“I didn’t want them to see him before they had to,” he explained. Who was him? Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., 17. The Lollipop & the Dunk. A lot of him there was, too. Even in high ...

Former NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dwight Howard, revealed who he believes is the greatest player in the league ...

The college basketball 'Game of the Century' between No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 UH proved the TV audience potential for the sport ...

Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton, and John Wooden haven’t played or coached for UCLA inside Pauley Pavilion since the late 1960s and ...

2000 — Eddie House scores 61 points to tie Lew Alcindor’s Pac-10 record and lead the Sun Devils to 111-108 double-overtime victory over California.

Oregon has adjusted well in its first season as a Big Ten program. Led by talented big man Nate Bittle, head coach Dana ...

While Wooden’s UCLA squads are perhaps best known for players like Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Bill Walton, Saffer’s role was no less significant. As part of the 1967 and 1969 ...

1972 — The NCAA announces freshmen will be eligible to play on varsity football and basketball teams starting in the fall.