1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-8 Championship
NCAA National Championship Game vs. North Carolina, W, 78–55
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#2
1967–68 record	29–1 (14–0 Pac-8)
Head coach	John R. Wooden
Assistant coach	Jerry Norman

The 1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won UCLA's fourth NCAA National Basketball Championship under head coach John R. Wooden with a win over North Carolina.^[1]

UCLA's 47-game winning streak came to an end in January when the Bruins were beaten by Houston and All-American Elvin Hayes in the Astrodome 71–69; the game was known as the Game of the Century. The Bruins avenged the loss in a rematch with Houston in the NCAA Final Four, by beating the Cougars 101–69 to become the only team to win consecutive NCAA championships twice.

Season Summary

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. The Bruins avenged the only loss in the Final Four, thrashing the Cougars behind Lew Alcindor’s 19 points and 18 rebounds. "Big Lew" was even more dominant in the title game, with 34 points and 16 boards in a win over North Carolina. UCLA limited Houston's Elvin Hayes, who was averaging 37.7 points per game but was held to only 10. Bruins coach John Wooden credited his assistant, Jerry Norman, for devising the diamond-and-one defense that contained Hayes.^[2]^[3]

Players

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Lew Alcindor would suffer the first major injury of his athletic career. He suffered a scratched left cornea on January 12, 1968 in a game against the California Golden Bears. He got struck by Ted Henderson of Cal in a rebound battle.^[5] He would miss the next two games against Stanford and Portland. This happened right before the game against the University of Houston.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
*	#1	at Purdue	W 73-71	1-0	Mackey Arena (-) West Lafayette, IN
*	#1	Wichita State	W 120-86	2-0	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
*	#1	Iowa State	W 121-80	3-0	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
*	#1	Bradley	W 109-73	4-0	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
*	#1	Notre Dame	W 114-63	5-0	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
*	#1	Minnesota Los Angeles Classic	W 95-55	6-0	(-) Los Angeles, CA
*	#1	Saint Louis Los Angeles Classic	W 108-67	7-0	(-) Los Angeles, CA
*	#1	Bradley Los Angeles Classic	W 104-71	8-0	(-) Los Angeles, CA
	#1	Washington State	W 97-69	9-0 (1-0)	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
	#1	Washington	W 93-65	10-0 (2-0)	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
	#1	at California	W 94-64	11-0 (3-0)	Harmon Gym (-) Berkeley, CA
	#1	at Stanford	W 73-63	12-0 (4-0)	Stanford Pavilion (-) Stanford, CA
*	#1	Portland	W 93-69	13-0	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
January 20* , TVS	#1	vs. #2 Houston Game of the Century	L 69-71	13-1	Houston Astrodome (52,693) Houston, TX
*	#2	vs. Holy Cross	W 90-67	14-1	(-)
*	#2	vs. Boston College	W 84-77	15-1	Madison Square Garden (-) New York, NY
	#2	USC	W 101-67	16-1 (5-0)	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
	#2	at Oregon State	W 55-52	17-1 (6-0)	Gill Coliseum (-) Corvallis, OR
	#2	at Oregon	W 104-63	18-1 (7-0)	McArthur Court (-) Eugene, OR
	#2	Oregon	W 119-78	19-1 (8-0)	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
	#2	Oregon State	W 88-71	20-1 (9-0)	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
	#2	at Washington	W 84-67	21-1 (10-0)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (-) Seattle, WA
	#2	at Washington State	W 101-70	22-1 (11-0)	Beasley Coliseum (-) Pullman, WA
	#2	Stanford	W 100-62	23-1 (12-0)	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
	#2	California	W 115-71	24-1 (13-0)	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
	#2	at USC	W 72-64	25-1 (14-0)	Los Angeles Sports Arena (-) Los Angeles, CA
NCAA Tournament
March 15*	#2	vs. New Mexico State NCAA Regional Semifinal	W 58-49	26-1	University Arena (-) Albuquerque, NM
March 16*	#2	vs. Santa Clara NCAA Regional Final	W 87-66	27-1	University Arena (-) Albuquerque, NM
Mar 22*	#2	vs. Houston NCAA National Semifinal	W 101-69	28-1	Los Angeles Sports Arena (-) Los Angeles, CA
March 23*	#2	vs. #5 North Carolina NCAA National Final	W 78-55	29-1	Los Angeles Sports Arena (-) Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Notes

The team opened the season as the No. 1 team in both the AP and UPI polls.
Second consecutive national championships, 4 in 5 years.
UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with Gary Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) winning the U.S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award in 1968.
Jan. 20, 1968 – Three days after he was benched by Coach Wooden during the "Game of the Century," Edgar Lacey, who was a high school All-American at Jefferson High School and Los Angeles City Section Player of the Year in 1963, quit the Bruins team.^[6]

Awards and honors

Lew Alcindor, NCAA Basketball Tournament MOP (1968)
Lew Alcindor, USBWA College Player of the Year ^[7]
Lew Alcindor, Helms Foundation Player of the Year award
Lew Alcindor, First Team All-American; Lucius Allen, Second Team

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
4	45	Mike Lynn	Chicago Bulls
4	49	Edgar Lacey	San Francisco Warriors
14	180	Mike Warren	Seattle SuperSonics

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References

↑ Official Collegiate Basketball Guide
↑ Esper, Dwain (March 25, 1968). "Bruins Hope Norman Stays". The Independent (Pasadena, California). p. 15. Retrieved July 22, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Gasaway, John (June 7, 2010). "John Wooden's Century". Basketball Prospectus. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015.
↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ucla/1968.html
↑ Jeff Prugh – Bruins win again without Alcindor. Big Lew Sidelined By Eye Injury Suffered in Game against Bears. Los Angeles Times, January 14, 1968
↑ Funeral in Downey today for UCLA player Edgar Lacey, Long Beach Press Telegram, April 8, 2011
↑ http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/robertson/index.html
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1968

External links

1967–68 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com

UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1967–68 NCAA Champions

22 Kenny Heitz 33 Lew Alcindor (MOP) 35 Mike Lynn 42 Lucius Allen 44 Mike Warren 45 Bill Sweek 53 Lynn Shackelford 54 Edgar Lacey Head Coach John Wooden Assistant Coach Jerry Norman

UCLA Bruins men's basketball

Venues	Men's Gym (1932–1965) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (alternate; 1949–1959) Venice High School (1955–1956) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–1965; 2011–2012) Honda Center (2011–2012) Pauley Pavilion (1965–present)

Rivalries	Arizona Notre Dame USC

Culture & lore	Game of the Century UCLA High Post Offense Joe Bruin

People	Head coaches Retired numbers NBA players

Seasons	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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