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Stats at Basketball Reference William Thomas Sweek (born January 9, 1947) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is an American former basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins under Coach John Wooden , winning three straight national championships from 1967 through 1969.
In 2001, Holton became head coach of the University of Portland men's basketball team, where he had served as an assistant coach in 1994–95. He was also an assistant coach at Pasadena City College in 1993–94, [3] at Oregon State University in 1995–96, and at UCLA from 1996 until 2001.
The 1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won a second consecutive NCAA national championship, the fourth in five years under head coach John Wooden, with a win over North Carolina. [ 2 ] UCLA's 47-game winning streak came to an end in January when they were beaten by Houston and All-American Elvin Hayes in the Astrodome 71–69; the game ...
The UCLA Bruins were the dominant NCAA men's basketball program of the era, having won Division I championships in 1964, 1965, and 1967. Lew Alcindor of UCLA was a talented player who was credited with reviving interest in college basketball, with Bruin games selling out arenas. [2]
The 1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 9, 1968, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Los Angeles, California. A total of 27 games were played, including a third ...
UCLA vs Oregon, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, 2007 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 (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ) winning the U.S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award in 1968.
The men's college basketball program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was founded in 1920 and is known competitively as the UCLA Bruins. The Bruins have won 11 NCAA Division I championships, including 10 under coach John Wooden, which gives them the most of any school. [1]
The 1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its second NCAA national championship under head coach John Wooden. [2]At Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, the #2 Bruins successfully defended their national title with a 91–80 win over top-ranked Michigan before 13,204.