At Purdue, John Wooden was college basketball's best player. At UCLA, he was the best coach. The programs meet for the first ...

‘Wow, John Wooden was asking me all these questions ... and we saw it every time he sat seemingly emotionless on the bench as ...

John Wooden, who played for Purdue and coached UCLA ... coaching from the visiting bench. When the Bruins, led by Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), played Purdue in the first ...