1/19/1974 - On this day in 1974 One of the longest college win streaks is ended when the UCLA's men's college basketball team's 88 game win streak comes to an end in South Bend Indiana as Notre ...
UCLA's winning streak was helmed by legendary college hoops head coach John Wooden. Who broke UCLA’s 88-game winning streak? It was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
In fact, UCLA won every basketball game it played for two full seasons and parts of two others, a streak of 88, a record of success unmatched in the history of basketball.
Pittsburgh native Dwight Clay hits the game-winning shot from the corner in Notre Dame’s 71-70 win over UCLA on Jan. 19, 1974, which put a halt to the Bruins’ 88-game winning streak.
UCLA had won 72 of the 88 games by double digits during the streak--and the average margin of victory came in at 23.5 points per game. The Bruins entered 86 of those 88 games as the number-one-ranked team and 20 of the wins had come on the opponent's home court.
A look at the incredible 88 game winning streak of the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, which lasted from 1971 until 1974.
The End of a Streak for the Ages On January 19, 1974, one of the most remarkable runs in sports history came to an end. UCLA’s legendary 88-game winning streak—still the longest in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history—was snapped by Notre Dame in a nail-biting 71-70 victory. In just 3 minutes and 32 seconds, the Irish erased an 11-point deficit, culminating in Dwight Clay’s ...
In the shadow of The Stadium and The Gipper and The Golden Dome, on a leaden Saturday in South Bend, Dwight Clay stared opportunity in the face and never shivered. His jump shot with 29 seconds remaining wiped clean UCLA's 88-game winning streak and once again cast Notre Dame as the bad seed in the Bruins' victory garden.
John Shumate at last pulled down a rebound for Notre Dame, ensuring a 71-70 Irish victory. UCLA’s record 88-game winning streak was over.
Notre Dame scores the game's last 12 points to end UCLA's record 88-game winning streak, 71-70. It's the first loss for UCLA since Jan. 23, 1971 when the Bruins were beaten 89-82 by -- who else? -- Notre Dame, also on the Irish home court.
The date is burned in Bill Walton's memory. He spits it out with distaste when asked what he recalls most about UCLA's NCAA-record 88-game winning streak.
The legend began in January 1973 when Clay, appearing in just the ninth game of his college career, nailed a jump shot with 2 seconds left to end Marquette’s 81-game homecourt winning streak. That victory over the nation’s No. 4 team helped to turn the struggling Irish into a burgeoning basketball power. Clay’s reputation as a clutch shooter was burnished with a key basket in a victory ...
UCLA rebounded the following year to win it all, in what would be Wooden's final year as coach. UCLA's back-to-back undefeated seasons (1972 and 1973) were part of that 88-game winning streak.
It was March 1, 1971. Win Number 8 in a remarkable, iconic streak of 88. UCLA’s top-ranked basketball team had somehow escaped with a victory at the University of Washington — Curtis Rowe’s ...
In the national title game, Walton made an incredible 21 of 22 shots - an NCAA record that still stands - and scored 44 points to lead the Bruins to an 86-66 win over then-Memphis State for their ...
Forty years ago, the Bruins prevailed and won the NCAA title in the longest match in the history of men’s college soccer.
• UCLA has set a new single-season program record with 25 mercy-rule wins. The previous mark was 21 set in 2010 and 2015. • UCLA is averaging 1.48 homers per game, which is on pace for the program's best mark since its 2010 NCAA title season (1.77). • UCLA ranks 10th in the nation with a .979 fielding percentage (30 E, 1,436 TC).
