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...victory gave the Flyers the "privilege" of facing Lew Alcindor and his U.C.L.A. teammates in tonight's finals. The UClans crunched Houston in the semis, as Lynn Shackelford scored 22 points and the 7-foot-1 inch Alcindor added...
...hyperactive pituitary, when every school is trying to find itself a Lew Alcindor and there are 50 players who are 6 ft. 11 in. or taller on the rosters of college basketball, large news is coming in some small packages. While gangling giants stuff their shots with contemptuous ease, a surprising crop of shorter men are reasserting their claim to a piece of the game. Dribbling, passing and shooting rings around their taller teammates, they are bringing back to basketball some agile, old-fashioned skills. Three of the best: >U.C.L.A.'s Mike Warren, 5 ft. 11 ½ in., seems...
Southern Cal Coach Bob Boyd took the same tack, and came within a point of victory over Lew Alcindor and the unbeaten, No. 1-ranked U.C.L.A. Bruins. Alcindor wound up with only 13 points. At the buzzer, the score was tied 31-31; U.C.L.A. salvaged a 40-35 overtime victory. And then there was No. 10-ranked Vanderbilt, also forced into overtime to pull out a 51-41 victory over freeze-minded Georgia...
Looking for Lew. Alcindor's contribution goes beyond scoring, rebounding or even blocking shots on defense. "He psychs the other team," explains Loyola's Ireland, "because he just looks so big"-and U.C.L.A. Coach John Wooden concurs. "When Lew is on defense, he cuts down the shooting percentage of the other team. They're afraid to shoot, and they're looking for him when they do shoot-so they don't shoot as well. When he is on offense, the other team has to weaken its defense in other areas to prevent him from getting...
...only complaint any of the experts have about Alcindor so far is that he is a trifle slow coming downcourt on offense-to which Wooden replies: "I don't care how long he takes to get into position. We'll wait for him." And so will the fans. Every U.C.L.A. home game is a sellout, and 27,000 people braved the worst blizzard in Chicago history to see him against Loyola and Illinois. "Everyone wants to see the big guy play," says Santa Clara Coach Dick Garibaldi, who counts himself fortunate that his team does not play...