Picture Perfect: Houston Falls Far Short of Becoming 13th Undefeated Team

January 10th, 2024 - 9:04

"We will either find a way or make one." - Hannibal, Carthaginian military commander

UCLA, in a stellar 10-year stretch from 1963-64 through 1972-73 ruling the scene much like Hannibal, accounted for four of only 12 major-college squads to go undefeated since the start of national tournament postseason competition in the late 1930s. Houston, James Madison and Mississippi each incurred its first loss on the road in early January, falling far short of becoming Unbeaten Team #13.

Kentucky was soundly whipped by undefeated LIU in 1938-39 prior to the Wildcats going unbeaten themselves 15 years later. The average number of defeats the previous year for the first 12 unbeaten teams was five. The only time in major-college history two undefeated major colleges met in a national postseason tournament was the 1939 NIT final between Loyola of Chicago and Long Island University. LIU (23-0) defeated Loyola (21-1), 44-32.

In a seven-year span, all-time greats Lew Alcindor (UCLA in 1966-67), Bill Walton (UCLA in 1971-72) and David Thompson (North Carolina State in 1972-73) weren't freshmen but they were in their first season of varsity eligibility when leading their unbeaten teams in scoring. Alcindor (29 ppg), Lennie Rosenbluth (28 ppg with North Carolina in 1956-57) and Thompson (24.7 ppg) tallied the three highest-scoring averages among these undefeated squads.

Each of the dozen unbeaten major universities had at least one outing decided by fewer than eight points. Following is chronological list of schedules and team statistics for the 12 squads, including last one to achieve feat in 1975-76 (Indiana won five regular-season games by fewer than five points or in overtime), to emerge undefeated since the start of national tournament postseason competition:

Long Island (23-0 in 1938-39)
Coach: Clair Bee (eighth of 18 seasons with Blackbirds)

1938-39 LIU Opponents Score LIU's High Scorer
Newark University (N.J.) 64-14 George Newman 14
Panzer College 41-35 Daniel Kaplowitz 15
Princeton/Seminary 82-37 John Bromberg/Irv Torgoff 10
McGill University (Quebec) 77-39 Irv Torgoff 12
Montclair Teachers College (N.J.) 63-40 Irv Torgoff 10
East Stroudsburg Teachers (Pa.) 63-33 John Bromberg 14
Southern California 33-18 Daniel Kaplowitz 12
Kentucky 52-34 John Bromberg 12
Marquette 41-34 Arthur Hillhouse 14
New York Athletic Club 64-43 Arthur Hillhouse 15
Toledo 46-39 Irv Torgoff 18
Geneva College (Pa.) 48-39 Irv Torgoff 15
Duquesne 48-31 John Bromberg 13
Scranton (Pa.) 65-53 Daniel Kaplowitz 16
Canisius 62-50 Myron Sewitch 15
St. Francis (N.Y.) 61-20 Ossie Schechtman 13
St. Bonaventure 70-31 Irv Torgoff 12
University of Baltimore 52-34 Daniel Kaplowitz 9
John Marshall College 65-25 Irv Torgoff 11
at La Salle 28-21 Daniel Kaplowitz 7
New Mexico State (NIT) 52-45 Irv Torgoff 14
Bradley (NIT) 36-32 John Bromberg 12
Loyola of Chicago (NIT) 44-32 Irv Torgoff 12

NOTES: La Salle game technically played on a neutral court (Philadelphia Convention Hall). . . . NIT games played at Madison Square Garden.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR LIU REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. PPG
Irv Torgoff F Sr. 23 9.5
Daniel Kaplowitz F Sr. 23 8.1
*Arthur Hillhouse C Sr. 12 7.1
John Bromberg G Sr. 23 6.6
Oscar "Ossie" Schechtman G Soph. 22 4.8
Seymour "Cy" Lobello C Soph. 22 4.4
**Dolly King C Soph. 10 4.0
Myron Sewitch C Sr. 21 3.9
Solomon Schwartz G Soph. 22 3.8
George Newman G Sr. 23 3.5
Joseph Shelly G Soph. 20 3.5
Irving Zeitlin G Soph. 18 1.7
Maxwell Sharf G-F Soph. 16 1.4

*Hillhouse completed eligibility at the end of the first semester.
**King became eligible at the start of the second semester.

