1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-8 Championship
Sugar Bowl Tourney Championship
NCAA National Championship Game
vs. Memphis State, W, 87–66
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 1
1972–73 record 30–0 (14–0 Pac-8)
Head coach John R. Wooden
Assistant coach Gary Cunningham
Home arena Pauley Pavilion
1972–73 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 UCLA 14 0   1.000     30 0   1.000
USC 9 5   .643     18 10   .643
Oregon 8 6   .571     16 10   .615
Stanford 7 7   .500     14 11   .560
Washington 6 8   .429     16 11   .593
Oregon State 6 8   .429     15 11   .577
California 4 10   .286     11 15   .423
Washington State 2 12   .143     6 20   .231
As of November 25, 2011[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won another National Championship for UCLA by beating the Memphis State Tigers, 87–66 in the Final Four and winning their seventh consecutive title.[2] In the NCAA Championship Game, Bill Walton made 21 of 22 field goal attempts and scored 44 points. Some regard this as the greatest ever offensive performance in American college basketball. The Bruins set a new NCAA record of winning 89 games and losing 1 during a three-year span.

Starting lineup

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

Players

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season

Nov. 25*
No. 1 Wisconsin W 94-53  1–0
 (-)
 

Dec. 1*
No. 1 Bradley W 73-38  2–0
 (-)
 

Dec. 2*
No. 1 Pacific W 81-48  3–0
 (-)
 

Dec. 16*
No. 1 UCSB W 98-67  4-0
 (-)
 

Dec. 22*
No. 1 Pittsburgh W 89-73  5-0
 (-)
 

Dec. 23*
No. 1 Notre Dame W 82-56  6-0
 (-)
 

Dec. 29*
No. 1 Drake W 85-72  7–0
 (-)
 

Nov. 30*
No. 1 Illinois
Sugar Bowl Classic
W 71-64  8–0
Municipal Auditorium (7,123)
New Orleans, LA

Jan. 5
No. 1 Oregon W 64-38  9-0
 (-)
 

Jan. 6
No. 1 Oregon State W 87-61  10-0
 (-)
 

Jan. 12
No. 1 Stanford W 82-67  11-0
 (-)
 

Jan. 13
No. 1 California W 69-50  12-0
 (-)
 

Jan. 19*
No. 1 San Francisco W 92-64  13-0
 (-)
 

Jan. 20*
No. 1 Providence W 101-77  14-0
 (-)
 

Jan. 25*
No. 1 Loyola (IL) W 87-73  15-0
 (-)
 

Jan. 27*
No. 1 Notre Dame W 82-63  16-0
 (-)
 

Feb. 3
No. 1 USC W 79-56  17-0
 (-)
 

Feb. 10
No. 1 Washington State W 88-50  18-0
 (-)
 

Feb. 12
No. 1 Washington W 76-67  19-0
 (-)
 

Feb. 16
No. 1 Washington W 93-62  20-0
 (-)
 

Feb. 17
No. 1 Washington State W 96-64  21-0
 (-)
 

Feb. 22
No. 1 Oregon W 72-61  22-0
 (-)
 

Feb. 24
No. 1 Oregon State W 73-67  23-0
 (-)
 

Mar. 2
No. 1 California W 51-45  24-0
 (-)
 

Mar. 3
No. 1 Stanford W 51-45  25-0
 (-)
 

Mar. 9
No. 1 USC W 76-56  26-0
 (-)
 
NCAA Tournament

Mar. 15*
No. 1 vs. Arizona State
NCAA Regional Semifinals
W 98-81  27-0
 (-)
Los Angeles, CA

Mar. 17*
No. 1 vs. San Francisco
NCAA Regional Finals
W 54-39  28-0
 (-)
Los Angeles, CA

Mar. 24*
No. 1 vs. Indiana
NCAA National Semifinals
W 70-59  29-0
St. Louis Arena (-)
St. Louis, MO

Mar. 26*
No. 1 vs. Memphis State
NCAA National Finals
W 87-66  30-0
St. Louis Arena (-)
St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Notes

Awards and honors

See also

References

External links

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