1971–72 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1971–72 UCLA Bruins men's basketball

Pacific-8 Championship Bruin Classic Championship
NCAA National Championship Game vs. Florida State, W, 81–76
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1971–72 record	30–0 (14–0 Pac-8)
Head coach	John R. Wooden
Assistant coach	Gary Cunningham

The 1971–72 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won the National Collegiate Champion on March 25, 1972, in the Los Angeles Sports Arena with an 81–76 victory over Florida State. It became the eighth championship in nine years under head coach John Wooden, who was coaching his 25th year at UCLA. The 1971–72 UCLA basketball team had a record of 30–0, in the process winning its games by an average margin of more than 30 points. The season was also part of UCLA's NCAA record 88-game winning streak. The UCLA streak contributed to a personal winning streak that lasted almost five years. It began "The Walton Years" for Coach Wooden.

Season Summary

Sophomore Bill Walton lived up to his advance billing, leading the Bruins to a 30-0 record and the National Championship while averaging a double-double (21.1 PPG, 15.5 RPG). Greg Lee and Henry Bibby formed a solid back court, and forwards Keith Wilkes and Larry Farmer were double-digit scorers. Walton’s backup, 7-1 Swen Nater, could have been a star at other schools.

Starting lineup

Position	Player	Class
F	Larry Farmer	Jr.
F	Keith Wilkes	So.
C	Bill Walton	So.
G	Greg Lee	So.
G	Henry Bibby	Sr.

Players

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Results	Record
Dec. 3	The Citadel	W 105–49	1–0
Dec. 4	Iowa	W 106–72	2–0
Dec. 10	Iowa St.	W 110–81	3–0
Dec. 11	Texas A&M	W 117–53	4–0
Dec. 22	Notre Dame	W 114–56	5–0
Dec. 23	TCU	W 119–81	6–0
Dec. 29	Texas	W 115–65	7–0
Dec. 30	Ohio St.	W 79–53	8–0
Jan. 7	Oregon St.	W 78–72	9–0
Jan. 8	Oregon	W 93–68	10–0
Jan. 14	Stanford	W 118–79	11–0
Jan. 15	California	W 82–43	12–0
Jan. 21	Santa Clara	W 92–57	13–0
Jan. 22	Denver	W 108–61	14–0
Jan. 28	(n) Loyola (IL)	W 92–64	15–0
Jan. 29	at Notre Dame	W 57–32	16–0
Feb. 5	USC	W 81–56	17–0
Feb. 11	Wash. St.	W 89–58	18–0
Feb. 12	Washington	W 109–70	19–0
Feb. 19	at Washington	W 100–83	20–0
Feb. 21	at Wash. St.	W 85–55	21–0
Feb. 25	Oregon	W 92–70	22–0
Feb. 26	Oregon St.	W 91–72	23–0
Mar. 3	at California	W 85–71	24–0
Mar. 4	at Stanford	W 102–73	25–0
Mar. 10	at USC	W 79–66	26–0
Mar. 16 (Sweet 16)	Weber St.	W 90–58	27–0
Mar. 18 (Elite 8)	Long Beach St.	W 73–57	28–0
Mar. 23 (Final Four)	Louisville	W 96–77	29–0
Mar. 25 (Championship)	Florida State	W 81–76	30–0

Notes

The team opened the season as the No. 1 team in both the AP and UPI polls
Prior to joining the varsity team, Lee (17.9 ppg), Wilkes (20.0 ppg), and Walton (18.1, 68.6 per cent) were members of the 20–0 Frosh team^[1]
Bruins won the Bruin Classic in Pauley Pavilion
Bill Walton and Henry Bibby were named to the 1972 Consensus All-America first team

Awards and honors

Bill Walton, USBWA College Player of the Year ^[2]
Bill Walton, Naismith College Player of the Year ^[3]
Bill Walton, Adolph Rupp Trophy ^[4]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Henry Bibby, New York
Bill Walton, San Antonio (ABA)

References

↑ 1972 Official Collegiate Basketball Guide, College Athletics Publishing Service, 1971
↑ http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/robertson/index.html
↑ http://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx
↑ http://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm

External links

Media related to 1971–72 UCLA Bruins men's basketball season at Wikimedia Commons
1971–72 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com

UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1971–72 NCAA Champions

22 Tommy Curtis 25 Andy Hill 31 Swen Nater 32 Bill Walton (MOP) 43 Greg Lee 45 Henry Bibby 52 Keith Wilkes 53 Larry Hollyfield 54 Larry Farmer Head Coach John Wooden Assistant Coaches Gary Cunningham Frank Arnold

UCLA Bruins men's basketball

Venues	Men's Gym (1932–1965) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (alternate; 1949–1959) Venice High School (1955–1956) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–1965; 2011–2012) Honda Center (2011–2012) Pauley Pavilion (1965–present)

Rivalries	Arizona Notre Dame USC

Culture & lore	Game of the Century UCLA High Post Offense Joe Bruin

People	Head coaches Retired numbers NBA players

Seasons	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke
2016: Villanova

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