Seton Hall (19-0 in 1939-40)
Coach: John "Honey" Russell (fourth of 18 seasons with Pirates)

1939-40 Seton Hall Opponents Date Score Pirates High Scorer
Alumni D8 45-29 Nick Parpan 12
Mount St. Mary's D18 58-32 Ed Sadowski 13
Tulane D20 53-25 Bob Davies 9
Florida D28 43-41 Bob Davies/Ed Sadowski 13
William & Mary J6 51-35 Ed Sadowski 17
at Scranton J12 48-32 Ed Sadowski 17
Becker J17 69-29 Ed Sadowski 14
at Kutztown (Pa.) J24 42-34 Ed Sadowski 15
Loyola (Md.) F2 50-40 Ed Sadowski 13
at St. Peter's F3 55-27 Bernie Coyle 13
at Brooklyn F5 51-34 Bob Fischer 13
Rider F9 44-32 Bob Davies/John Ruthenberg 8
St. Francis (Pa.) F14 48-36 Bob Davies 17
St. Bonaventure F17 46-41 Bob Davies 19
Kutztown (Pa.) F21 53-33 Bob Davies 15
Canisius F23 52-46 Bob Davies 17
Catholic (D.C.) F26 53-27 Edward Ryan 13
Brooklyn F28 43-41 Frank Delany 16
Scranton (Pa.) M1 68-39 Bob Davies 16

NOTE: Seton Hall played its home games at five different arenas - East Orange High School, Elizabeth Armory, Orange Armory, Orange High School and Dickinson High School (Jersey City).

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR SETON HALL REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. PPG
Ed Sadowski* C Sr. 9 12.2
Bob Davies F Soph. 18 11.8
Bob Fischer F Soph. 18 4.9
John Ruthenberg G-C Soph. 19 4.7
Bob Holm G Soph. 17 4.2
Frank Delany G-F Sr. 19 3.8
Bernie Coyle G-F Sr. 18 3.7
Nick Parpan G-F Jr. 14 3.4
Ken Pine C Soph. 16 3.2
Ray Studwell F-G Soph. 18 1.2

*Sadowski missed the second half of the season because of a broken kneecap.

Army/U.S. Military Academy (15-0 in winter of 1944)
Coach: Ed Kelleher (first of two seasons with Cadets)

1943-44 Army Opponents Score Army's High Scorer
Swarthmore (Pa.) 80-29 Bob Faas 20
Colgate 69-44 Dale Hall 18
St. John's 49-36 Dale Hall 21
at Columbia 55-37 Dale Hall 17
Penn State 49-38 Dale Hall 14
Coast Guard 55-37 Doug Kenna 11
West Virginia 58-31 Dale Hall 18
at Rochester (N.Y.) 57-43 Dale Hall 23
Pittsburgh 66-32 Ed Christl 16
Hobart (N.Y.) 69-36 Dale Hall/Doug Kenna 20
Pennsylvania 55-38 Dale Hall 18
Villanova 34-22 Dale Hall 23
New York University 46-36 Dale Hall 18
Maryland 85-22 Dale Hall 32
Navy 47-40 Doug Kenna 17

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR ARMY REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. PPG
Dale Hall F Jr. 15 18.2
Doug Kenna G Jr. 15 10.1
Ed Christl C Sr. 12 8.3
Bob Faas F Sr. 15 7.1
Bill Ekberg C Jr. 15 4.7
Jack Hennessey G Sr. 15 1.7

Kentucky (25-0 in 1953-54)
Coach: Adolph Rupp (24th of 41 seasons with Wildcats)

