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"We expected to win championships because that's the way he coached us, anything less than an undefeated season and a championship was unacceptable. Coach Wooden taught us how to think like a champion, how to act like a champion, how to play like a champion and eventually how to become a champion."
- Bill Walton
On this night in 1973, Bill Walton connected on 21 of 22 field goals in the first prime-time championship game telecast, icing back-to-back UCLA undefeated seasons and a Bruins' 7th straight title.
Walton's 44 points broke the championship game scoring record of 42 set in 1965 by another bruin, Gail Goodrich, It was also UCLA;s 75th consecutive victory and 36th straight NCAA tournament win. Afterward Coach Wooden called the team his greatest at UCLA. (St. Louis, Missouri).
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