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...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...
UCLA is just about everyone's sentimental favorite. I don't even think Bruin coach Larry Brown expected to come this far, after the team's terrible start (five losses in January alone). Of course traditions have a way of perpetuating themselves and there is no tradition in college basketball without UCLA...
...instance, in one of the outstanding contests of the entire meet, the 1650-yd. freestyle, Harvard's Maureen Gildea was, based on previous times, the first seed, but Bruin swimmers occupied five of the other 11 places. No other Harvard swimmer was among...
Outside shooting from Crimson guards Ann Scannel, Nancy Boutillier, and Stacie McMahon, which normally compliments the inside boardwork of Smith and Holpuch, was missing throughout the game, another decisive factor in the Bruin victory...