"We recruited him really hard when he was coming out of high school, then watched him play for two years and competed against him at West Virginia. The faces of that night begin to vanish. "But the other side of it is that they've got to play us, too. NCAA Tournament: This was 1968. "Deep (range, and) quick," Calipari said. K-State (24-9) essentially starts four guards Johnson is 6-6 and can guard multiple positions and score at all three levels and lanky 6-10 forward Nae'Qwan Tomlin, who is just comfortable on the perimeter as he is in the paint. [3] [15] Assistant coach Jerry Norman was credited by Wooden for devising the diamond-and-one defense that the Bruins used to contain Hayes, who was averaging 37.7 points per game but was held to only 10. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Furthermore, it was telecast not by a Big Three Network but rather by the independent TVS Television Network. Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. But the root of it all is sitting right there next to it.. Put together a syndicated collection of channels around the country something no one had ever even tried before and pair mighty UCLA and Wooden and Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) with unbeaten Houston and Lewis and Hayes. What a way to end the 1968 season. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Won National Third Place (89-85) versus Houston. Starting with the 1997 tournament, only domed stadiums have hosted the Final Four. He is a graduate of Indiana University. Were talking 1961 and this UCLA-Houston game is only seven years later, so I say that only to confirm the baby was delivered in the Astrodome on that night when Houston played UCLA.. He didnt know Dick Enberg from a fungo bat, Enberg said. It was a tough enough assignment, then youve got to read somebodys writing when youre trying to sell something youve never seen before., UCLA was hampered by Alcindors health. . Lorch had been assigned by Lewis to sell the Cougars extra tickets before the game outside the arena. "We were unable to find a comp for Oscar Tshiebwe in our league. The Houston Cougars would end the UCLA Bruins 47-game winning streak, 71-69, and college basketball would never, ever, ever be the same. I still get goose bumps when I think about it, it kind of reminded me how the gladiators must have felt back in Roman times.
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