QUESTIONS: 1.) UCLA last won the NCAA basketball championship in 1995. Name the starting lineup from that team.
2.) John Wooden compiled four 30-0 seasons as coach of UCLA. Name the seasons.
3.) What former star of the NBC television show "Hill Street Blues" also started at guard for UCLA on their national championship teams of 1966-67 and 1967-68?
4.) Who replaced senior Lew Alcindor as the starting center for UCLA following the Bruins' championship season of 1968-69?
5.) True or False: Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich, both of whom started at guard for UCLA's 1963-64 championship season, both also coached the Bruins after their college playing careers. ANSWERS: 1.) UCLA's starting lineup in 1995 was Ed O'Bannon and Charles O'Bannon at the forward spots, George Zidek at center and Tyus Edney and Toby Bailey at guard.
2.) John Wooden was 30-0 in the 1963-64 season, 1966-67, 1971-72 and 1972-73.
3.) Michael Warren starred in "Hill Street Blues" during the 1980s and for UCLA in the late 1960s.
4.) Steve Patterson started at center for UCLA during the 1969-1970 season.
5.) False. Walt Hazzard coached UCLA from 1984-88, compiling a 77-47 record; Gail Goodrich, however, never coached UCLA basketball.
DID YOU KNOW? Just a humble observation here regarding the NCAA Tournament: The willowy-tough but frail-looking Stephen Curry of Davidson shows the fearlessness of NBA star Allen Iverson in dead-eye shooting from long range, driving ability and size. But he appears not to possess the enigmatic personality and bad-boy persona of the Denver Nuggets' point guard.



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