The seed for March Madness was planted by the 1968 'Game of the Century' between No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Houston in the Astrodome. ... “It put the University of Houston on the map,” Lorch said ...
This 1982 segment for Houston's KPRC-TV asks former University of Houston men's basketball players and coaching staff to reflect on the "Game of the Century....
Today in 1968, the University of Houston beat UCLA in the Game of the Century, 71-69. 52,693 people were in the Astrodome to see the Coogs beat the defending national champs and end their 47-game winning streak. Elvin Hayes scored 39 in the upset. The nationally-televised game, the first-ever in primetime, helped make college […]
01/20/1968 -- Elvin Hayes celebrates following the University of Houston's win over UCLA basketball, Jan. 20, 1968, in the Houston Astrodome. Sam Pierson Jr./Staff UH vs. UCLA inside the Astrodome ...
Description On January 20, 1968, the Cougars faced No. 1 UCLA inside the Houston Astrodome in the Game of the Century. Played in front of more than 52,000 fans and broadcast to millions, it was the first nationally televised regular-season college basketball game in prime time, setting the stage for how today’s NCAA Tournament fans enjoy the games every year.
A view from above in the Astrodome down onto the court where UCLA played the University of Houston on Jan. 20, 1968 (Photo: University of Houston) The court was a speck in the vast stadium.
The college basketball 'Game of the Century' between No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 UH proved the TV audience potential for the sport and helped launch March Madness.
Elvin Hayes of the University of Houston takes a shot in the so-called “Game of the Century” against UCLA in 1968 at the Astrodome. UH upset the No. 1 ranked Bruins 71-69.
The "Game of the Century" between UCLA and Houston transformed college basketball from a regional to national sport, opened the way for multi-billion dollar television contracts to broadcast March ...
The Los Angeles Times recently (July 16) published an article on the Game of the Century, part of the newspaper's retrospective on impactful events of 1968. Writer Nathan Fenno sees the UCLA-Houston contest as having major effects over the ensuing five decades: The game transformed college basketball from a regional to national sport, opened the way for multibillion-dollar television contracts ...
On January 20, 1968, the University of Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins, ending a 47-game winning streak. Billed as the “Game of the Century,” the defeat of the UCLA hoopsters was witnessed by 52,693 fans and a national television audience—the first-ever regular-season game broadcast nationally.
The Astrodome in Houston, the site of the University of Houston-UCLA basketball clash, pictured Jan. 20, 1968, will chalk up another first as some 55,000 spectators will watch the top ranked battle. It will be the largest crowd to have watched basketball indoors. The court starts at about what is the pitcher's mound and stretches toward ...
In what most basketball experts consider "The Game of the Century," the University of Houston met UCLA in front of the largest audience ever to see a college basketball game. It was a game of many firsts. This was the first regular-season game ever to be seen on national television.
Elvin Hayes, University of Houston's Big E, grabs a rebound away from UCLA's 7-footer, Lew Alcindor, in their Astrodome match Jan. 20, 1968. The crowd of 52,693 was the largest ever for a ...
Houston has been close in recent seasons, reaching the Final Four in 2021 and the Elite Eight in 2022. Sampson and the Cougars haven't lost more than eight games in a season since 2017-18.
Featuring the nation's top two teams and two of college basketball's greatest players of all time, the University of Houston met UCLA in college basketball's first nationally televised regular season game on January 20, 1968 in The Astrodome before a then-record 52,693 fans.
A view from above in the Astrodome down onto the court where UCLA played the University of Houston on Jan. 20, 1968 (Photo: University of Houston) He was playing with a scratched cornea, but what Kareem Abdul-Jabbar saw in the Houston Astrodome is still clear in his mind 50 years later. The court was a speck in the vast stadium.
Description On January 20, 1968, the Cougars faced No. 1 UCLA inside the Houston Astrodome in the Game of the Century. Played in front of more than 52,000 fans and broadcast to millions, it was the first nationally televised regular-season college basketball game in prime time, setting the stage for how today’s NCAA Tournament fans enjoy the games every year.
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