1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1972–73 UCLA Bruins UCLA Logo 1964-1995.jpeg 1973 UCLA basketball NCAA champions.JPG 260px Pacific-8 Conference Pac-8 1 1 30–0 14–0 John Wooden 25th Gary Cunningham Pauley Pavilion NCAA tournament National championsNCAA regular season championsPac-8 champions National Championship Game W Won 87–66 vs. Memphis State The 1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team went undefeated again at 30–0 and claimed a seventh consecutive national championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8HdQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=chEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7288%2C2742880 Milwaukee Sentinel Hofmann Dale Walton's 44 KO Memphis State March 27, 1973 1, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SWoRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=--ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6097%2C6559040 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Walton may be $2 million bargain March 27, 1973 1CUCLA media guidehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KGo0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8QkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1187%2C6129430 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina UPI Walton 'demolishes' Memphis State, 87–66 March 27, 1973 14 In the title game of the NCAA tournament at St. Louis, junior center Bill Walton scored 44 points (21 of 22 field goal attempts) with thirteen rebounds as the top-ranked Bruins defeated #12 Memphis State, 87–66. Some regard this as the greatest ever offensive performance in American college basketball.https://www.si.com/vault/1973/04/02/618008/a-slight-case-of-being-superhuman Sports Illustrated Kirkpatrick Curry A slight case of being superhuman April 2, 1973 18 Tied at 39 at halftime, the Bruins dominated the second half and outscored the Tigers, 48–27.UCLA media guide UCLA set a new NCAA record of 75 consecutive wins and a three-season composite record of 89 1 y. Roster 1972 UCLA Bruins men's y Vince Carson 30 F 6 5 Jr Tommy Curtis y 22 G 5 11 170 Jr Tampa, Florida Larry Farmer basketball y 54 F 6 5 Sr C Gary Franklin 50 F 6 5 Jr Larry Hollyfield y 53 F 6 5 215 Sr Greg Lee basketball y 43 G 6 4 Jr Reseda, California Dave Meyers basketball y 34 F 6 7 215 So San Diego, CA Swen Nater y 31 C 6 11 240 Sr Den Helder, Netherlands Pete Trgovich y 25 G 6 5 So East Chicago, Indiana Bill Walton y 32 C 6 11 210 Jr La Mesa, California Keith Wilkes y 52 F 6 6 190 Jr Berkeley, California http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1973_110_University%20of%20California,%20Los%20Angeles.pdf John Wooden (Purdue) Gary Cunningham (UCLA) Starting lineup {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" !Position !Player !Class |- |F |align=left|Larry Farmer |Senior |- |F |align=left|Keith Wilkes |Junior |- |C |align=left|Bill Walton |Junior |- |G |align=left|Larry Hollyfield |Senior |- |G |align=left|Greg Lee |Junior |} Schedule yes 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1972 yes |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins|Regular Season November 25, 1972 yes 1 Wisconsin Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 114–53 1–0 December 1, 1972 yes 1 Bradley Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 83–38 2–0 December 2, 1972 yes 1 1972 men Pacific Tigers Pacific Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 101–48 3–0 December 16, 1972 yes 1 1972 men UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UCSB Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 108–67 4–0 December 22, 1972 yes 1 1972 men Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 119–73 5–0 December 23, 1972 yes 1 1972 men Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 112–56 6–0 December 29, 1972 yes yes 1 1972 men Drake Bulldogs Drake Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA Sugar Bowl Classic 115–72 7–0 December 30, 1972 yes yes 1 Illinois Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA Sugar Bowl Classic 91–64 7,123 8–0 January 5, 1973 1 1972 men Oregon Ducks Oregon Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 74–38 9–0 1–0 January 6, 1973 1 1972 men Oregon State Beavers Oregon State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 95–61 10–0 2–0 January 12, 1973 yes 1 1972 men Stanford Cardinal Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 102–67 11–0 3–0 January 13, 1973 yes 1 1972 men California Golden Bears California Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA 89–50 12–0 4–0 January 19, 1973 yes 1 1972 men San Francisco Dons San Francisco 10 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 102–64 13–0 January 20, 1973 yes 1 Providence 9 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 121–77 14–0 January 25, 1973 yes yes 1 1972 men Loyola Ramblers Loyola–Chicago Chicago StadiumRapoport Ron Bruins Tie All-Time Mark Los Angeles Times 26 January 1973 157194780 Chicago, IL 107–73 15,817 15–0 January 27, 1973 yes yes 1 Notre Dame Athletic & Convocation Center Notre Dame, IN 102–63 16–0 February 3, 1973 yes 1 1972 men USC Trojans USC 20 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 99–56 17–0 5–0 February 10, 1973 yes 1 Washington State Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, WA 108–50 18–0 6–0 February 12, 1973 yes 1 Washington Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA 106–67 19–0 7–0 February 16, 1973 1 Washington Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 103–60 20–0 8–0 February 17, 1973 1 Washington State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 116–64 21–0 9–0 February 22, 1973 yes 1 Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, OR 82–62 22–0 10–0 February 24, 1973 1 Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 103–67 23–0 11–0 March 2, 1973 1 California Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 81–45 24–0 12–0 March 3, 1973 1 Stanford Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 81–45 25–0 13–0 March 9, 1973 1 USC Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 86–56 26–0 14–0 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#UCLA Bruins 1;"| NCAA Tournament March 15, 1973 yes yes 1 1972 men Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State 16 Regional semifinal Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 98–81 12,671 27–0 March 17, 1973 yes yes 1 San Francisco 20 Regional Final Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 74–39 12,705 28–0 March 24, 1973 1:30 pm yes yes 1 Indiana 6 National semifinal St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO NBC 70–59 19,029 29–0 March 26, 1973 6:10 pm yes yes 1 Memphis State 12 National Final St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO NBC 87–66 19,301 30–0 AP Poll Pacific time Notes The 1972 team was ranked No. 1 by both AP and UPI pre-season polls Walton set a school record with 506 rebounds Larry Farmer and Larry Hollyfield became the only players to have the best winning record over a three-year period, 89–1.NCAA Division 1 Record, NCAA, 2002 In the semifinal against #6 Indiana, the Hoosiers rallied in the second half to give the Bruins a scare. Curtis scored 22 points off the bench to help UCLA with the 70–59 victory. Walton and Keith Wilkes were consensus first team All-Americans. Awards and honors Bill Walton, James E. Sullivan Award,http://aausullivan.org/winners_1973.html AAU Sullivan Award which recognizes the top amateur athlete in the United States Bill Walton, USBWA College Player of the Yearhttp://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/robertson/index.html USBWA > Awards > Oscar Robertson Trophy 2007-01-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070213004535/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/robertson/index.html 2007-02-13 Bill Walton, Naismith College Player of the Yearhttp://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy 2009-03-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090302160347/http://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx 2009-03-02 Bill Walton, Adolph Rupp Trophyhttp://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm About Us 2009-04-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024610/http://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm 2009-01-07 References 2 External links 1972–73 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com Ucla Bruins Category:UCLA Bruins men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Ucla UCLA UCLA