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. And as previously mentioned ...
A summary of UCLA’s 88-game college basketball winning streak as it played out, following a loss at Notre Dame on Jan. 23, 1971: 1970-71 season: Win 1: Jan. 30, 1971: 74-61 vs. UC Santa Barbara ...
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.
Because when Notre Dame battled UCLA as the Bruins sought to extend an NCAA-record 88-game winning streak, and when the Fighting Irish recovered from an 11-point deficit inside the final 4 minutes ...
50 years ago on the afternoon of Jan. 19, 1974, the Notre Dame men's basketball team ended the UCLA Bruins' 88-game winning streak. By George Mallet. Published: Jan. 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM EST
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 a...
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 ...
He was not Notre Dame's star or leading scorer, but when the Fighting Irish ended UCLA"s record 88-game winning streak 50 years ago, Dwight Clay -- the Iceman -- landed the clinching shot. Because ...
The winning streak was over. 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 ...
The Bruins extended their streak by going unbeaten in 1971-72 and winning by an average of 30 points en route to their sixth consecutive NCAA title. By tournament time, UCLA's streak stood at 41. The Bruins arrived in Provo, Utah, for the West Regional and blew out Weber State, 90-58, bringing up a familiar tournament foe, Jerry Tarkanian's Cal ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Irish end UCLA's 88-game win streak By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com. Jan. 19, 1974. Three weeks after Notre Dame's football team becomes No. 1 by beating Alabama in a thrilling Sugar Bowl, the Irish score their greatest basketball victory when they end UCLA's record 88-game winning streak in an equally magnificent contest.
UCLA’s record 88-game winning streak was over. But the final half-minute of the streak, in which the fates seemed to conspire against the Bruins, only served to underscore the magnificence of ...
UCLA’s 88-game winning streak is a Division I team record that stands above all — and likely will forever. (ND Athletics) A year earlier, UCLA had finished a 30-0 season with its sixth ...
However, one event stands out among the rest – the end of their 88-game winning streak. The Winning Streak UCLA's winning streak was unparalleled, stretching over 1,092 days, a record that still ...
LOS ANGELES – 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.
Ten years ago, ESPN immortalized it further with a documentary about the game titled “88 and 1.” UCLA’s 88-game winning streak started, coincidentally, a few years earlier after a loss to Notre Dame. In 1974, UCLA was coming off seven consecutive NCAA championships. The program was college basketball royalty, while Notre Dame ...
Notre Dame beats UCLA 71-70 to snap the Bruins’ 88-game winning streak, the longest in the history of college men’s basketball. The Fighting Irish had been the last team to beat John Wooden’s Bruins four years earlier, and 32-year-old coach Digger Phelps was confident his squad could end it.
1- 88-Game Winning Streak of UCLA In college basketball history, no team has achieved a feat quite like UCLA's 88-game winning streak. They were unstoppable from 1971 to 1973 and were playing on another level from all the other teams. Their most successful coach John Wooden was leading and inspiring them. And they won back-to-back undefeated ...
