1970–71 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1970–71 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
	As of 1971; Rankings from AP Poll

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The 1970–71 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won the National Collegiate Champion again on March 13, 1971 in the Astrodome Houston, Texas. It became the seventh championship in eight years under head coach John Wooden. UCLA defeated Villanova, 68-62. Villanova's second place was vacated later by NCAA.^[2]

Smith Barrier, Executive Sports Editor, The Greensboro Daily News and Record wrote: "Mister John Wooden has a watch factory out in Los Angeles. It's a bit different from most Swiss works. They don't make watches, they win 'em."^[2]

The victory against UC Santa Barbara on January 30, 1971, was the beginning of UCLA's record 88-game winning streak that stretched into the 1973–74 season.

UCLA averaged 83.5 points per game, while allowed 71.1 points per game to the opponents. Seniors Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe were selected to the consensus All-America team.^[3]

The Bruins won in the NCAA West Regional in Salt Lake City, UT, over BYU (91–73) and Long Beach State (57–55) to advance to the Final Four, where they defeated Kansas (68–60) in the semi-final game.

Roster

1970–71 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
G	Rick Betchley	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
G	Henry Bibby	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr
G	Kenny Booker	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
	Jon Chapman	—	—
	Tommy Curtis	—	—
F	John Ecker	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr
F	Larry Farmer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So
G	Andy Hill	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr
	Larry Hollyfield	—	—
C	Steve Patterson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Sr
F	Curtis Rowe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr
G	Terry Schofield	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
F	Sidney Wicks	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr

Head coach

John Wooden

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-Mar-20

Schedule

File:Sidney Wicks 1971.jpg

Sidney Wicks was a consensus All-American

File:Henry Bibby.jpg

Henry Bibby against Stanford

File:Kenny Booker vs Kansas (cropped).png

Kenny Booker against Kansas in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
December 4, 1970*	#1	Baylor	W 108–77	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 5, 1970*	#1	Rice	W 124–78	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 11, 1970*	#1	Pacific	W 100–88	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 12, 1970*	#1	Tulsa	W 95–75	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 22, 1970*	#1	Missouri	W 94–75	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 23, 1970*	#1	Saint Louis	W 79–65	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 1970*	#1	vs. William & Mary Steel Bowl	W 90–71	–	–	–	Pittsburgh, PA
December 30, 1970*	#1	at Pittsburgh Steel Bowl	W 77–65	–	–	–	Pittsburgh, PA
January 2, 1971*	#1	Dayton	W 106–82	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 8, 1971	#1	Washington	W 78–69	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 9, 1971	#1	Washington State	W 95–71	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 15, 1971	#1	at Stanford	W 58–53	–	–	–	Stanford, CA
January 16, 1971	#1	at California	W 94–76	–	–	–	Berkeley, CA
January 22, 1971*	#1	at Loyola (IL)	W 87–62	–	–	–
January 23, 1971*	#1	at #9 Notre Dame	L 82–89	–	–	–	South Bend, IN
January 30, 1971*	#2	UC Santa Barbara	W 74–61	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
February 6, 1971	#3	at #2 USC	W 64–60	–	–	–	Los Angeles, CA
February 12, 1971	#1	at Oregon	W 69–68	–	–	–	McArthur Court Eugene, OR
February 13, 1971	#1	at Oregon State	W 67–65	–	–	–	Corvallis, OR
February 19, 1971	#1	Oregon State	W 94–64	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 1971	#1	Oregon	W 74–67	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
February 27, 1971	#1	at Washington State	W 57–53	–	–	–	Pullman, WA
March 1, 1971	#1	at Washington	W 71–69	–	–	–	Seattle, WA
March 5, 1971	#1	California	W 103–69	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
March 6, 1971	#1	Stanford	W 107–72	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
March 13, 1971	#1	#3 USC	W 73–62	–	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
March 18, 1971*	#1	vs. #20 BYU NCAA Tournament • Regional Semifinals	W 91–73	–	–	–
March 20, 1971*	#1	vs. #16 Long Beach State NCAA Tournament • Regional Final	W 57–55	–	–	–
March 25, 1971*	#1	vs. #4 Kansas NCAA Tournament • National Semifinals	W 68–60	–	–	–
March 27, 1971*	#1	vs. #19 Villanova NCAA Tournament • National Final	W 68–62	–	–	–
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Notes

The Bruins also won the "Steel Bowl" in Pittsburgh, PA, over William and Mary and Pittsburgh
Sidney Wicks was named to the 1971 Consensus All-America first team and Curtis Rowe to the second team.
Sidney Wicks received player of the year awards from the USBWA and The Sporting News
November 21, 2010 – Sidney Wicks will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

References

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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
1970–71 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com

↑ 1972 Official Collegiate Basketball Guide, College Athletics Publishing Service, 1971
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Official Collegiate Basketball Guide 1972, College Athletic Publishing Service, 1972
↑ Jerry Crowe, "In time of great change, Sidney Wicks helped UCLA stay the same", Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2009
↑ 2015-16 UCLA media guide. Retrieved 2016-Mar-20.

[1] 1972 Official Collegiate Basketball Guide, College Athletics Publishing Service, 1971

[Guide-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Official Collegiate Basketball Guide 1972, College Athletic Publishing Service, 1972

[3] Jerry Crowe, "In time of great change, Sidney Wicks helped UCLA stay the same", Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2009

[4] 2015-16 UCLA media guide. Retrieved 2016-Mar-20.

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1970–71 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 UCLA	14	–	0	1.000	29	–	1	.967
USC	12	–	2	.857	24	–	2	.923
Oregon	8	–	6	.571	17	–	9	.654
California	8	–	6	.571	16	–	9	.640
Washington	6	–	8	.429	15	–	13	.536
Oregon State	4	–	10	.286	12	–	14	.462
Washington State	2	–	12	.143	12	–	14	.462
Stanford	2	–	12	.143	6	–	20	.231

As of 1971^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll