1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team went undefeated again at 30–0 and claimed a seventh consecutive national championship.

1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA tournament National champions
Pac-8 champions
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record30–0 (14–0 Pac-8)
Head coach
Assistant coachGary Cunningham
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
1972–73 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UCLA140 1.000300  1.000
USC95 .6431810  .643
Oregon86 .5711610  .615
Stanford77 .5001411  .560
Washington68 .4291611  .593
Oregon State68 .4291511  .577
California410 .2861115  .423
Washington State212 .143620  .231
As of November 25, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll

In the title game of the NCAA tournament at St. Louis, junior center Bill Walton scored 44 points (21 of 22 field goal attempts) with thirteen rebounds as the top-ranked Bruins defeated #12 Memphis State, 87–66. Some regard this as the greatest ever offensive performance in American college basketball. Tied at 39 at halftime, the Bruins dominated the second half and outscored the Tigers, 48–27.

UCLA set a new NCAA record of 75 consecutive wins and a three-season composite record of 89–1 (.989).

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