Walton's most famous college performance was a 44-point outburst in the 1973 NCAA tournament national championship against Memphis State, when he made 21-of-22 field goal attempts. He did all that in just 33 minutes, too. After the game, famous basketball journalist Dick Weiss ...
Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins before becoming a Basketball Hall of Famer and one of the biggest stars in basketball broadcasting, died Monday,the league announcedon behalf of his family. Walton, who had a prolonged fight with cancer, was 71. He was the NBA’s MV...
Bill Walton is a three-time recipient of the NCAA Player of the Year Award, 1972, ’73 and ’74. Walton is a 3 time All-America College Player and winner of the Sullivan Award for the United States Best Amateur Athlete of 1973. He was named to the Pacific 8 All-Conference first team...
Bill Walton’s career began in college basketball at UCLA, where he played under coach John Wooden. He led UCLA to two NCAA championships and had one of the greatest performances in college basketball history. In the 1973 national championship game,Walton made 21 of 22 shots, scoring 44 point...
After graduating fromhigh school, Walton embarked on an outstanding collegiate career at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), leading his team to a pair ofNational Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) national championships under legendary coachJohn Woodenin 1972 and 1973. Walton was ...
Luke Walton Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 10 seasons in the NBA as a forward, winning two NBA...
but it still made him the first African American coach in NBA history, as well as the first to win a title when Boston took the 1967–68 championship. Russell took home one more championship before hanging up his sneakers for good in 1969. He had made great strides within the game of ...
the first-round game (of the NCAA Tournament), but the doctor said, ‘If you coach in the first round game, there’s a good chance you won’t coach the second game.’ So, they told me that there was a better chance you coach in the second game as you si...
(of course) Tennessee's vaunted special teams play.So, yeah, the Patriots head coach is fully engulfed in his preparation for the Titans. That is, minus a few minutes that he took to watch the epic finish of Monday night's National Championship game between Alabama and Georgia. It was...
Walton’s basketball journey began at UCLA, where the 6-foot-11, red-headed center starred under legendary coach John Wooden and led the Bruins to national championships in 1972 and 1973, both in perfect 30-0 seasons. In the ’73 title game, Walton took 22 shots and missed only one, sc...