UCLA Bruins men's basketball

The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program, established in 1920, owns a record 11 NCAA championships. UCLA teams coached by John Wooden won 10 titles in 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975, including 7 straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record 4 times, in 1964, 1967, 1972, and 1973. Coach Jim Harrick returned the program to the spotlight in 1995, leading the team to another NCAA title. Current coach Ben Howland is also focusing on restoring Bruin Basketball to national prominence, having led UCLA to their third consecutive final four appearance since 2006.

NCAA Records

UCLA men's basketball has set several NCAA records.

• 11 NCAA titles
• 7 consecutive NCAA titles (1967-1973)
• 13 NCAA title game appearances
• 18 Final Four appearances*
• 10 consecutive Final Four appearances (1967-1976)
• 26 Final Four wins*
• 38 game NCAA Tournament winning streak (1964-1974)
• 134 weeks ranked #1 in AP Top 25 Poll
• 221 consecutive weeks ranked in AP Top 25 Poll (1966-1980)
• 54 consecutive winning seasons (1949-2002)
• 88 game regular season winning streak (1971-1974)

*vacated by NCAA

Season-by-season results

^†Loss later forfeited by Oregon State. ^‡Loss later forfeited by California. * 1980 tournament results vacated by NCAA

Source: UCLA Bruins men's basketball history

Coaches

Head Coach	Years	Win-Loss	Pct.
Fred W. Cozens	1919-1921	20-4	.833
Pierce “Caddy” Works	1921-1939	173-159	.521
Wilbur Johns	1939-1948	93-120	.437
John Wooden	1948-1975	620-147	.808
Gene Bartow	1975-1977	52-9	.852
Gary Cunningham	1977-1979	50-8	.862
Larry Brown	1979-1981	42-17	.712
Larry Farmer	1981-1984	61-23	.726
Walt Hazzard	1984-1988	77-47	.621
Jim Harrick	1988-1996	192-62	.756
Steve Lavin	1996-2003	145-78	.650
Ben Howland	2003-	126-45	.737

Source:

• Athletic Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Roster

Notable Players

UCLA has played host to a number of standout players. (Seasons Played)

• Willie Naulls (1954-1956)
• Walt Hazzard (aka Mahdi Abdul-Rahman) (1962-1964)
• Gail Goodrich (1963-1965)
• Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) (1967-1969), played on three NCAA Division I Championship basketball teams
• Sidney Wicks (1969-1971), ), played on three NCAA Division I Championship basketball teams
• Henry Bibby (1970-1972)), played on three NCAA Division I Championship basketball teams
• Swen Nater (1971-1973)
• Bill Walton (1972-1974)
• Jamaal Wilkes (1972-1974)
• David Meyers (1973-1975)
• Marques Johnson (1975-1977)
• Kiki Vandeweghe (1977-1980)
• Mark Eaton (1980-1982)
• Reggie Miller (1984-1987)
• Jack Haley (1985-1988)
• Don MacLean (1989-1992)
• Tracy Murray (1990-1992)
• George Zidek (1991-1995)
• Tyus Edney (1991-1995)
• Ed O'Bannon (1991-1995)
• Charles O'Bannon (1993-1997)
• Toby Bailey (1995-1998)
• Baron Davis (1998-1999)
• Earl Watson (1998-2001)
• Matt Barnes (1999-2002)
• Dan Gadzuric (2000-2002)
• Jason Kapono (2000-2003)
• Dijon Thompson (2002-2005)
• Cedric Bozeman (2002-2006)
• Ryan Hollins (2003-2006)
• Trevor Ariza (2004-2005)
• Jordan Farmar (2005-2006)
• Arron Afflalo (2005-2007)
• Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (2005-2008)
• Darren Collison (2006-2009)
• Russell Westbrook (2006-2008)
• Kevin Love (2007-2008)

In all, 70 players have gone on to play in the NBA at some point in their careers, as of the 2006 NBA Draft.

The 13 players who have played on three NCAA Division I Championship basketball teams: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, Lynn Shackelford, Larry Farmer, Henry Bibby, Steve Patterson, Kenny Heitz, Jon Chapman, John Ecker, Andy Hill, Terry Scholfield, and Bill Sweek.

Conferences

Years	Conferences	Win-Loss	Pct.
1919-1920	None	—	—
1920-1927	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC)	63-6	.913
1927-1959	Pacific Coast Conference (PCC)
1959-1968	Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU)	99-21	.825
1968-1978	Pacific-8 Conference	129-11	.921
1978-present	Pacific-10 Conference	365-166	.687

Facilities

The men's basketball team played in the 2000 seat Men's Gym from 1932 to 1965. They played at other venues around Los Angeles including the Pan-Pacific Auditorium and Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. In 1965, Pauley Pavilion was built on campus and has been the home of Bruin Basketball since that time.

External links

• Official Site
• UCLA Basketball 2006-2007 Media Guide (pdf documents)
• Bruin Basketball Report
• Bruinville UCLA Bruins Basketball News