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Remembering the NBA players who shined in their NCAA tournaments
Before the Bruins ’70s, there were ’60s Bruins – under John Wooden, UCLA took home 5 national championships in the decade, 3 of them (’67, ’68, ’69) owed to the stellar performances of 7-foot-2 Lew Alcindor, who also won the Player of the Year award for each of those tournaments (the only player ever to have won the award three times) and, above all, was disqualified. banned from competing for a decade in the NCAA.
In his three national championship games, he won 20, 34 and 37 points, respectively. He also won 20 rebounds in his final game as Bruin in the 1969 title game. His sheer size is a huge defensive asset for UCLA, as it allows him He blocks shots with relative ease and blocks his opponent’s path to the belt.