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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.
UCLA’s record with Walton on the roster was 86-4. Bill Walton, a Hall of Fame basketball player before becoming a celebrated broadcast analyst, died Monday at age 71 after fighting cancer.
Bill Walton, the basketball Hall ... Walton’s basketball journey began at UCLA, where the 6-foot-11, ... Walton took 22 shots and missed only one, scoring a championship contest-record 44 points.
Bill Walton, the dominant college big man who won two NBA championships and later enjoyed a successful career as a colorful sports broadcaster, has died, the NBA announced on Monday. He was 71 ...
The UCLA–Memphis State championship game made USA Today′s 2002 list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time at #18. [1] Bill Walton set a championship game record, hitting 21 of 22 shots and scoring 44 points. This tournament marked the first appearance of Bob Knight as coach of Indiana University.
That followed a college career in which he was a two-time champion at UCLA and a three-time national player of the year. “Bill Walton,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, “was truly one of a kind.” Walton, who was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1993, was larger than life, on the court and off.