1968–69 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1968–69 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-8 Championship (First as Pac-8, 6th overall)
NCAA National Championship Game
vs. Purdue, W, 92–72
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches #1
AP #1
1968–69 record 29–1 (13–1 Pac-8)
Head coach John R. Wooden
Assistant coach Denny Crum
Assistant coach Gary Cunningham
MVP Lew Alcindor
Home arena Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California

The 1968–69 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won UCLA's fifth NCAA National Basketball Championship under head coach John R. Wooden with a win over Purdue, coach Wooden's alma mater.[1] The Bruins started the season with a 25–0 record.

At the West Regional, played in Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins defeated New Mexico State 53–38 and Santa Clara 90–52. Lew Alcindor had a total of 33 points in the two games on March 13 and 14.

On March 20, UCLA had a two-point lead over Drake, 41–39, at half time and then went on to defeat Drake by three points, 85–82, to advance to the championship game against Purdue. Wooden graduated from Purdue in 1932, after earning All-American honors as a guard on the school's basketball team that he captained during his junior and senior years. The Boilermakers won two Big Ten titles and the 1932 National Championship during his years there. Wooden also played baseball during his freshman year.

The "Money Man", John Vallely, scored 29 points and Alcindor had 25 points at the semi-final game. Alcindor scored 37 points with 20 rebounds in the championship game.[2]

Players

Schedule and results

Date Opponent AP/Rk Site Score, W/L
11/30 Purdue1/10H94–82 W
12/6 Ohio State 1/13 A 84–73 W
12/7 Notre Dame 1/5 A 88–75 W
12/20 Minnesota 1/- H 90–51 W
12/21 West Virginia 1/- H 95–56 W
12/27 Providence 1/- N 98–81 W
12/28 Princeton 1/- N 83–67 W
12/30 St. John’s 1/- A 74–56 W
1/4 Tulane 1/- H 96–64 W
1/10 Oregon 1/- A 93–64 W
1/11 Oregon State 1/- A 83–64 W
1/18 Houston 1/- H 100–64 W
1/24 Northwestern 1/- N 81–67 W
1/25 Loyola-Chicago 1/- A 84–65 W
1/31 California 1/- H 109–74 W
2/1 Stanford 1/- H 98–61 W
2/7 Washington 1 1/- H 62–51 W
2/8 Washington State 1 1/- H 108–80 W
2/15 Washington State 1 1/- A 83–59 W
2/17 Washington 1/- A 53–44 W
2/21 Oregon State 1/- H 91–66 W
2/22 Oregon1/- H 103–69 W
2/28 Stanford 1/- A 81–60 W
3/1 California 1/- A 84–77 W
3/7 USC1/- A 61–55 W
3/8 USC1/- H 44–46 L
3/13 New Mexico State 1/12 H 53–38 W
3/15 Santa Clara 1/3 H 90–52 W
3/20 Drake 1/11 N 85–82 W
3/22 Purdue1/6 N 92–72 W

Notes

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Team
1 1 Lew Alcindor Milwaukee Bucks
1 3 Lucius Allen Seattle SuperSonics
5 48 Kenny Heitz Milwaukee Bucks
7 85 Bill Sweek Phoenix Suns
7 90 Lynn Shackelford San Diego Rockets

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