1953-54 UK Opponents Date Score UK's High Scorer
Temple D5 86-59 Cliff Hagan 51
at Xavier D12 81-66 Frank Ramsey 27
Wake Forest D14 101-69 Cliff Hagan 18
at St. Louis D18 71-59 Frank Ramsey 21
Duke D21 85-69 Cliff Hagan 27
La Salle D22 73-60 Cliff Hagan 28
Minnesota D28 74-59 Frank Ramsey 23
Xavier J4 77-71 Cliff Hagan 20
Georgia Tech J9 105-53 Cliff Hagan 34
DePaul J11 81-63 Cliff Hagan/Frank Ramsey 22
Tulane J16 94-43 Frank Ramsey 26
at Tennessee J23 97-71 Frank Ramsey 37
at Vanderbilt J30 85-63 Frank Ramsey 24
Georgia Tech* F2 99-48 Cliff Hagan 23
Georgia F4 106-55 Frank Ramsey 29
Georgia* F6 100-68 Cliff Hagan 29
at Florida F8 97-55 Cliff Hagan 22
Mississippi F13 88-62 Cliff Hagan 38
Mississippi State F15 81-49 Cliff Hagan 26
Tennessee F18 90-63 Cliff Hagan 24
at DePaul F20 76-61 Cliff Hagan 29
Vanderbilt F22 100-64 Cliff Hagan 22
Auburn* F27 109-79 Frank Ramsey 28
at Alabama M1 68-43 Cliff Hagan 24
Louisiana State* (SEC Playoff) M9 63-56 Frank Ramsey 30

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR KENTUCKY REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. FG% FT% PPG RPG
Cliff Hagan F-C Sr. 25 .455 .691 24.0 13.5
Frank Ramsey G Sr. 25 .416 .729 19.6 8.8
Lou Tsioropoulos F Sr. 25 .351 .690 14.5 9.6
Billy Evans F-G Jr. 25 .372 .778 8.4 7.2
Gayle Rose G Jr. 23 .346 .646 6.7 1.3
Phil Grawemeyer F-C Soph. 25 .372 .543 5.9 6.1
Linville Puckett G Soph. 24 .295 .673 5.1 2.2
Bill Bibb F Soph. 16 .313 .583 1.7 1.6
TEAM TOTALS 25 .383 .678 87.5 52.7

San Francisco (29-0 in 1955-56)
Coach: Phil Woolpert (fifth of nine seasons with Dons)

1955-56 USF Opponents Date Score USF's High Scorer
Chico State (Calif.) D2 70-39 Bill Russell 15
Southern California D3 58-42 Bill Russell 24
San Francisco State D6 72-47 Bill Russell 20
Marquette* D16 65-58 Bill Russell 16
at DePaul D17 82-59 K.C. Jones 23
at Wichita D20 75-65 Bill Russell 17
at Loyola of New Orleans D23 61-43 Bill Russell 20
La Salle* D26 79-62 Bill Russell 26
Holy Cross* D27 67-51 Bill Russell 24
UCLA* D28 70-53 Bill Russell 17
Pepperdine J6 62-51 Bill Russell 20
Santa Clara J10 74-56 Mike Farmer 18
at Fresno State J13 69-50 Bill Russell 22
at California J28 33-24 K.C. Jones 15
San Jose State J31 67-40 Bill Russell 21
Loyola of Los Angeles F3 68-46 Carl Boldt 20
at Pacific F7 77-60 Bill Russell 24
Fresno State F10 79-46 Bill Russell 23
at San Jose State F14 76-52 Bill Russell 21
at St. Mary's F17 76-63 Bill Russell 28
at Santa Clara F24 80-44 Bill Russell 29
Pacific F28 87-49 Bill Russell 28
at Pepperdine M2 68-40 Carl Boldt 14
at Loyola of Los Angeles M3 65-48 Bill Russell 24
St. Mary's M6 82-49 Bill Russell 22
UCLA* (NCAA Tournament) M16 72-61 Gene Brown 23
Utah* (NCAA Tournament) M17 92-77 Bill Russell 27
Southern Methodist* (NCAA Tournament) M22 86-68 Mike Farmer 26
Iowa* (NCAA Tournament) M23 83-71 Bill Russell 26

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR USF REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. FG% FT% PPG RPG
Bill Russell C Sr. 29 .513 .495 20.6 21.0
K.C. Jones* G Sr. 25 .365 .655 9.8 5.2
Hal Perry G Sr. 29 .365 .729 9.1 2.0
Carl Boldt F Jr. 28 .326 .783 8.6 5.0
Mike Farmer F Soph. 28 .371 .548 8.4 7.8
Gene Brown G Soph. 29 .377 .641 7.1 4.4
Mike Preaseau F Soph. 29 .366 .609 4.1 3.1
Warren Baxter G Sr. 26 .301 .667 2.2 0.7
Bill Bush G Sr. 22 .208 .625 0.9 0.8
Jack King F Jr. 22 .162 .462 0.8 1.0
TEAM TOTALS 29 .388 .604 72.2 54.2

*Ineligible for NCAA Tournament as a fifth-year player.

