1235 points (14.2 avg.). 2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster # Full Name Pos. UCLA forward Kenneth Nwuba, left, is defended by Arizona forward Jordan Brown during a game on Feb. 18. He has played in Germany, Ukraine, Israel, Russia and will play in France in 2011. At times an almost unstoppable offensive threat, Wilson landed himself at No. He averaged 11.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in his career as a Bruin, leading the team in average scoring in his junior (15.4 PPG) and senior (14.4 PPG) seasons. . 4 in average scoring for a freshman. ), -Second in career three-point field goal percentage: 44.6 percent, -First in career three-point field goals made: 317, -Fifth in free throw percentage: 83 percent, -Second in career double-figure scoring games: 107 (out of 127), Trivia: Kapono has won the Three-Point Shootout twice in the NBA, and is known to be one of the most accurate three-point shooters in NBA history (ranked fifth all-time in NBA as of 2011 [43.7 percent]). All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Trivia: Afflalo, alongside teammate Ryan Hollins, helped the distraught Gonzaga star Adam Morrison off the court after UCLA defeated Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 in the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. In his two years on the varsity squad, Allen averaged 15.3 points per game. UCLA Bruins Basketball Recruiting UCLA Basketball: Sebastian Mack commits to Bruins, Mick Cronin Joe Tipton 11/16/22 On3 Basketball Recruiting 4-star guard Sebastian Mack sets commitment date Joe Tipton 11/15/22 UCLA Bruins Basketball Recruiting 4-star Sebastian Mack sets official visit to UCLA Joe Tipton 11/10/22 On3 Basketball Recruiting Forward John Moore was a three-time starter for UCLA, leading the Bruins in his sophomore (12.2 avg.) Hayes, a 6-foot-9 forward, was not directly matched against the 72 Alcindor, but he did block three of Alcindor's shots, and the crowd roared his nickname, "Big E."[4], With two minutes remaining in the game, the score was tied at 69 after the Bruins' Lucius Allen made a pair of free throws. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. 10 in average rebounds for a freshman with 5.8 rebounds per game. Trivia: Naulls went on to be a four-time NBA All-Star and three-time NBA Champion with the Boston Celtics. Wt. 30 on the all-time scoring list with 1,349 points (15 avg.) (15.8 avg. He received the USBWA Player of the Year award that year as well. Sakuragi when he became a naturalized Japanese citizen. and is dotted across the records books: -Third in career rebounds: 1022 (8.7 avg), -Second in individual season blocked shots: 76 (1979), -Third in career double-figure rebounding games: 52. The championship game was held in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. Charting UCLA's roster for next season may not require much effort March 1, 1969: UCLA 84, Cal 77 OT. 1 Cougars. Bailey was a huge performer as a freshman in UCLAs victory in the 1995 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, scoring 26 points with nine rebounds in the championship game. 3 overall pick by the Seattle Supersonics in the first round of the 1969 NBA draft. UCLA Rosters - RealGM This team ushered in a new era of college hoops when it played and lost to Houston in a regular-season game at Houston Astrodome that was seen by a national television audience. In his first season as starter his junior year, Wicks was named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament during a year in which he averaged 18.6 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. Trivia: Jackson played one game in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers, recording two points, one rebound, four assists and two steals. Collectable is offering shares of a 1968-1969 UCLA Bruins jacket from the famed Sports Immortals collection. Trivia: Miller holds the UCLA individual season record for free throws made at 202 in 1986. The 1969-70 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its fourth consecutive NCAA National Basketball Championship, the sixth in seven years under head coach John Wooden, despite the departure of Lew Alcindor to the NBA, with a win over Jacksonville. Kansas State and Michigan also made the Final Four in 1964, with the Wildcats' making their fourth Final Four and Wolverines making their Final Four debut. 10 on the all-time scoring list. Murrays name constantly pops up the Bruins record book in offensive stats, including: -Sixth in career three-point percentage: 41.1 percent, -Ninth in individual season field goals: 247. OBannon was named on the first team All-Pacific-10 in 1996 and 1997. Although Love only played one season with the Bruins, he finds himself scattered in the record books: -Seventh in career field goal percentage: 55.9 percent, -Sixth in individual season rebounds: 415 (10.6 avg. and blocks (55- 1.7 avg.) Cal's Place in the NET Rankings is Not Much of a Head-Scratcher. The "Money Man", John Vallely, scored 29 points and Alcindor had 25 points at the semi-final game. [1969] NCAA Championship Game: UCLA Bruins vs Purdue Boilermakers UCLA won the L.A. Classic by defeating Wisconsin, Georgia Tech, and USC. 29 on the all-time scoring list with 1355 points (12.5 avg.). [5] He would miss the next two games against Stanford and Portland. Fields is also No. Edgar was a fine boy. Darren Savino. Trivia: As of 2011, Washington is No. Valley was named on the NCAA All-Tournament Team in both of those years as well. pg. 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