1966–67_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team
1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won UCLA's third NCAA national championship under head coach John Wooden with a win over Dayton. The Bruins went undefeated, winning all 30 games.
Quick Facts UCLA Bruins men's basketball, NCAA tournament National championsAAWU regular season champions ...
| 1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament National champions AAWU regular season champions | |
| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 1 |
| Record | 30–0 (14–0 AAWU (Pac-8)) |
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| Home arena | Pauley Pavilion |
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| No. 1 UCLA | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of April 1967[1] Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the NCAA West Regional at Corvallis, Oregon, the Bruins beat Wyoming (109–60) and Pacific (80–64).[2][3] The Final Four was played in Louisville, Kentucky, where UCLA defeated Houston (73–58) and Dayton (79–64).[4]
The Bruins were led by starters Lynn Shackelford, Kenny Heitz, Lew Alcindor, Mike Warren, and Henry Pate.
The Bruins entered the season ranked number 1, beginning what was then the most consecutive weeks ranked in the AP poll. The streak ended at 221 weeks in January 1980 and has since been surpassed by the Kansas Jayhawks.[5]
This was the season Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, debuted on to the college basketball scene. After playing on the freshman team under then NCAA rules, Alcindor dominated at the varsity level as a sophomore, leading UCLA to an undefeated 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.
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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| December 3, 1966* |
No. 1 | USC | W 105–90 | 1–0 |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 9, 1966* |
No. 1 | No. 7 Duke | W 88–54 | 2–0 |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 10, 1966* |
No. 1 | No. 7 Duke | W 107–87 | 3–0 |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 22, 1966* |
No. 1 | Colorado State | W 84–74 | 4–0 |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 23, 1966* |
No. 1 | Notre Dame | W 96–67 | 5–0 |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 28, 1966* |
No. 1 | Wisconsin L.A. Classic |
W 100–56 | 6–0 |
Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 29, 1966* |
No. 1 | Georgia Tech L.A. Classic |
W 91–72 | 7–0 |
Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 30, 1966* |
No. 1 | USC L.A. Classic |
W 107–83 | 8–0 |
Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 7, 1967 |
No. 1 | at Washington State | W 76–67 | 9–0 (1–0) |
Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, WA | ||||||
| January 9, 1967 |
No. 1 | at Washington | W 83–68 | 10–0 (2–0) |
Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA | ||||||
| January 13, 1967 |
No. 1 | California | W 96–78 | 11–0 (3–0) |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 14, 1967 |
No. 1 | Stanford | W 116–78 | 12–0 (4–0) |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 20, 1967* |
No. 1 | Portland | W 122–57 | 13–0 |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 21, 1967* |
No. 1 | UC Santa Barbara | W 119–75 | 14–0 |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 28, 1967* |
No. 1 | at Loyola–Chicago | W 82–67 | 15–0 |
Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL | ||||||
| January 29, 1967* |
No. 1 | at Illinois | W 120–82 | 16–0 |
Chicago Stadium (10,025) Chicago, IL | ||||||
| February 4, 1967 |
No. 1 | at USC | W 40–35 OT | 17–0 (5–0) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 10, 1967 |
No. 1 | Oregon State | W 76–44 | 18–0 (6–0) |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 11, 1967 |
No. 1 | Oregon | W 100–66 | 19–0 (7–0) |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 17, 1967 |
No. 1 | at Oregon | W 34–25 | 20–0 (8–0) |
McArthur Court Eugene, OR | ||||||
| February 18, 1967 |
No. 1 | at Oregon State | W 72–50 | 21–0 (9–0) |
Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | ||||||
| February 24, 1967 |
No. 1 | Washington | W 71–43 | 22–0 (10–0) |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 25, 1967 |
No. 1 | Washington State | W 100–78 | 23–0 (11–0) |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| March 3, 1967 |
No. 1 | at Stanford | W 75–47 | 24–0 (12–0) |
Burnham Pavilion Stanford, CA | ||||||
| March 4, 1967 |
No. 1 | at California | W 103–66 | 25–0 (13–0) |
Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA | ||||||
| March 11, 1967 |
No. 1 | USC | W 83–55 | 26–0 (14–0) |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 17, 1967* |
No. 1 | vs. Wyoming Regional semifinals |
W 109–60 | 27–0 |
Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | ||||||
| March 18, 1967* |
No. 1 | vs. Pacific Regional Finals |
W 80–64 | 28–0 |
Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | ||||||
| March 24, 1967* |
No. 1 | vs. No. 7 Houston National semifinals |
W 73–58 | 29–0 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, KY | ||||||
| March 25, 1967* 6:30 pm |
No. 1 | vs. Dayton National Championship Game |
W 79–64 | 30–0 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, KY | ||||||
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- Lew Alcindor, NCAA basketball tournament MOP (1967)
- Lew Alcindor, USBWA College Player of the Year[10]
- 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)
- "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- "UCLA to face possible Wyoming stall". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 17, 1967. p. 1B.
- Uhrhammer, Jerry (March 19, 1967). "Strong Tigers extend UCLA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- UCLA History, UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guild 2008
- "🏀 Kansas Sets Record for Consecutive Rankings in the Associated Press Poll". Kansas Jayhawks. November 30, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- 2014-15 UCLA Men's Basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-Apr-09.
- College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Apr-09.
- Scavone, Daniel C (2002) [1992]. Dawson, Dawn P (ed.). Great Athletes. Vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Salem Press. pp. 7–10. ISBN 1-58765-008-8.
- 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.
- "USBWA > Awards > Oscar Robertson Trophy". Archived from the original on February 13, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
- 1966–67 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com