1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

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The 1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won a second consecutive NCAA national championship, the fourth in five years under head coach John Wooden, with a win over North Carolina.[1]

UCLA's 47-game winning streak came to an end in January when they 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.[4] 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
city, state
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December 2, 1967*
 No. 1 at Purdue Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Purdue Arena 
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December 8, 1967*
 No. 1 Wichita State Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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December 9, 1967*
8:00 pmTemplate:IfnotemptyKTLA (delay) 		No. 1 Iowa State Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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December 22, 1967*
 No. 1 No. 10 Bradley Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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December 23, 1967*
 No. 1 Notre Dame Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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December 27, 1967*
 No. 1 Minnesota
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December 29, 1967*
 No. 1 Saint Louis
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December 30, 1967*
 No. 1 Wyoming
Los Angeles Classic 		Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 
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January 5, 1968
 No. 1 Washington State Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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January 6, 1968
 No. 1 Washington Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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January 12, 1968
 No. 1 at California Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Harmon Gym 
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January 13, 1968
 No. 1 at [[{{{school}}}|Stanford]] Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Stanford Pavilion 
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January 18, 1968*
 No. 1 Portland Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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January 20, 1968*
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Game of the Century 		Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Houston Astrodome (52,693)
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January 26, 1968*
 No. 2 vs. Holy Cross Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Madison Square Garden (18,106[5])
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January 27, 1968*
 No. 2 vs. Boston College Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Madison Square Garden (18,499[6])
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February 3, 1968
 No. 2 USC Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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February 9, 1968
 No. 2 at Oregon State Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Gill Coliseum 
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February 10, 1968
 No. 2 at Oregon Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty McArthur Court 
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February 16, 1968
 No. 2 Oregon Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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February 17, 1968
 No. 2 Oregon State Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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February 24, 1968
 No. 2 at Washington Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Hec Edmundson Pavilion 
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February 26, 1968
 No. 2 at Washington State Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Bohler Gymnasium 
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March 1, 1968
 No. 2 Stanford Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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March 2, 1968
 No. 2 California Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Pauley Pavilion 
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March 9, 1968
 No. 2 at USC Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 
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March 15, 1968*
 No. 2 vs. New Mexico State
Regional semifinal 		Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty University Arena 
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March 16, 1968*
 No. 2 vs. Santa Clara
Regional Final 		Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty University Arena 
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March 22, 1968*
 No. 2 vs. No. 1 Houston
National semifinal 		Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Los Angeles Sports Arena 
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March 23, 1968*
 No. 2 vs. No. 5 North Carolina
National Final 		Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Template:Ifnotempty Los Angeles Sports Arena 
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Rankings

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Notes

  • The team opened the season as the No. 1 team in both the AP and UPI polls.
  • Second consecutive national championship; fourth in five years.
  • UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with quarterback Gary Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and Lew Alcindor winning the U.S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award in 1968.
  • 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 Jefferson High School and Los Angeles City Section Player of the Year in 1963, quit the team.[8]
  • On its 50th anniversary in 2018, the team was honored at halftime of the UCLA–Stanford game at Pauley Pavilion on January 27.

Awards and honors

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

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  1. ↑ Official Collegiate Basketball Guide
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  4. ↑ Jeff Prugh – Bruins win again without Alcindor. Big Lew Sidelined By Eye Injury Suffered in Game against Bears. Los Angeles Times, January 14, 1968
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External links

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