North Carolina (32-0 in 1956-57)
Coach: Frank McGuire (fifth of nine seasons with Tar Heels)

1956-57 UNC Opponents Date Score Carolina's High Scorer
Furman D4 94-66 Lennie Rosenbluth 47
Clemson* D8 94-75 Pete Brennan 28
George Washington D12 82-55 Lennie Rosenbluth 27
at South Carolina D15 90-86 Tommy Kearns 29
Maryland D17 70-61 Lennie Rosenbluth 26
at New York University D20 64-59 Bob Cunningham 16
Dartmouth* D21 89-61 Lennie Rosenbluth 30
Holy Cross* D22 83-70 Lennie Rosenbluth 23
Utah* D27 97-76 Lennie Rosenbluth 36
Duke* D28 87-71 Lennie Rosenbluth 32
Wake Forest* D29 63-55 Lennie Rosenbluth 18
at William & Mary J8 71-61 Pete Brennan 20
Clemson J11 86-54 Lennie Rosenbluth 34
Virginia J12 102-90 Lennie Rosenbluth 30
at North Carolina State J15 83-57 Lennie Rosenbluth 29
at Western Carolina J30 77-59 Lennie Rosenbluth 26
at Maryland F5 65-61 (2OT) Lennie Rosenbluth 25
Duke F9 75-73 Lennie Rosenbluth 35
at Virginia F11 68-59 Lennie Rosenbluth 23
Wake Forest F13 72-69 Lennie Rosenbluth 24
North Carolina State F19 86-57 Lennie Rosenbluth 28
South Carolina F22 75-62 Pete Brennan 26
at Wake Forest F26 69-64 Lennie Rosenbluth 30
at Duke M1 86-72 Lennie Rosenbluth 40
Clemson* (ACC Tournament) M7 81-61 Lennie Rosenbluth 45
Wake Forest* (ACC Tournament) M8 61-59 Lennie Rosenbluth 23
South Carolina* (ACC Tournament) M9 95-75 Lennie Rosenbluth 38
Yale* (NCAA Tournament) M12 90-74 Lennie Rosenbluth 29
Canisius* (NCAA Tournament) M15 87-75 Lennie Rosenbluth 39
Syracuse* (NCAA Tournament) M16 67-58 Lennie Rosenbluth 23
Michigan State* (NCAA Tournament) M22 74-70 (3OT) Lennie Rosenbluth 31
Kansas* (NCAA Tournament) M23 54-53 (3OT) Lennie Rosenbluth 20

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR NORTH CAROLINA REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. FG% FT% PPG RPG
Lennie Rosenbluth F Sr. 32 .483 .758 28.0 8.8
Pete Brennan F Jr. 32 .394 .706 14.7 10.4
Tommy Kearns G Jr. 32 .434 .711 12.8 3.1
Joe Quigg C Jr. 31 .434 .719 10.3 8.6
Bob Cunningham G Jr. 32 .393 .598 7.2 6.7
Tony Radovich G Sr. 16 .525 .769 3.9 1.8
Bill Hathaway C Soph. 15 .333 .417 2.8 5.0
Stan Groll G Soph. 12 .370 .556 2.1 1.5
Bob Young C Sr. 15 .256 .538 1.9 2.1
Ken Rosemond G Jr. 15 .400 .556 1.1 0.6
Danny Lotz F Soph. 24 .350 .391 1.0 1.6
TEAM TOTALS 32 .431 .701 79.3 46.7

