1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1967–68 UCLA Bruins 1968_UCLA_Bruins.jpg 260px From the 1968 UCLA yearbook UCLA Logo 1964-1995.jpeg Athletic Association of Western Universities Pac-8 2 2 29–1 14–0 John Wooden 20th Jerry Norman NCAA tournament National championsAAWU regular season champions National Championship Game W Won 78–55 vs. North Carolina 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.Official Collegiate Basketball Guide 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. The Bruins topped the century mark (100 points) in 23 of 30 games, averaged 108.8 points a game and gave up only 64.5 per game. 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.Esper Dwain Bruins Hope Norman Stays March 25, 1968 The Independent Pasadena, California 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2860094/ Newspapers.com July 22, 2015Gasaway John John Wooden's Century June 7, 2010 Basketball Prospectus http://basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=798 https://web.archive.org/web/20150723062332/http://basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=798 2015-07-23 dead 2015-07-23 Players 1967 UCLA Bruins men's y Lew Alcindor y 33 C 7 2 225 Jr New York, New York Lucius Allen y 42 G 6 2 175 Jr Kansas City, KS Kenny Heitz y 22 G 6 3 Jr Santa Maria, CA Edgar Lacey y 54 F 6 6 Sr Los Angeles, California Mike Lynn 35 F 6 7 Sr Covina, California Jim Nielsen 34 F Neville Saner 30 C 6 6 Lynn Shackelford y 53 F 6 5 190 Jr Burbank, CA Gene Sutherland 24 G 6 1 Bill Sweek y 45 G 6 3 Jr Pasadena, CA Michael Warren actor y 44 G 5 11 Sr South Bend, IN https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ucla/1968.html John Wooden (Purdue) 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.Jeff Prugh – Bruins win again without Alcindor. Big Lew Sidelined By Eye Injury Suffered in Game against Bears. Los Angeles Times, January 14, 1968 He would miss the next two games against Stanford and Portland. This happened right before the game against the University of Houston. Schedule yes 1967–68 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1967 yes |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins|Regular Season December 2, 1967 yes yes 1 1967 men Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Purdue Arena West Lafayette, IN 116-71 1-0 December 8, 1967 yes 1 1967 men Wichita State Shockers Wichita State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 133-86 2-0 December 9, 1967 8:00 pm yes 1 Iowa State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA KTLA (delay) 131-70 3-0 December 22, 1967 yes 1 1967 men Bradley Braves Bradley 10 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 129-63 4-0 December 23, 1967 yes 1 1967 men Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 134-63 5-0 December 27, 1967 yes 1 1967 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Classic 115-55 6-0 December 29, 1967 yes 1 1967 men Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Classic 122-67 7-0 December 30, 1967 yes 1 1967 men Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Classic 108-71 8-0 January 5, 1968 1 Washington State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 107-79 9-0 1-0 January 6, 1968 1 Washington Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 103-65 10-0 2-0 January 12, 1968 y 1 1967 men California Golden Bears California Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA 104-64 11-0 3-0 January 13, 1968 y 1 1967 men Stanford Indians Stanford Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 123-63 12-0 4-0 January 18, 1968 yes 1 1967 men Portland Pilots Portland Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 93-59 13-0 January 20, 1968 yes y 1 Houston 2 Houston Astrodome Houston, TX Game of the Century TVS 69-71 52,693 13-1 January 26, 1968 yes yes 2 1967 men Holy Cross Crusaders Holy Cross Madison Square Garden New York, NY 100-67 18,106Prugh Jeff 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 Los Angeles Times 27 January 1968 155784798 14-1 January 27, 1968 yes yes 2 1967 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Madison Square Garden New York, NY 94-77 18,499Prugh Jeff BRUINS HOLD OFF EAGLE SPURT, POST 84-77 WIN Los Angeles Times 28 January 1968 155770221 15-1 February 3, 1968 2 1967 men USC Trojans USC Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 121-67 16-1 5-0 February 9, 1968 yes 2 1967 men Oregon State Beavers Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 85-42 17-1 6-0 February 10, 1968 yes 2 1967 men Oregon Ducks Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, OR 114-63 18-1 7-0 February 16, 1968 2 Oregon Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 139-58 19-1 8-0 February 17, 1968 2 Oregon State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 108-71 20-1 9-0 February 24, 1968 yes 2 Washington Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA 104-67 21-1 10-0 February 26, 1968 yes 2 Washington State Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, WA 111-70 22-1 11-0 March 1, 1968 2 Stanford Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 140-62 23-1 12-0 March 2, 1968 2 California Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 115-61 24-1 13-0 March 9, 1968 yes 2 USC Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 72-44 25-1 14-0 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#UCLA Bruins 1;"| NCAA Tournament March 15, 1968 yes yes 2 1967 men New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State University Arena Albuquerque, NM Regional semifinal 88-49 26-1 March 16, 1968 yes yes 2 Santa Clara University Arena Albuquerque, NM Regional Final 107-66 27-1 March 22, 1968 yes yes 2 Houston 1 Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA National semifinal 101-69 28-1 March 23, 1968 yes yes 2 North Carolina 5 Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA National Final 78-55 29-1 AP Poll Pacific time Source:Season by Season Records http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2016/10/17/MBKB_17MG_148_164.pdf#page=8 UCLA Athletics September 29, 2017 December 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201229080204/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2016/10/17/MBKB_17MG_148_164.pdf#page=8 dead Rankings 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings AP 0 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Coaches 0 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 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.Funeral in Downey today for UCLA player Edgar Lacey https://web.archive.org/web/20120309135205/http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_17801284 2012-03-09 , Long Beach Press Telegram, April 8, 2011 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 Lew Alcindor, NCAA basketball tournament MOP (1968) Lew Alcindor, USBWA College Player of the Year http://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 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 4 45 Mike Lynn Chicago Bulls 4 49 Edgar Lacey San Francisco Warriors 14 180 Mike Warren Seattle SuperSonics Source:http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1968 1968 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com 2014-10-04 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140630084147/http://databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1968&lg=N 2014-06-30 References External links 1967–68 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 Bruins men's basketball team UCLA Bruins men's basketball team