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{{short description|American college basketball season}}
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{{Infobox NCAA team season
|mode=Basketball
|year=1967–68
|team=UCLA Bruins
|image = 1968_UCLA_Bruins.jpg
|image_size = 260px
|caption = From the 1968 UCLA yearbook
|conference=Athletic Association of Western Universities
|short_conf=Pac-8
|CoachRank=2
|APRank=2
|record=29–1
|conf_record=14–0
|head_coach=[[John Wooden]]
|hc_year=20th
|asst_coach1=[[Jerry Norman (basketball)|Jerry Norman]]
|asst_coach2=
|asst_coach3=
|stadium=
|champion=[[1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]] National champions AAWU regular season champions
|bowl=[[1968 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|National Championship Game]]
|bowl_result= {{Tooltip|W|Won}} 78–55 vs. [[1967–68 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]]
}}
{{1967–68 AAWU Conference men's basketball standings}}

The '''1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team''' won a second consecutive [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA national championship]], the fourth in five years under head coach [[John Wooden]], with a win over [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]].<ref>Official Collegiate Basketball Guide</ref>

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 (college basketball)|Game of the Century]]. The Bruins avenged the loss in a rematch with Houston in the [[1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|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 Cougars men's basketball|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 (basketball)|Jerry Norman]], for devising the diamond-and-one defense that contained Hayes.<ref>{{cite news|last=Esper|first=Dwain|title=Bruins Hope Norman Stays|date=March 25, 1968|newspaper=The Independent|location=Pasadena, California|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2860094/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 22, 2015}}{{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gasaway |first=John |title=John Wooden's Century |date=June 7, 2010 |work=Basketball Prospectus |url=http://basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=798 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723062332/http://basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=798 |archive-date=2015-07-23 |url-status=dead |access-date=2015-07-23 }}</ref>
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==Players==
{{CBB roster/Header|year=1967|team=UCLA Bruins|sex=men's|teamcolors=y}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Lew|last=Alcindor|dab=|link=y|num=33|pos=C|ft=7|in=2|lbs=225|class=Jr|rs=|home=[[New York City|New York, New York]]}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Lucius|last=Allen|dab=|link=y|num=42|pos=G|ft=6|in=2|lbs=175|class=Jr|rs=|home=[[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City, KS]]}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Kenny|last=Heitz|dab=|link=y|num=22|pos=G|ft=6|in=3|lbs=|class=Jr|rs=|home=[[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria, CA]]}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Edgar|last=Lacey|dab=|link=y|num=54|pos=F|ft=6|in=6|lbs=|class=Sr|rs=|home=[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Mike|last=Lynn|dab=|link=|num=35|pos=F|ft=6|in=7|lbs=|class=Sr|rs=|home=[[Covina, California]]}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Jim|last=Nielsen|dab=|link=|num=34|pos=F|ft=|in=|lbs=|class=|rs=|home=}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Neville|last=Saner|dab=|link=|num=30|pos=C|ft=6|in=6|lbs=|class=|rs=|home=}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Lynn|last=Shackelford|dab=|link=y|num=53|pos=F|ft=6|in=5|lbs=190|class=Jr|rs=|home=[[Burbank, California|Burbank, CA]]}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Gene|last=Sutherland|dab=|link=|num=24|pos=G|ft=6|in=1|lbs=|class=|rs=|home=}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Bill|last=Sweek|dab=|link=y|num=45|pos=G|ft=6|in=3|lbs=|class=Jr|rs=|home=[[Pasadena, California|Pasadena, CA]]}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Michael|last=Warren|dab=actor|link=y|num=44|pos=G|ft=5|in=11|lbs=|class=Sr|rs=|home=[[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend, IN]]}}

{{CBB roster/Footer|roster_url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ucla/1968.html|accessdate=|head_coach= [[John Wooden]] ([[Purdue University|Purdue]])|asst_coach=
*[[Jerry Norman (basketball)|Jerry Norman]]}}

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.<ref>Jeff Prugh – Bruins win again without Alcindor. Big Lew Sidelined By Eye Injury Suffered in Game against Bears. Los Angeles Times, January 14, 1968</ref> He would miss the next two games against [[Stanford Cardinal|Stanford]] and Portland. This happened right before the game against the University of Houston.