UCLA (30-0 in 1963-64)
Coach: John Wooden (16th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1963-64 UCLA Opponents Date Score Bruins High Scorer
Brigham Young D6 113-71 Walt Hazzard 20
Butler D7 80-65 Walt Hazzard 21
Kansas State* D13 78-75 Gail Goodrich 21
Kansas* D14 74-54 Gail Goodrich 23
Baylor* D20 112-61 Walt Hazzard 23
Creighton* D21 95-79 Walt Hazzard 26
Yale D26 95-65 Gail Goodrich 25
Michigan D27 98-80 Gail Goodrich 30
Illinois D28 83-79 Gail Goodrich 21
at Washington State J3 88-83 Gail Goodrich 28
at Washington State J4 121-77 Gail Goodrich 21
Southern California J10 79-59 Walt Hazzard 21
Southern California J11 78-71 Gail Goodrich 23
Stanford J17 84-71 Gail Goodrich 23
Stanford* J18 80-61 Walt Hazzard 31
UC Santa Barbara J31 107-76 Gail Goodrich/Walt Hazzard 21
UC Santa Barbara* F1 87-59 Gail Goodrich 31
at California F7 87-67 Gail Goodrich 26
at California F8 58-56 Walt Hazzard 17
Washington F14 73-58 Walt Hazzard 17
Washington F15 88-60 Gail Goodrich 22
at Stanford F22 100-88 Walt Hazzard 27
at Washington F24 78-64 Keith Erickson/Walt Hazzard 21
Washington State F29 93-56 Walt Hazzard 19
California M2 87-57 Gail Goodrich 23
Southern California M6 91-81 Gail Goodrich 23
Seattle* (NCAA Tournament) M13 95-90 Walt Hazzard 26
San Francisco* (NCAA Tournament) M14 76-72 Walt Hazzard 23
Kansas State* (NCAA Tournament) M20 90-84 Keith Erickson 28
Duke* (NCAA Tournament) M21 98-83 Gail Goodrich 27

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. FG% FT% PPG RPG
Gail Goodrich G Jr. 30 .458 .711 21.5 5.2
Walt Hazzard G Sr. 30 .445 .718 18.6 4.7
Jack Hirsch F Sr. 30 .528 .664 14.0 7.6
Keith Erickson F Jr. 30 .403 .623 10.7 9.1
Fred Slaughter C Sr. 30 .466 .484 7.9 8.1
Kenny Washington F-G Soph. 30 .458 .627 6.1 4.2
Doug McIntosh C Soph. 30 .519 .500 3.6 4.4
Kim Stewart F Sr. 23 .393 .467 2.2 2.0
Rich Levin F Jr. 19 .372 .500 2.0 0.6
Mike Huggins G Sr. 23 .382 .478 1.6 1.0
Chuck Darrow G Soph. 23 .379 .583 1.6 1.2
Vaughn Hoffman C Soph. 21 .476 .500 1.2 1.3
TEAM TOTALS 30 .455 .644 88.9 55.7

UCLA (30-0 in 1966-67)
Coach: John Wooden (19th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1966-67 UCLA Opponents Date Score Bruins High Scorer
Southern California D3 105-90 Lew Alcindor 56
Duke D9 88-54 Lew Alcindor/Lucius Allen 19
Duke D10 107-87 Lew Alcindor 38
Colorado State D22 84-74 Lew Alcindor 34
Notre Dame D23 96-67 Lew Alcindor 25
Wisconsin D28 100-56 Lew Alcindor 24
Georgia Tech D29 91-72 Lew Alcindor 18
Southern California D30 107-83 Lew Alcindor 25
at Washington State J7 76-67 Lew Alcindor 28
at Washington J9 83-68 Lew Alcindor 28
California J13 96-78 Lew Alcindor 26
Stanford J14 116-78 Lew Alcindor 37
Portland J20 122-57 Lew Alcindor 27
UC Santa Barbara J21 119-75 Lew Alcindor 37
at Loyola of Chicago J28 82-67 Lew Alcindor 35
Illinois* J29 120-82 Lew Alcindor 45
at Southern California F4 40-35 (OT) Lew Alcindor 13
Oregon State F10 76-44 Lew Alcindor/Lucius Allen 22
Oregon F11 100-66 Lucius Allen 20
at Oregon F17 34-25 Lew Alcindor 12
at Oregon State F18 72-50 Lew Alcindor 28
Washington F24 71-43 Lew Alcindor 37
Washington State F25 100-78 Lew Alcindor 61
at Stanford M3 75-47 Lew Alcindor 20
at California M4 103-66 Lew Alcindor 30
Southern California M11 83-55 Lew Alcindor 26
Wyoming* (NCAA Tournament) M17 109-60 Lew Alcindor 29
Pacific* (NCAA Tournament) M18 80-64 Lew Alcindor 38
Houston* (NCAA Tournament) M24 73-58 Lynn Shackelford 22
Dayton* (NCAA Tournament) M25 79-64 Lew Alcindor 20

