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How many games did UCLA win in a row?
88
1- 88-Game Winning Streak of UCLA In college basketball history, no team has achieved a feat quite like UCLA’s 88-game winning streak. They were unstoppable from 1971 to 1973 and were playing on another level from all the other teams. Their most successful coach John Wooden was leading and inspiring them.
What is UCLA basketball longest winning streak?
88-game
Fifty years ago Saturday, UCLA played a game that John Wooden didn’t like much. How was he to know it was the front door to history? The Bruins’ majestic 88-game winning streak that still stands tallest in the record book had to start somewhere — Jan. 30, 1971 with a somewhat ragged 74-61 victory over UC Santa Barbara.
How many games did John Wooden win in a row?
Among Wooden’s most notable accomplishments at UCLA are two record-winning streaks: 88 consecutive games (over the course of four seasons) and 38 consecutive NCAA tournament games. He was named the NCAA’s College Basketball Coach of the Year on six occasions (1964, 1967, 1969–70, 1972–73).
How many years in a row did UCLA win?
Established in 1919, the program has won a record 11 NCAA titles. Coach John Wooden led the Bruins to 10 national titles in 12 seasons, from 1964 to 1975, including seven straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record four times (1964, 1967, 1972, and 1973).
What’s the longest win streak in basketball?
33 straight games
The Los Angeles Lakers hold the record for the longest winning streak in NBA history. They won 33 straight games in the 1971–72 season, compiling a season-best 69–13 record and went on to win the NBA Finals.
Who broke UCLA 88-game win streak?
19, 1974. Clay’s bucket not only toppled the Bruins from their perch atop the polls, it brought to a crashing halt UCLA’s monumental 88-game winning streak.
Who played for John Wooden at UCLA?
His famous Pyramid of Success has helped many of his players and many other people around the world to be successful in their lives. Two of the players that helped propel Wooden’s UCLA basketball dynasty were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton.
Who ended UCLA win streak?
Notre Dame
Tim Bourret was a University of Notre Dame freshman in 1974 and one of the many who stormed the court after the Fighting Irish victory over UCLA that ended the Bruins’ 88-game winning streak.
When did UCLA win basketball?
This will be the 19th time UCLA has appeared in the Final Four in their college basketball history. They have won 11 national championships: 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1995.