Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 1974–75 |
Team: | UCLA Bruins |
Conference: | Pacific-8 Conference |
Short Conf: | Pac-8 |
Coachrank: | 2 |
Aprank: | 1 |
Record: | 28–3 |
Conf Record: | 12–2 |
Hc Year: | 27th |
Champion: | NCAA tournament National champions Pac-8 champions Maryland Invitational champions |
Bowl Result: | W 92-85 vs. Kentucky |
The 1974–75 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by John R. Wooden in his 27th and final season as UCLA head coach.
The Bruins defeated Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. In the West Regional, UCLA beat Montana and Arizona State to advance to the Final Four. Richard Washington scored 26 points to give UCLA an overtime victory over Louisville, 75–74, in the national semifinal. After the game, Coach Wooden announced that the championship game would be his last game.
In the title game, the Bruins won their tenth National Championship in twelve years over the Kentucky Wildcats, 92–85, at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California.
This UCLA team was far from the most talented coached by the legendary John Wooden. It was a team without superstars, in fact, but it turned out to be one of Wooden's favorites, for it sent him into retirement with a 92–85 victory over Kentucky in the 1975 National Title game behind center Richard Washington’s 28 points. The championship was Wooden’s tenth, a record which still stands for men's coaches. Geno Auriemma of Connecticut broke the overall basketball record by winning his 11th title in 2016.
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