==Schedule==
{{CBB schedule start|time=|rank=yes|ranklink=[[1967–68 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings]]|rankyear=1967|tv=|record=yes|attend=}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UCLA Bruins}}|Regular Season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 2, 1967
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Purdue Boilermakers|title=Purdue}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Mackey Arena|Purdue Arena]]
| site_cityst = [[West Lafayette, Indiana|West Lafayette, IN]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 73-71
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 1-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 8, 1967
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Wichita State Shockers|title=Wichita State}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Pauley Pavilion]]
| site_cityst = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, CA]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 120-86
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 2-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 9, 1967
| time = 8:00 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = [[1967–68 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team|Iowa State]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv = KTLA (delay)
| score = 121-80
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 3-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 22, 1967
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Bradley Braves|title=Bradley}}
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 109-73
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 4-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 23, 1967
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|title=Notre Dame}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 114-63
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 5-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 27, 1967
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Minnesota Golden Gophers|title=Minnesota}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena]]
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = Los Angeles Classic
| tv =
| score = 95-55
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 6-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 29, 1967
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Saint Louis Billikens|title=Saint Louis}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = Los Angeles Classic
| tv =
| score = 108-67
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 7-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 30, 1967
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Wyoming Cowboys|title=Wyoming}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = Los Angeles Classic
| tv =
| score = 104-71
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 8-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 5, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = [[Washington State Cougars men's basketball|Washington State]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 97-69
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 9-0
| conference = 1-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 6, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = [[1967–68 Washington Huskies men's basketball team|Washington]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 93-65
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 10-0
| conference = 2-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 12, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = y
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=California Golden Bears|title=California}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Harmon Gym]]
| site_cityst = [[Berkeley, CA]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 94-64
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 11-0
| conference = 3-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 13, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = y
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Stanford Indians|title=Stanford}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Burnham Pavilion (Stanford University)|Stanford Pavilion]]
| site_cityst = [[Stanford, CA]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 73-63
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 12-0
| conference = 4-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 18, 1968
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 1
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Portland Pilots|title=Portland}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 93-69
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 13-0
}}

