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1950

1951–52

1955–56

1956–57

1958–59

black players and

demise of

payments to players and

two division format dropped by

UCLA withdraws from

PCC Southern Division

1940

1949

1951

1952–53

1953–54

1954–55

Parmenter, Ralph

Pasadena Junior College

Patterson, Steve

Patton, George S.

Pauley, Edwin

Pennsylvania, University of

Pepe, Phil

Pepperdine University

Perry, Hal

Phelps, Richard “Digger”

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia Warriors

Phillips, Mike

Phoenix Suns

Pitts, Carl

Pittsburgh, University of

Pittsburgh Pirates

Poe, Edgar Allen

Pointer, P. D.

point-shaving scandal of 1950s

Porter, Barry

Porter, Howard

Portland Trail Blazers

Posnanski, Joe

Pounds, Bobby

Powell, Ed

Powell, Ernie

Powers, Ed

Powers, Jim

Practical Basketball
(Lambert)

Practical Modern Basketball
(Wooden)

Price, Nibs

Proctor, Ken

Providence College

Prugh, Jeff

Psychology Today

Purdue University

1929–30 season

1930–31 season

1931–32 season

Lambert’s early coaching and records by

Murphy as one of first big men

Wooden asked to coach at

Putnam, Betty

Putnam, Bill

Puzo, Mario

Pyramid of Success

Ratleff, Ed

Raveling, George

Reagan, Angela

Rehfeldt, Don

Republican Party

Rice, Grantland

Rice University

Ridgle, Jackie

Ridgway, Dick

Riley, Audrey

Ripley, Robert

Robe, The
(Douglas)

Robertson, Oscar

Robinson, Jackie

Roby, Rick

Rogers, Ben

Rose Bowl

Ross, Mel

Roth, Jerry

Rowe, Curtis

Royer, Bobby

Ruby, Craig

Rupp, Adolph

Rupp Award

Russell, Cazzie

Russell, William Felton “Bill”

Rutgers University

Rutherford, Dudley

Rzeszewski, Lenny

Sable
, USS (aircraft carrier)

Sacramento Junior College

Saffer, Don

St. Bonaventure University

St. Francis University

St. John’s University

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Hawks

St. Louis University

Sale, Doug

San Bernardino Sun

Sanders, Henry “Red”

San Diego Conquistadors

San Diego State

Saner, Neville

San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco, University of

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Warriors

San Jose Mercury News

Santa Clara University

Santa Monica City College

Saturday Evening Post

Saunders, Paul

Schnaiter, Mary

Schofield, Terry

Schrader, Loel

Schulz, Earl

Scioscia, Mike

Scott, Jack

Scott, Tom

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Seattle SuperSonics

Seattle University

Secrist, Charlie

Seibert, Bill

Seidel, Don

Serafin, Mike

Shackelford, Lynn

Shake, Shelby

Shakespeare, William

Sharman, Bill

Shelbyville High School

Sheldrake, Eddie

shot clock

Shula, Don

Shumate, John

Siena College

Sinatra, Frank

Singh, Vijay

Sizer, Tom

Slaughter, Fred

slow-ball tactics and stalling

Smart, Doug

Smith, Bill

Smith, Dean

Smith, Gavin

Sotak, Joe

South Bend Central High School

black players and

South Bend Tribune

Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Southwest Conference

Spear, Bob

Spillane, Jimmy

Spino, Tony

Sport

Sporting News

Wooden named top coach by

Sports Illustrated

Alcindor’s diary in

Sportsman of the Year Award

Stagg, Amos Alonzo

Stalcup, Freddy

Stanford University

black players and

Stanich, George

Stanley, Ken

Starr, Bart

Steele, Rich

Stephenson, David Curtis

Stewart, Charlie

Strack, Dave

Strode, Woody

Stull, Ben

Suddith, Sally

Sutherland, Gene

Sutton, Eddie

Sweek, Bill

Syracuse University

Taft, Morris

Tarkanian, Jerry

Tarzan
movies

Taube, Mel

Taylor, Dwight

Taylor, Fred

Taylor, Mamie

Taylor, Ron

Taylor, Tom

televised games

Game of Century and

Wooden as commentator for

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord

Teresa, Mother

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute Star

Terre Haute Tribune

Texas A&M University

Texas Tech University

Thacker, Tom

They Call Me Coach
(Wooden)

Thompson, David

Thompson, Hollis

Thompson, John

three-second violation

Time

time-outs

Tison, Hack

Tomsic, Ron

Torre, Joe

Torrence, Walt

Townsend, Raymond

Trapp, George

Trester, Arthur

Trgovich, Pete

Triangle
(YMCA publication)

Truman, Harry S.