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. FG% FT% PPG RPG
Lew Alcindor C Soph. 30 .667 .650 29.0 15.5
Lucius Allen G Soph. 30 .479 .713 15.5 5.8
Mike Warren G Jr. 30 .465 .758 12.7 4.5
Lynn Shackelford F Soph. 30 .480 .821 11.4 5.9
Ken Heitz F-G Soph. 30 .506 .600 6.1 3.2
Bill Sweek G Soph. 30 .479 .565 4.7 2.8
Jim Nielsen F-C Soph. 27 .519 .455 4.6 3.4
Don Saffer G Jr. 27 .451 .542 2.9 0.8
Gene Sutherland G Jr. 20 .455 .583 1.9 0.8
Neville Saner F-C Jr. 24 .308 .667 1.4 1.9
Joe Chrisman F Jr. 19 .320 .364 1.1 1.5
TEAM TOTALS 30 .520 .653 89.6 49.8

UCLA (30-0 in 1971-72)
Coach: John Wooden (24th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1971-72 UCLA Opponents Date Score Bruins High Scorer
The Citadel D3 105-49 Henry Bibby 26
Iowa D4 106-72 Henry Bibby 32
Iowa State D10 110-81 Bill Walton 24
Texas A&M D11 117-53 Bill Walton 23
Notre Dame D22 114-56 Henry Bibby 28
Texas Christian D23 119-81 Bill Walton 31
Texas D29 115-65 Bill Walton 28
Ohio State D30 79-53 Bill Walton 14
at Oregon State J7 78-72 Henry Bibby 17
at Oregon J8 93-68 Bill Walton 30
Stanford J14 118-79 Bill Walton 32
California J15 82-43 Bill Walton 20
Santa Clara J21 92-57 Keith Wilkes 16
Denver J22 108-61 Henry Bibby/Larry Farmer 19
at Loyola of Chicago J28 92-64 Henry Bibby/Bill Walton 18
at Notre Dame J29 57-32 Henry Bibby 15
Southern California F5 81-56 Bill Walton 22
Washington State F11 89-58 Bill Walton 25
Washington F12 109-70 Bill Walton 27
at Washington F19 100-83 Bill Walton 31
at Washington State F21 85-55 Larry Hollyfield/Keith Wilkes 16
Oregon F25 92-70 Bill Walton 37
Oregon State F26 92-72 Bill Walton 26
at California M3 91-71 Bill Walton 24
at Stanford M4 102-73 Greg Lee 16
at Southern California M10 79-66 Bill Walton 20
Weber State* (NCAA Tournament) M16 90-58 Henry Bibby 16
Long Beach State* (NCAA Tournament) M18 73-57 Henry Bibby 23
Louisville* (NCAA Tournament) M23 96-77 Bill Walton 23
Florida State* (NCAA Tournament) M25 81-76 Bill Walton 24

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. FG% FT% PPG RPG
Bill Walton C Soph. 30 .640 .704 21.1 15.5
Henry Bibby G Sr. 30 .450 .806 15.7 3.5
Keith Wilkes F Soph. 30 .531 .696 13.5 8.2
Larry Farmer F Jr. 30 .456 .549 10.7 5.5
Greg Lee G Soph. 29 .492 .824 8.7 2.0
Larry Hollyfield F Jr. 30 .514 .651 7.3 3.3
Swen Nater C Jr. 29 .535 .609 6.7 4.8
Tommy Curtis G Soph. 30 .437 .636 4.1 2.1
Andy Hill G Sr. 26 .356 .709 2.7 0.8
Vince Carson F Soph. 28 .400 .667 2.4 2.6
Jon Chapman F Sr. 28 .465 .500 1.6 1.6
Gary Franklin F Soph. 26 .412 .438 1.3 1.0
TEAM TOTALS 30 .504 .695 94.6 54.9

