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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...
...that rival teams are capitulating. Last month California played him so tightly that even Lew complained: "They grabbed my arms when I went up to shoot. They held me and pushed me and banged me all around." He still scored 26 points in the 96-78 victory...
Some night when the moon is full and the wiverns and hobgoblins are about, somebody may actually beat U.C.L.A. in basketball-but only if Lew Alcindor happens to leave his shins at home. Now that the college season is two-thirds over, U.C.L.A.'s Bruins are still undefeated, and Alcindor has proved to be better, if anything, than his notices promised. The 7-ft. 1⅜-in. sophomore leads the nation in both scoring (31.2 points per game) and field-goal percentage (202 out of 299 for 68%). On the road against Illinois last week, he poured...
Illinois' Harry Combes tried covering Alcindor man-to-man with his own star sophomore, 6-ft. 7-in. Dave Scholz; with his 6-in. height advantage, Lew simply fired away at will-often not bothering to jump. Loyola of Chicago's Coach George Ireland tried a "collapsing" defense in which as many as three players converged on Alcindor every time he got the ball. Alcindor blocked at least ten shots, pulled down 20 rebounds, and scored 35 points, including two on a spectacular backward "dunk" shot-whirling, leaping, reaching up over his head, ramming the ball through...
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...