1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
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1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
| 1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |||
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| Pac-8 Championship | |||
| NCAA National Championship Game vs. North Carolina, W, 78–55 |
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| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities | ||
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| Coaches | #2 | ||
| AP | #2 | ||
| 1967–68 record | 29–1 (14–0 Pac-8) | ||
| Head coach | John R. Wooden | ||
| Assistant coach | Jerry Norman | ||
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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.
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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.
Players
- Lew Alcindor
- Lucius Allen
- Kenny Heitz
- Edgar Lacey (1945–2011)
- Mike Lynn
- Jim Nielsen
- Lynn Shackelford
- Mike Warren
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.[2] He would miss the next two games against Stanford and Portland. This happened right before the game against the University of Houston.
Schedule and results
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Notes
- 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.[3]
Awards and honors
- Lew Alcindor, NCAA Basketball Tournament MOP (1968)
- Lew Alcindor, USBWA College Player of the Year [4]
- 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 |
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| 4 | 45 | Mike Lynn | Chicago Bulls |
| 4 | 49 | Edgar Lacy | San Francsisco Warriors |
| 14 | 180 | Mike Warren | Seattle Supersonics |
See also
References
- ^ Official Collegiate Basketball Guide
- ^ 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
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