UCLA (30-0 in 1972-73)
Coach: John Wooden (25th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1972-73 UCLA Opponents Date Score Bruins High Scorer
Wisconsin N25 94-53 Bill Walton 26
Bradley D1 73-38 Bill Walton 16
Pacific D2 81-48 Keith Wilkes 18
UC Santa Barbara D16 98-67 Bill Walton 30
Pittsburgh D22 89-73 Keith Wilkes 20
Notre Dame D23 82-56 Keith Wilkes 18
Drake* D29 85-72 Bill Walton 29
Illinois* D30 71-64 Bill Walton 22
Oregon J5 64-38 Larry Farmer/Keith Wilkes 14
Oregon State J6 87-61 Keith Wilkes 19
at Stanford J12 82-67 Larry Farmer/Larry Hollyfield/Bill Walton 18
at California J13 69-50 Larry Farmer/Keith Wilkes 18
San Francisco J19 92-64 Bill Walton 22
Providence J20 101-77 Larry Farmer 21
at Loyola of Chicago J25 87-73 Bill Walton 32
at Notre Dame J27 82-63 Keith Wilkes 20
at Southern California F3 79-56 Bill Walton 20
at Washington State F10 88-50 Bill Walton 17
at Washington F12 76-67 Bill Walton 29
Washington F16 93-62 Bill Walton 26
Washington State F17 96-64 Bill Walton 29
at Oregon F22 72-61 Keith Wilkes 18
at Oregon State F24 73-67 Bill Walton 21
California M2 90-65 Bill Walton/Keith Wilkes 15
Stanford M3 51-45 Bill Walton 23
Southern California M10 76-56 Bill Walton/Keith Wilkes 17
Arizona State (NCAA Tournament) M15 98-81 Bill Walton 28
San Francisco (NCAA Tournament) M17 54-39 Larry Farmer 13
Indiana* (NCAA Tournament) M24 70-59 Tommy Curtis 22
Memphis State* (NCAA Tournament) M26 87-66 Bill Walton 44

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. FG% FT% PPG RPG
Bill Walton C Jr. 30 .650 .569 20.4 16.9
Keith Wilkes F Jr. 30 .525 .652 14.8 7.3
Larry Farmer F Sr. 30 .511 .701 12.2 5.0
Larry Hollyfield G Sr. 30 .466 .492 10.7 2.9
Tommy Curtis G Jr. 24 .512 .667 6.4 1.7
Dave Meyers F Soph. 28 .477 .756 4.9 2.9
Greg Lee G Jr. 30 .473 .790 4.6 1.3
Swen Nater C Sr. 29 .459 .652 3.2 3.3
Pete Trgovich G-F Soph. 25 .382 .400 3.1 1.7
Vince Carson F Jr. 26 .514 .471 1.7 2.2
Gary Franklin F Jr. 24 .485 .500 1.6 1.3
Bob Webb G Jr. 21 .148 .833 0.6 0.2
TEAM TOTALS 30 .519 .632 81.3 49.0

Assists leader: Walton 168.

North Carolina State (27-0 in 1972-73)
Coach: Norman Sloan (seventh of 14 seasons with Wolfpack)

1972-73 N.C. State Opponents Date Score Wolfpack High Scorer
Appalachian State N27 130-53 David Thompson 33
Atlantic Christian D1 110-40 David Thompson 32
Georgia Southern D4 144-100 David Thompson 40
South Florida D8 125-88 David Thompson 30
Wake Forest* D15 88-83 David Thompson 29
North Carolina* D16 68-61 David Thompson 19
Davidson* D19 103-90 Joe Cafferky 25
at Georgia D23 97-83 David Thompson 26
at Virginia J6 68-61 Monte Towe 17
Duke J10 94-87 Monte Towe/Tom Burleson 20
Lehigh J12 115-53 Tom Burleson 30
at Maryland J14 87-85 David Thompson 37
at Clemson J20 86-76 David Thompson 24
at Furman J27 98-73 David Thompson 27
Maryland J31 89-78 David Thompson 24
Virginia F3 64-59 David Thompson 18
North Carolina F5 76-73 David Thompson 22
Clemson* F9 68-61 David Thompson 30
Georgia Tech* F10 118-94 David Thompson 36
East Carolina F13 105-70 David Thompson 33
at Wake Forest F17 81-59 David Thompson 21
at Duke F21 74-50 David Thompson 31
UNC Charlotte F24 100-64 Tom Burleson 26
at North Carolina F27 82-78 David Thompson 18
Wake Forest M3 100-77 Tom Burleson 27
Virginia* (ACC Tournament) M9 63-51 Tom Burleson/David Thompson 14
Maryland* (ACC Tournament) M10 76-74 Tom Burleson 14

