Word: alcindor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...remained for Southern California to suffer the crudest fate of all. All the Trojans did was win-edging Arkansas 70-67 and Illinois 73-72 in the Los Angeles Basketball Classic. And what did that earn them? A berth in the finals against Lew Alcindor (TIME, Dec. 16) and his No. 1-ranked U.C.L.A. Bruins...
Against Wisconsin, 7-ft. Hin. Sophomore Alcindor scored 24 points; against Georgia Tech, he hit a season low of 18 points, but U.C.L.A. still boosted its record to 7-0. Southern Cal's Trojans have already seen all they want to of Alcindor: he scored 56 against them in the opening game of the season...
...idea was simple: keep Lew from getting to the ball. It worked, too-sort of. Three Duke players stuck to Alcindor like Siamese quadruplets, and he scored only 19 points all night. Of course, that left only two Blue Devils to guard Alcindor's four teammates, who popped in 69 as U.C.L.A. walloped Duke...
...last week everybody seemed willing to pronounce Alcindor "unstoppable" and "the best college center in history"-everybody, that is, except his own coach, John Wooden. "Lew has a long way to go," said Wooden. "He may be as agile as Wilt Chamberlain was at this stage in his career, but he still isn't as agile as Bill Russell." Adds Assistant Willie Naulls, who played with Russell on last year's pro champion Boston Celtics: "Lew is just a boy. He's barely 19, still growing and far from maturity...
Lefty or Righty. Neither coach has any complaint about Alcindor's offensive ability, although Lew is still only about 45% accurate when he is shooting lefthanded, compared with 70% righthanded. Both, however, admit that Lew's defense still leaves something to be desired. "He needs work," says Naulls. "But I'll tell you this-when Lew Alcindor wants to guard somebody, he can guard anybody." Duke's Bubas will attest to that: against the Blue Devils last week, Alcindor collected 16 rebounds and blocked eight enemy shots...