1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
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1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
| 1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |||
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| Los Angeles Classic, AAWU Conference Championship |
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| NCAA National Championship Game vs. Dayton, W, 79–64 |
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| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #1 | ||
| AP | #1 | ||
| 1966–67 record | 30–0 (14–0 Pac-8) | ||
| Head coach | John R. Wooden | ||
| Assistant coach | Jerry Norman | ||
| Home arena | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
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The 1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won UCLA's third NCAA National Basketball Championship under head coach John Wooden with a win over Dayton.
In the NCAA West Regional at Corvallis, Oregon, the Bruins beat Wyoming (109–60) and Pacific (80–64). The Final Four was played in Louisville, Kentucky, where UCLA defeated Houston (73–58) and Dayton (79–64).[1]
The team was led by starters Lynn Shackelford, Kenny Heitz, Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Mike Warren, and Lucius Allen.
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Season Summary
This was the season Lew Alcindor, later to be known as Kareem Abdul-Jabber, debuted on to the college basketball scene. After sitting out his freshman year under then NCAA rules, Alcindor dominated as a sophomore, leading ucla to a 30-0 record while averaging 29.0 amd 15.5 rebounds. Three other players averaged in double figures, including sophomore guard Lucius Allen and junior Mike Warren.
Players
- Don Saffer
- Lucius Allen
- Dick Lynn
- Gene Sutherland
- Mike Warren
- Joe Chrisman
- Lynn Shackelford
- Neville Saner
- Lew Alcindor
- Jim Nielsen
- Ken Heitz
- Bill Sweek
Schedules and results
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Notes
- UCLA won the L.A. Classic by defeating Wisconsin, Georgia Tech, and USC.
- Bruins' third national championship in four years.
- The dunk was banned in college basketball after the season, primarily because of Alcindor's dominant use of the shot.[2][3]
Awards and honors
- Lew Alcindor, NCAA Basketball Tournament MOP (1967)
- Lew Alcindor, USBWA College Player of the Year [4]
- Lew Alcindor, Helms Foundation Player of the Year award
- Lew Alcindor, First Team All-American
- 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)
See also
References
- ^ UCLA History, UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guild 2008
- ^ Scavone, Daniel C (2002) [1992]. Dawson, Dawn P. ed. Great Athletes. 1 (Revised ed.). Salem Press. pp. 7–10. ISBN 1-58765-008-8.
- ^ Lew's Still Loose. Time Magazine, April 14, 1967. Quote:First there was the Wilt Chamberlain Rule, designed to force him away from the basket by widening the "3-sec. zone," in which an offensive player can remain for only 3 sec. at a time. Next came the Bill Russell Rule, which forbids blocking a shot when the ball is on its downward course. Now there is the Lew Alcindor Rule. College basketball's rules makers decided last week that players may no longer "dunk" or "stuff" the ball by ramming it through the hoop from directly above.
- ^ http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/robertson/index.html
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