Tunney, Gene

Tunney, Jim

TVS Network

Twogood, Forrest

UCLA.
See
University of California, Los Angeles

UCLA Basketball
(Medley)

Underhill, Roland

United Press International (UPI)

U.S. Air Force Academy

U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

U.S. Military Academy at West Point

U.S. Naval Air Corps

U.S. Navy

U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC)

University High School

University of California, Berkeley (“Cal”)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
See also
UCLA Bruins freshman basketball team; UCLA Bruins varsity basketball team

Associated Students oversees athletic department

baseball team

black athletes and

blacks and

black student presidents

Black Student Union

Blue Chips
film and

College of Business Administration

enrollment and

football teams

gambling probe and

student protests

tennis team

track team

TV broadcasts and

UCLA Bruins freshman basketball team

1961–62

1963–64

1965–66

UCLA Bruins varsity basketball team.
See also
Wooden, John Robert;
and specific players and coaches

1948–49 season

1949–50 season

1950–51 season

1951–52 season

1952–53 season

1953–54 season

1954–55 season

1955–56 season

1956–57 season

1957–58 season

1958–59 season

1959–60 season

1960–61 season

1961–62 season

1962–63 season

1963–64 season

1964–65 season

1965–66 season

1966–67 season

1967–68 season

1968–69 season

1969–70 season

1970–71 season

1972–73 season

1973–74 season

1974–75 season

1975–76 season

1976–77 season

1977–78 season

1978–79 season

1979–80 season

1980–81 season

1981–82 season

1981–82 season

1982–83 season

1983–84 season

1984–86 seasons

1986–87 season

2006–07 season

AAWU title of 1962–63

annual spring basketball banquet of 1970

Bartow coaches

Brown coaches

celebration of fortieth anniversary of 1970 team

Cunningham coaches

Farmer coaches

freshman-varsity game of 1965 and

Game of the Century and, 1968

Gilbert and

game attendance and

gym problems at

Hazzard coaches

Howland coaches

Lawson and

NCAA Final Four of 2006

NCAA investigations and penalties

NCAA West Regional of 1963 and

NCAA penalties and

NCAA tournament of 1952

NCAA tournament of 1956 and

NCAA tournament of 1962

NCAA tournament of 1964

NCAA tournament of 1965

NCAA tournament of 1967

NCAA tournament of 1968

NCAA tournament of 1969

NCAA tournament of 1970

NCAA tournament of 1971

NCAA tournament of 1972

NCAA tournament of 1973

NCAA tournament of 1974

NCAA tournament of 1975

NCAA tournament of 1976

NCAA tournament of 1977

NCAA tournament of 1980

NCAA tournament of 1981

NCAA tournament of 1983

NCAA tournament of 1987

NCAA tournament of 1995

Norman’s impact on

PCC championship of 1952

PCC playoffs of 1951

PCC Southern Division play-offs of 1949

PCC Southern Division play-offs of 1950

PCC Southern Division play-offs of 1951

PCC Southern Division play-offs of 1955

PCC suspension of 1956 and

post-1988 seasons

recruitment of Alcindor

recruitment of Goodrich

salaries and problems attracting coaches

winning streaks and superstitions

Wooden and, in old age

Wooden arrives at, in 1948

Wooden attends in old age

Wooden’s coaching style and

Wooden memorial service at

Wooden signed to coach

UCLA Pauley Pavilion (
formerly
Memorial Activities Center)

University of California, Riverside

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California Board of Regents

University of Southern California (USC)

Utah, University of

Utah State University

Vallely, John

Valparaiso University

Valvano, Jim

Vanderbilt University

van Breda Kolff, Butch

Van Tone, Art

Vick, Michael

Vietnam War

Vilcheck, Al

Villanova University

Vip’s cafe

Virginia, University of

Visalia Junior College

Vlastelica, Tony

Vroman, Brett

Wabash College

Wade, Dick

Walker, Clarence

journal of at ISTC

NAIB racial barrier broken by

Walton, Andy

Walton, Bill

arrest of

Gilbert and

media and

Naismith Trophy and

NBA contract and

Olympics and

personality of

politics and

pro offers as junior and

Sullivan Award and

Walton, Bruce

Walton, Candy

Walton, Gloria

Walton, Ted

Walton Gang, The
(Libby)

Warren, Mike

Warriner, Earl

Washington, Kenny

Washington, Richard

Washington, University of

Washington Post

Washington Redskins

Washington State University

Washington University

Waters, Bucky

Watson, Kenneth

Watts, Stan

Watts riots

Waxman, Dave

Webb, Bob

Weber State University

Weinberg, Larry

Weiss, Jeff

West, Jerry

West Covina High School

Western Athletic Conference

Western Hockey League

Western Kentucky University

West Lafayette Journal and Courier

Westphal, Paul

West Virginia University

WFBM radio

Wheeler, Ken

White, Art

Wichita State University

Wicks, Sidney

Wilkens, Lenny

Wilkes, Jamaal (
formerly
Keith)

Williams, Bob

Williams, Gus

Williams, Jim

Williams, Joe

Wind, Herbert Warren

Winter, Tex

Wisconsin, University of

Witte, Luke

Wizard of Westwood, The
(Prugh and Chapin)

Wolf, Al

Wooden, Billy (brother)

Wooden, Cathleen (granddaughter)

Wooden, Cordelia (sister)

Wooden, Danny (brother)

Wooden, Greg (grandson)

Wooden, Jim (son)

Wooden, John Robert

60th birthday party and

90th birthday party and

97th birthday party and

99th birthday party and

AAWU title of 1962–63 and

achievements and record of

Alcindor and

Alcindor’s conversion to Islam and

alcohol abstained from

alcohol rule for players and

animals and

aphorisms quoted by

assistant basketball coach at Central High

attends Final Four in old age

bad language not used by

Bartow as UCLA coach and

baseball and

basketball as big business and

basketball lineage of, and Naismith

basketball youth camps and

bench jockeying and

biographies of

birth of

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