1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
National Champions AAWU Regular Season Conference Champions
NCAA National Championship Game vs. Dayton, W, 79–64
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1966–67 record	30–0 (14–0 AAWU)
Head coach	John Wooden
Assistant coach	Jerry Norman
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion

The 1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won UCLA's third NCAA National Basketball Championship under head coach John Wooden with a win over Dayton.

In the NCAA West Regional at Corvallis, Oregon, the Bruins beat Wyoming (109–60) and Pacific (80–64). The Final Four was played in Louisville, Kentucky, where UCLA defeated Houston (73–58) and Dayton (79–64).^[1]

The team was led by starters Lynn Shackelford, Kenny Heitz, Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Mike Warren, and Lucius Allen.

Season Summary

This was the season Lew Alcindor, later to be known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, debuted on to the college basketball scene. After sitting out his freshman year under then NCAA rules, Alcindor dominated as a sophomore, leading UCLA to a 30-0 record while averaging 29.0 points and 15.5 rebounds. Three other players averaged in double figures, including sophomore guard Lucius Allen and junior Mike Warren.

Players

• Don Saffer
• Lucius Allen
• Dick Lynn
• Gene Sutherland
• Mike Warren
• Joe Chrisman
• Lynn Shackelford
• Neville Saner
• Lew Alcindor
• Jim Nielsen
• Kenny Heitz
• Bill Sweek

Schedules and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 3*	No. 1	USC Rivalry	W 105–90	1–0	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
December 9*	No. 1	No. 7 Duke	W 88–54	2–0	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
December 10*	No. 1	No. 7 Duke	W 107–87	3–0	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
December 22*	No. 1	Colorado St	W 84–74	4–0	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
December 23*	No. 1	Notre Dame	W 96–67	5–0	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
December 28*	No. 1	Wisconsin L.A. Classic	W 100–56	6–0	Los Angeles Sports Arena  {{{site_cityst}}}
December 29*	No. 1	Georgia Tech L.A. Classic	W 91–72	7–0	Los Angeles Sports Arena  {{{site_cityst}}}
December 30*	No. 1	USC L.A. Classic	W 107–83	8–0	Los Angeles Sports Arena  {{{site_cityst}}}
January 7	No. 1	at Washington St	W 76–67	9–0 (1–0)	Pullman, WA  {{{site_cityst}}}
January 9	No. 1	at Washington	W 83–68	10–0 (2–0)	Seattle, WA  {{{site_cityst}}}
January 13	No. 1	California	W 96–78	11–0 (3–0)	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
January 14	No. 1	Stanford	W 116–78	12–0 (4–0)	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
January 20*	No. 1	Portland	W 122–57	13–0	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
January 21*	No. 1	UC Santa Barbara	W 119–75	14–0	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
January 28*	No. 1	at Loyola-Chicago	W 82–67	15–0	{{{site_cityst}}}
January 29*	No. 1	at Illinois	W 120–82	16–0	Chicago Stadium  {{{site_cityst}}}
February 4	No. 1	at USC	W 40–35 ^OT	17–0 (5–0)	{{{site_cityst}}}
February 10	No. 1	Oregon St	W 76–44	18–0 (6–0)	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
February 11	No. 1	Oregon	W 100–66	19–0 (7–0)	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
February 17	No. 1	at Oregon	W 34–25	20–0 (8–0)	Eugene, OR  {{{site_cityst}}}
February 18	No. 1	at Oregon St	W 72–50	21–0 (9–0)	Corvallis, OR  {{{site_cityst}}}
February 24	No. 1	Washington	W 71–43	22–0 (10–0)	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
February 25	No. 1	Washington St	W 100–78	23–0 (11–0)	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
March 3	No. 1	at Stanford	W 75–47	24–0 (12–0)	Stanford, CA  {{{site_cityst}}}
March 4	No. 1	at California	W 103–66	25–0 (13–0)	Berkeley, CA  {{{site_cityst}}}
March 11	No. 1	USC	W 83–55	26–0 (14–0)	Pauley Pavilion  {{{site_cityst}}}
March 17*	No. 1	vs. Wyoming NCAA Tournament	W 109–60	27–0	Corvallis, OR  {{{site_cityst}}}
March 18*	No. 1	vs. Pacific NCAA Tournament	W 80–64	28–0	Corvallis, OR  {{{site_cityst}}}
March 24*	No. 1	vs. No. 7 Houston NCAA Tournament	W 73–58	29–0	Louisville, KY  {{{site_cityst}}}
March 25*	No. 1	vs. Dayton NCAA Tournament	W 79–64	30–0	Louisville, KY  {{{site_cityst}}}
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

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Notes

• UCLA won the L.A. Classic by defeating Wisconsin, Georgia Tech, and USC.
• Bruins' third national championship in four years.
• The dunk was banned in college basketball after the season, primarily because of Alcindor's dominant use of the shot.^[4][5]

Awards and honors

• Lew Alcindor, NCAA Basketball Tournament MOP (1967)
• Lew Alcindor, USBWA College Player of the Year ^[6]
• Lew Alcindor, Helms Foundation Player of the Year award
• Lew Alcindor, First Team All-American
• Lew Alcindor, School Record, Most season Points: 870 (1967)
• Lew Alcindor, School Record, Highest season Scoring Average: 29.0 (1967)
• Lew Alcindor, School Record, Most season Field Goals: 346 (1967)
• Lew Alcindor, School Record, Most season Free Throw Attempts: 274 (1967)
• Lew Alcindor, School Record, Most single game field goals: 26 (vs. Washington State, 2/25/67)

See also

• 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

1. UCLA History, UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guild 2008
2. 2014-15 UCLA Men's Basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-Apr-09.
3. College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Apr-09.
4. Scavone, Daniel C (2002) [1992]. Dawson, Dawn P, ed. Great Athletes. 1 (Revised ed.). Salem Press. pp. 7–10. ISBN 1-58765-008-8.
5. Lew's Still Loose. Time Magazine, April 14, 1967. Quote:First there was the Wilt Chamberlain Rule, designed to force him away from the basket by widening the "3-sec. zone," in which an offensive player can remain for only 3 sec. at a time. Next came the Bill Russell Rule, which forbids blocking a shot when the ball is on its downward course. Now there is the Lew Alcindor Rule. College basketball's rules makers decided last week that players may no longer "dunk" or "stuff" the ball by ramming it through the hoop from directly above.
6. http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/robertson/index.html

External links

• 1966–67 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com