UCLA Bruins (NCAA Men's)



The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program, established in 1920, owns a record 11 Division I NCAA championships. UCLA teams coached by John Woodenwon 10 national titles in 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975, including 7 straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record 4 times, in 1964, 1967, 1972, and 1973. Coach Jim Harrick returned the program to the spotlight in 1995, leading the team to another NCAA title. Current coach Ben Howland led UCLA to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006–2008.[1] {| class="toc" id="toc"

Contents
[hide] *1 NCAA records
 * 2 Season-by-season results
 * 3 Coaches
 * 4 By the numbers
 * 5 Basketball Hall of Fame
 * 6 Notable players
 * 7 Career records
 * 8 Conferences
 * 9 Facilities
 * 10 See also
 * 11 Notes
 * 12 References
 * 13 External links
 * }

[edit]NCAA records
UCLA men's basketball has set several NCAA records.[2] [3] [4]
 * 11 NCAA titles
 * 7 consecutive NCAA titles (1967–1973)
 * 12 NCAA title game appearances*
 * 18 Final Four appearances*
 * 10 consecutive Final Four appearances (1967–1976)
 * 25 Final Four wins*
 * 38 game NCAA Tournament winning streak (1964–1974)
 * 134 weeks ranked #1 in AP Top 25 Poll
 * 221 consecutive weeks ranked in AP Top 25 Poll (1966–1980)
 * 54 consecutive winning seasons (1949–2002)
 * 88 game men's regular season winning streak (1971–1974)
 * 4 Perfect undefeated seasons, 1964, 1967, 1972, 1973


 * Excludes 1980 tournament results vacated by NCAA

[edit]Season-by-season results
†Loss later forfeited by Oregon State. ‡Loss later forfeited by California. *vacated by NCAA

Source: UCLA Bruins men's basketball history

[edit]Coaches
Pauley Pavilion, home court of the BruinsMain article: List of UCLA Bruins men's basketball head coachesThe team has had 12 head coaches in its history, and they have won 11 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Championships, the most of any school.[5] John Wooden won 10 national championships between 1964 and 1975, and Jim Harrick won the other in 1995. The New York Times wrote that Wooden "made UCLA the most successful team in college basketball."[6] After Wooden retired, the four coaches that succeeded him resigned, and the following three—Harrick included—were fired. The average tenure of those coaches after Wooden was four years.[7] [a] The current coach, Ben Howland, led the Bruins to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008.[8]

[edit]By the numbers
Ed O'Bannon, a member of the 1995 Championship team, was player-of-the-year*National titles — 11
 * Final Fours — 17*
 * Conference titles — 30
 * Undefeated conference seasons- 11
 * Undefeated seasons- 4
 * 20-win seasons — 44
 * 30-win seasons — 8
 * Winning seasons — 71
 * .500 or better — 73
 * NCAA tourney bids — 42
 * All-Americans (1st team) — 37
 * All-conference (1st team) — 118
 * NBA players —82
 * Most NBA MVP winners — 7[9]
 * Draft picks (1st round) — 33
 * Current NBA players —15
 * Olympians — 8
 * Naismith Hall-of-Fame — 9[10]
 * McDonald's All-Americans — 29
 * Retired numbers— 7 (#25 Gail Goodrich, #31 Ed O'Bannon, #32 Bill Walton, #33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor), #35 Sidney Wicks, #42 Walt Hazzard, #54 Marques Johnson


 * Excludes 1980 tournament results vacated by NCAA

[edit]Basketball Hall of Fame

 * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1995)
 * Larry Brown (2002), coach
 * Denny Crum (1994), coach
 * Don Barksdale (2012)[10]
 * Gail Goodrich (1996)
 * Reggie Miller (2012)[10]
 * Bill Walton (1993)
 * Jamaal Wilkes (2012)[10]
 * John Wooden (1960, 1972), player and coach

[edit]Notable players
Jordan FarmarThe 13 players who have played on three NCAA Division I Championship basketball teams: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, Lynn Shackelford, Larry Farmer, Henry Bibby, Steve Patterson, Kenny Heitz, Jon Chapman, John Ecker, Andy Hill, Terry Scholfield, and Bill Sweek.

UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with Gary Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and Lew Alcindor (nowKareem Abdul-Jabbar) winning the U.S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award in 1968.

UCLA has produced the most NBA Most Valuable Player Award winners, six of them by Abdul-Jabbar and one to Walton, who was Abdul-Jabbar's successor.[9] As of the2011–12 NBA season, 82 former UCLA players have played in the NBA.[11] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-br_bruins_in_nba_12-0">[12] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-aba_note_13-0">[b] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18">[c]

[edit]Facilities
The men's basketball team played in the 2000 seat Men's Gym from 1932 to 1965. They played at other venues around Los Angeles including the Pan-Pacific Auditorium and Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. In 1965, Pauley Pavilion was built on campus and has been the home of Bruin Basketball since that time. While Pauley Pavilion is being renovated, the men's basketball will play its 2011-12 season home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and other venues.

[edit]See also

 * Game of the Century
 * NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coaches
 * NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by school
 * NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Consecutive Appearances

[edit]Notes

 * 1) ^ There were 28 seasons from 1975–76 to 2002–03 and 7 coaches, an average of 4 years. The Yahoo article said 3.9.
 * 2) ^ Includes players in the American Basketball Association (ABA), which merged with the NBA in 1976.
 * 3) ^ basketball-reference.com counts 79 players, but is missing Greg Foster, Corey Gaines, Brett Vroman. Foster, Gaines, and Vroman all transferred from UCLA to another school.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-transfers_14-0">[13] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-foster_15-0">[14] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gaines_16-0">[15] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vroman_17-0">[16] The UCLA Media Guide did not count Foster, Gaines, and John Vallely. The Media Guide listed Ray Young, but he is not included here since he did not play a game in the NBA.

[edit]References

 * 1) ^ UCLA Men's Basketball Team
 * 2) ^http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2006/2006_m_basketball_records.pdf
 * 3) ^ http://www.laalmanac.com/sports/sp10rda.htm
 * 4) ^ http://prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb504690.htm
 * 5) ^ "Top 10 Colleges to Produce NBA Pros". RealClearSports. June 21, 2011. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012.
 * 6) ^ Litsky, Frank (March 18, 2003). "Formality Is Reality As U.C.L.A. Fires Lavin". The New York Times. Archived from the originalon March 29, 2012.
 * 7) ^ Wetzel, Dan (March 29, 2006). "Westwood's new look".yahoo.com (Yahoo! Sports). Archived from the original on March 29, 2012.
 * 8) ^ Dwyre, Bill (February 11, 2011). "Ben Howland keeps cool on the UCLA basketball hot seat". Los Angeles Times. Archived fromthe original on March 29, 2011.
 * 9) ^ a b Steve Aschburner, School is often out when it comes to picking an MVP, NBA.com, March 25, 2011
 * 10) ^ a b c d UCLA's Miller Highlights Class Of 2012, Pac-12.org, April 2, 2012
 * 11) ^ "2011–12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide". UCLA Athletic Department. 2011. pp. 106–9. Archived from the original on January 5, 2012.
 * 12) ^ "NBA & ABA Players Who Attended University of California, Los Angeles". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
 * 13) ^ Finney, Ryan (2010). "2010–11 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide". UCLA Athletic Department. pp. 108. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011.
 * 14) ^ "Greg Foster NBA & ABA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
 * 15) ^ "Corey Gaines NBA & ABA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
 * 16) ^ "Brett Vroman NBA & ABA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
 * 17) ^ "UCLA Records from 2011–12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide". UCLA Athletic Department. p. 80. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012.