Word: championship
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...BEANPOT CHAMPIONSHIP...
...fitting tribute to Coach John Wooden and his undefeated U.C.L.A. Bruins. Heavily favored to win their ninth national championship in ten years, U.C.L.A. seemed more invincible than ever last week as it went for its 62nd consecutive victory against its formidable crosstown rival U.S.C. In fact, the top-ranked Bruins are so steeped in talent that their bench warmers may well be the No. 2 team in the nation. Asked if there is any way to stop Wooden, Oklahoma City Coach Abe Lemons said: "Wait, and some night when the moon is full and the clock strikes midnight, drive...
...best center in college basketball. And before Walton, U.C.L.A. had Lew Alcindor, the 7-ft. 2-in. pivotman who led the Bruins to three national titles, then turned pro and changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Yet it is also a fact that Wooden won his first N.C.A.A. championship in 1964 with a starting team whose average height was a pygmyesque 6 ft. 3 in. "No one can win without material," says Wooden. "But not everyone can win with material...
...answers are riding on the outcome of today's league championship showdown in Princeton, N.J. with the once-beaten, defending champion Tigers. A Harvard win would virtually assure Gambril of a share of the Eastern title at worst and a very good chance to finish the season unbeaten as the undisputed champion...
...Harvard and B.C. are better balanced," head coach Bill McCurdy said yesterday, and since balance and depth are particularly important in championship competition the battle for the team title will probably be between these two teams...