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March 25th, 1967-UCLA beats Dayton in 29th NCAA basketball championship

By: Dylan Miller, Editor-in-Chief • March 25, 2025
Photo Credit: Photo via Wikipedia under Creative Commons License

Led by star player Lew Alcindor(now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabaar), the UCLA Bruins completed a perfect season in 1967.

From 1964-1973, UCLA went 281-15, won 9 National Championships and had 4 perfect seasons during that span. In the 1967 final, they beat Dayton by a comfortable score of 79-64. Alcindor was named the Most Outstanding Player in his debut college season as well as in 1969 before being drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks. During the tournament, he averaged 29.0 points and 15.5 rebounds.

 

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Dylan Miller is currently a Senior at Colonia High School. He enjoys participating in sports, earning varsity letters in cross country, winter track and spring track. In addition to participating in sports, Miller also follows the NFL, NBA and MLB. Scouting is a large part of Miller’s extracurricular activities as an Eagle Scout. At this level he will learn more about leadership and communication, which Miller is eager to add to his skill set as he prepares for college. When he’s not busy in school or running, he enjoys watching TV shows like Ted Lasso. He also likes listening to sports analysts Colin Cowherd, Jim Rome or Dan Patrick. He aspires to work in the sports field and run track in college.