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR N.C. STATE REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. FG% FT% PPG RPG
David Thompson F Soph. 27 .569 .825 24.7 8.1
Tom Burleson C Jr. 27 .512 .730 17.9 12.0
Monte Towe G Soph. 27 .468 .729 10.0 1.7
Rick Holdt F Sr. 27 .531 .660 8.3 3.7
Tim Stoddard F Soph. 27 .482 .569 7.9 5.3
Joe Cafferky G Sr. 25 .569 .767 7.2 2.1
Greg Hawkins F Jr. 25 .448 .706 5.6 3.3
Mark Moeller G Soph. 27 .579 .516 4.7 1.6
Steve Nuce F Jr. 26 .474 .571 4.4 2.1
Craig Kuszmaul G Soph. 19 .667 .400 2.4 0.9
TEAM TOTALS 27 .520 .715 92.9 46.5

INDIANA (32-0 in 1975-76)
Coach: Bob Knight (fifth of 29 seasons with Hoosiers)

1975-76 IU Opponents Date Score IU's High Scorer
UCLA* N29 84-64 Scott May 33
Florida State* D8 83-59 Scott May 24
Notre Dame D11 63-60 Scott May 25
Kentucky* D15 77-68 (OT) Kent Benson/Scott May 27
Georgia D19 93-56 Scott May 18
Virginia Tech D20 101-74 Scott May 27
Columbia* D26 106-63 Kent Benson 15
Manhattan* D27 97-61 Scott May 32
at St. John's D28 76-69 Scott May 29
at Ohio State J3 66-64 Scott May 24
Northwestern J5 78-61 Kent Benson 22
at Michigan J10 80-74 Kent Benson 33
at Michigan State J12 69-57 Kent Benson 23
at Illinois J17 83-55 Scott May 27
Purdue J19 71-67 Scott May 32
at Minnesota J24 85-76 Tom Abernethy 22
at Iowa J26 88-73 Scott May 32
Wisconsin J31 114-61 Scott May 30
Michigan F7 72-67 (OT) Scott May 27
Michigan State F9 85-70 Kent Benson 38
Illinois F14 58-48 Kent Benson 17
at Purdue F16 74-71 Scott May 26
Minnesota F21 76-64 Tom Abernethy 22
Iowa F23 101-81 Quinn Buckner 24
at Wisconsin F26 96-67 Scott May 41
at Northwestern M1 76-63 Scott May 24
Ohio State M6 96-67 Kent Benson/Scott May 21
St. John's* (NCAA Tournament) M13 90-70 Scott May 33
Alabama* (NCAA Tournament) M18 74-69 Scott May 25
Marquette* (NCAA Tournament) M20 65-56 Kent Benson 18
UCLA* (NCAA Tournament) M27 65-51 Kent Benson 16
Michigan* (NCAA Tournament) M29 86-68 Scott May 26

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR INDIANA REGULARS

Player Pos. Class G. FG% FT% PPG RPG
Scott May F Sr. 32 .527 .782 23.5 7.7
Kent Benson C Jr. 32 .578 .684 17.3 8.8
Tom Abernethy F Sr. 32 .561 .743 10.0 5.3
Quinn Buckner G Sr. 32 .441 .488 8.9 2.8
Bobby Wilkerson G-F Sr. 32 .493 .630 7.8 4.9
Wayne Radford G Soph. 30 .563 .712 4.7 2.1
Jim Crews G Sr. 31 .468 .857 3.3 0.7
Jim Wisman G Soph. 26 .367 .724 2.5 0.8
Rich Valavicius F Fr. 28 .483 .625 2.4 1.8
TEAM TOTALS 32 .517 .698 82.1 41.4

Assists leader: Wilkerson 171.
Blocked shots leader: Benson 39.
Steals leader: Buckner 65.