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The consensus 1967 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. [1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press , the USBWA , the United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches .
By the eighth grade (age 13–14), he had grown to 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) and could already dunk a basketball. [25] [26] Alcindor began his record-breaking basketball accomplishments when he was in high school, where he led coach Jack Donohue's Power Memorial Academy team to three straight New York City Catholic championships, a 71–game winning ...
During the regular season, the Elvin Hayes-fronted Cougars defeated the Lew Alcindor-led UCLA Bruins on January 20 in what was known as the Game of the Century. Houston attained a perfect 28–0 record for regular season, and finished with a 31–2 overall record, the first thirty-win season in program history.
Of the conference's three teams that received votes last week in the USA Today Coaches' Poll, one — Texas Tech — won both of its games this week. The Red Raiders, who were the unofficial No ...
The No. 2 Cougars (24-3, 11-3 Big 12) headline likely the deepest conference in basketball, one that features six ranked teams from the most recent USA TODAY Coaches Poll — and potentially nine ...
Here's where Big 12 basketball teams stand in the updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 poll:
The 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1967, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 23, 1968, at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.
This was the season Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, debuted on to the college basketball scene.After playing on the freshman team under then NCAA rules, Alcindor dominated at the varsity level as a sophomore, leading UCLA to an undefeated 30–0 record while averaging 29.0 points and 15.5 rebounds.