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Bill Walton – UCLA, 1974. In his 87 career games at UCLA, Walton shot 65.1% from the field, averaging 20.3 points, 15.7 rebounds, and 5.5 assists. UCLA was 86–4 in Walton's three seasons. [30] Walton was the 1973 recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States.
The 1973–74 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team would be Bill Walton's final year with the school. During the season, the Bruins' 88 game winning streak would end. The defeat was a 71–70 loss to the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
The 1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team went undefeated again at 30–0 and claimed a seventh consecutive national championship. [2] [3] [4] [5]In the title game of the NCAA tournament at St. Louis, junior center Bill Walton scored 44 points (21 of 22 field goal attempts) with thirteen rebounds as the top-ranked Bruins defeated #12 Memphis State, 87–66.
RIP Bill Walton, who 14 years ago spoke about Boris Diaw (career 8.4 ppg/4.4 rebs/3.5 ast) with more beauty and reverence than anyone has ever spoken about another person.
He was the NBA’s MVP in the 1977-78 season, the league’s sixth man of the year in 1985-86 and a member of the league’s 50th anniversary and 75th anniversary teams. That followed a college career in which he blossomed while playing under coach John Wooden at UCLA, becoming a three-time national player of the year.
Bill Walton, who helped UCLA win national titles during John Wooden's career and later won two NBA titles, has died after a cancer battle. Bill Walton, UCLA legend, NBA star and Pac-12 advocate ...
UCLA entered the 1972–73 season as the six-time defending national champions, and the Bruins were coming off of an undefeated 30–0 season in 1971–72. [3] Five players on UCLA's roster later played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Center Bill Walton was
Bill Walton was one ... How great a man must you be for me to be 500 words into this and not have mentioned his two NCAA championships at UCLA and two NBA titles nine years apart — one as the ...