Word: bruin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Once again, the victory depended upon the successful play of the singles. Tiina Bougas began the afternoon in her usually impressive fashion by dominating her small Bruin opponent and the match...
BOSTON vs. PITTSBURGH: Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. Next? If you have to miss any Bruin play-off games, this is your big opportunity. Penguins can surprise but won't, while Bruins have kicked the habit of chocking in opening rounds since their 1975 disaster against Chicago. Four Harry Sinden yawns...
Bill Barrett joined the double winners with a victory in the 200 IM and the 200-yd. breaststroke. The burly football player, now representing the UCLA Bruin swim squad, also set two American records...
...those days the Final Four of the NCAA tourney, the survivors of three frantic weeks of nationwide elimination rounds, were usually known as U.C.L.A. and the three Cinderellas. And almost without exception the Bruins, no fans of fairy tales, would not even give the Cinderellas a dance. So much for underdogs. That Bruin dynasty was the greatest in the history of college basketball...
...favored at Denver and returned to Wooden's more traditional style. Sophomore Mike Sanders, a comparatively small 6 ft. 6 in., was switched from forward to center to key the attack. Brown also eliminated complicated defenses in favor of a simpler man-to-man coverage. With Bruin basketball stripped to essentials once more, U.C.L.A. was on its way. Says Brown: "Because we were so young and were playing so many people, we had to simplify. I've tried to take the thinking process away and just let them play...