{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 20, 1968
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = y
| rank = 1
| opponent = [[1967–68 Houston Cougars men's basketball team|Houston]]
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = [[Houston Astrodome]]
| site_cityst = [[Houston, TX]]
| gamename = [[Game of the Century (college basketball)|Game of the Century]]
| tv = [[TVS Television Network|TVS]]
| score = 69-71
| overtime =
| attend = 52,693
| record = 13-1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 26, 1968
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 2
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Holy Cross Crusaders|title=Holy Cross}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]]
| site_cityst = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 90-67
| overtime =
| attend = 18,106<ref>{{cite news|last1=Prugh|first1=Jeff|title=LEW PUTS ON SHOW FOR FOLKS AT 'HOMECOMING': Alcindor Demolishes Holy Cross' Man-to-Man Defense With 33 Points as Bruins Romp, 90-67, at the Garden UCLA WINS, 90-67|work=Los Angeles Times|date=27 January 1968|id={{ProQuest|155784798}}}}</ref>
| record = 14-1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 27, 1968
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 2
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Boston College Eagles|title=Boston College}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Madison Square Garden
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 84-77
| overtime =
| attend = 18,499<ref>{{cite news|last1=Prugh|first1=Jeff|title=BRUINS HOLD OFF EAGLE SPURT, POST 84-77 WIN|work=Los Angeles Times|issue=28 January 1968|id={{ProQuest|155770221}}}}</ref>
| record = 15-1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 3, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=USC Trojans|title=USC}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 101-67
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 16-1
| conference = 5-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 9, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Oregon State Beavers|title=Oregon State}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Gill Coliseum]]
| site_cityst = [[Corvallis, OR]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 55-52
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 17-1
| conference = 6-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 10, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=Oregon Ducks|title=Oregon}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[McArthur Court]]
| site_cityst = [[Eugene, OR]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score =104-63
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 18-1
| conference = 7-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 16, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = Oregon
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 119-78
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 19-1
| conference = 8-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 17, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = Oregon State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 88-71
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 20-1
| conference = 9-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 24, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = Washington
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion|Hec Edmundson Pavilion]]
| site_cityst = [[Seattle, WA]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 84-67
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 21-1
| conference = 10-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 26, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = Washington State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Bohler Gymnasium]]
| site_cityst = [[Pullman, WA]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 101-70
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 22-1
| conference = 11-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 1, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = Stanford
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 100-62
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 23-1
| conference = 12-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 2, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = California
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Pauley Pavilion
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 115-71
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 24-1
| conference = 13-0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 9, 1968
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 2
| opponent = USC
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 72-64
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 25-1
| conference = 14-0
}}
|-
!colspan=12 style="background:#{{NCAA color|UCLA Bruins|1}};"| [[1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA Tournament]]
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 15, 1968
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 2
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1967|sex=men|team=New Mexico State Aggies|title=New Mexico State}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[The Pit (arena)|University Arena]]
| site_cityst = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque, NM]]
| gamename = Regional semifinal
| tv =
| score = 58-49
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 26-1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 16, 1968
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 2
| opponent = [[1967–68 Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team|Santa Clara]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = University Arena
| site_cityst = Albuquerque, NM
| gamename = Regional Final
| tv =
| score = 87-66
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 27-1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 22, 1968
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 2
| opponent = Houston
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Sports Arena
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = National semifinal
| tv =
| score = 101-69
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 28-1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 23, 1968
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 2
| opponent = [[1967–68 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]]
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Sports Arena
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = National Final
| tv =
| score = 78-55
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 29-1
}}
{{CBB schedule end|rank=| poll=[[1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings|AP Poll]] |timezone=[[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]] time}}
:{{small|Source:}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Season by Season Records|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2016/10/17/MBKB_17MG_148_164.pdf#page=8|publisher=UCLA Athletics}}</ref>

==Rankings==
{{main|1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings}}
{{Ranking movements
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| poll1_9=2
| poll1_10=2
| poll1_11=2
| poll1_12=2
| poll1_13=2
| poll1_14=2
| poll1_15=2
| poll1_16=
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| poll1_18=
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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 [[Oscar Robertson Trophy|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 (Los Angeles, California)|Jefferson High School]] and Los Angeles City Section Player of the Year in 1963, quit the team.<ref>[http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_17801284 Funeral in Downey today for UCLA player Edgar Lacey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309135205/http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_17801284 |date=2012-03-09 }}, ''Long Beach Press Telegram'', April 8, 2011</ref>
* On its 50th anniversary in [[2017–18 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|2018]], the team was honored at halftime of the UCLA–[[2017–18 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team|Stanford]] game at Pauley Pavilion on January 27.

==Awards and honors==
* Lew Alcindor, [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|NCAA basketball tournament MOP]] ([[1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1968]])
* Lew Alcindor, [[Oscar Robertson Trophy|USBWA College Player of the Year]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/robertson/index.html |title=USBWA > Awards > Oscar Robertson Trophy |access-date=2007-01-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213004535/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/robertson/index.html |archive-date=2007-02-13 }}</ref>
* 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==
{| class="wikitable sortable sortable"
! style="background:#536895; color:#FEBB36" width="10%"| Round
! style="background:#536895; color:#FEBB36" width="10%"| Pick
! style="background:#536895; color:#FEBB36" width="20%"| Player
! style="background:#536895; color:#FEBB36" width="20%"| NBA Team
|- style="text-align: center"
| 4
| 45
| Mike Lynn
| [[Chicago Bulls]]
|- style="text-align: center"
| 4
| 49
| Edgar Lacey
| [[San Francisco Warriors]]
|- style="text-align: center"
| 14
| 180
| [[Michael Warren (actor)|Mike Warren]]
| [[Seattle SuperSonics]]
|- style="text-align: center"
|}
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ucla/1968.html 1967–68 UCLA Bruins] at Sports-Reference.com

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