Word: ucla
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what had promised to be one of the best duals of the meet, John Hencken of Southern Cal, an Olympic gold medal winner, easily beat rivals Brian Job of Stanford and Tom Bruce of UCLA in the finals of the 100-yd. breast. His winning time of 57.111 was just .3 off Job's American and NCAA record. Job, whose failure to make the U.S. Olympic squad in Chicago this summer was a big surprise, faded to fifth in the finals and just about put a finish to his swimming career...
...reason the Hoosiers are playing UCLA this Saturday is that they have one of the finest man-to-man defenses in the country. Coach Knight spends 80 per cent of his practices working on defensive fundamentals, and from all indications his players have learned well. Indiana's strong defense allows them to stay with teams with far superior material, even if the Hoosiers shooting is off range on a particular evening...
Traditionally, Eastern teams--with the exception of Yale--have faired poorly in national competition against such aquatic powers as the Hoosiers and the West Coast schools. Southern Cal, Stanford and UCLA. Recently, however, the Ivy schools have begun to make slight inroads, surprising the swimming establishment by sweeping both backstroke races and the 1-meter dive at the nationals last March...
...UCLA's super center Bill Walton and North Carolina State's 18-year-old standout forward David Thompson lead the Associated Press's All-America team that was announced yesterday...
Walton combined his average of 20 points and 17 rebounds a game with his intimidating shot-blocking to lead UCLA's slick and polished fast break. The 6-foot-11 "Big Red Machine" from the top-ranked and undefeated UCLA Bruins, was a runaway choice for All-American...