by Seth Davis
National Invitation Tournaments
championships of 1949
Naulls, Willie “the Whale”
NBC TV network
Nelson, Byron
Nesbit, Bob
Nevada, University of, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Newell, Pete
retirement of
rivalry vs. Wooden
Newell, Tom
New Jersey Nets (formerly New York Nets)
Newlin, Ron
New Mexico State University
New Orleans Saints
Newport High School (Kentucky)
New York Celtics
New Yorker
New York Knicks
New York Nets (later New Jersey Nets)
New York Sunday News
New York Times
New York University (NYU)
New York World-Telegram and Sun
Nichols, Hank
Nicholson, Caryn (granddaughter)
Nicholson, Cori (great-granddaughter)
Nicklaus, Jack
Nielsen, Jim
Nikolic, Aleksandar
Nixon, Richard
Nolte, Nick
Norgren, Nels
Norman, Jerry
Alcindor and
Bruin Blitzes and
Gilbert and
NCAA victory of 1964 and
Nell and
plays for UCLA
recruitment and
relationship with players
relationship with Wooden
retires from coaching
sideline behavior of
as UCLA freshman basketball coach
as UCLA varsity assistant
zone press and
Norman, June
North Carolina, University of
North Carolina State University
Northern Indiana High School Conference
Northwestern University
Notre Dame, University of
Oakland Tribune
Obama, Barack
Ohio State University
Oklahoma, University of
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma State University
Olympics
1936, Berlin
1948, London
1956, Melbourne
1964, Tokyo
1968, Mexico City
1972, Munich
Oregon, University of
Oregon Journal
Oregon State University
Original Celtics
Orme, Ed
Osborne, Bobby
Out at Our Place (cartoon)
Owens, Jesse
Owens, Ted
Pacific-8 Conference
Pacific-10 Conference
Pacific, University of the
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Pacific Coast Conference (PCC)
1949
1950
1951–52
1955–56
1956–57
1958–59
black players and
demise of
payments to players and
two division format dropped by
UCLA withdraws from
PCC Southern Division
1940
1949
1951
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
Parmenter, Ralph
Pasadena Junior College
Patterson, Steve
Patton, George S.
Pauley, Edwin
Pennsylvania, University of
Pepe, Phil
Pepperdine University
Perry, Hal
Phelps, Richard “Digger”
Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Warriors
Phillips, Mike
Phoenix Suns
Pitts, Carl
Pittsburgh, University of
Pittsburgh Pirates
Poe, Edgar Allen
Pointer, P. D.
point-shaving scandal of 1950s
Porter, Barry
Porter, Howard
Portland Trail Blazers
Posnanski, Joe
Pounds, Bobby
Powell, Ed
Powell, Ernie
Powers, Ed
Powers, Jim
Practical Basketball (Lambert)
Practical Modern Basketball (Wooden)
Price, Nibs
Proctor, Ken
Providence College
Prugh, Jeff
Psychology Today
Purdue University
1929–30 season
1930–31 season
1931–32 season
Lambert’s early coaching and records by
Murphy as one of first big men
Wooden asked to coach at
Putnam, Betty
Putnam, Bill
Puzo, Mario
Pyramid of Success
Ratleff, Ed
Raveling, George
Reagan, Angela
Rehfeldt, Don
Republican Party
Rice, Grantland
Rice University
Ridgle, Jackie
Ridgway, Dick
Riley, Audrey
Ripley, Robert
Robe, The (Douglas)
Robertson, Oscar
Robinson, Jackie
Roby, Rick
Rogers, Ben
Rose Bowl
Ross, Mel
Roth, Jerry
Rowe, Curtis
Royer, Bobby
Ruby, Craig
Rupp, Adolph
Rupp Award
Russell, Cazzie
Russell, William Felton “Bill”
Rutgers University
Rutherford, Dudley
Rzeszewski, Lenny
Sable, USS (aircraft carrier)
Sacramento Junior College
Saffer, Don
St. Bonaventure University
St. Francis University
St. John’s University
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Hawks
St. Louis University
Sale, Doug
San Bernardino Sun
Sanders, Henry “Red”
San Diego Conquistadors
San Diego State
Saner, Neville
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco, University of
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Warriors
San Jose Mercury News
Santa Clara University
Santa Monica City College
Saturday Evening Post
Saunders, Paul
Schnaiter, Mary
Schofield, Terry
Schrader, Loel
Schulz, Earl
Scioscia, Mike
Scott, Jack
Scott, Tom
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle SuperSonics
Seattle University
Secrist, Charlie
Seibert, Bill
Seidel, Don
Serafin, Mike
Shackelford, Lynn
Shake, Shelby
Shakespeare, William
Sharman, Bill
Shelbyville High School
Sheldrake, Eddie
shot clock
Shula, Don
Shumate, John
Siena College
Sinatra, Frank
Singh, Vijay
Sizer, Tom
Slaughter, Fred
slow-ball tactics and stalling
Smart, Doug
Smith, Bill
Smith, Dean
Smith, Gavin
Sotak, Joe
South Bend Central High School
black players and
South Bend Tribune
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Southwest Conference
Spear, Bob
Spillane, Jimmy
Spino, Tony
Sport
Sporting News
Wooden named top coach by
Sports Illustrated
Alcindor’s diary in
Sportsman of the Year Award
Stagg, Amos Alonzo
Stalcup, Freddy
Stanford University
black players and
Stanich, George
Stanley, Ken
Starr, Bart
Steele, Rich
Stephenson, David Curtis
Stewart, Charlie
Strack, Dave
Strode, Woody
Stull, Ben
Suddith, Sally
Sutherland, Gene
Sutton, Eddie
Sweek, Bill
Syracuse University
Taft, Morris
Tarkanian, Jerry
Tarzan movies
Taube, Mel
Taylor, Dwight
Taylor, Fred
Taylor, Mamie
Taylor, Ron
Taylor, Tom
televised games
Game of Century and
Wooden as commentator for
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
Teresa, Mother
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute Star
Terre Haute Tribune
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
Thacker, Tom
They Call Me Coach (Wooden)
Thompson, David
Thompson, Hollis
Thompson, John
three-second violation
Time
time-outs
Tison, Hack
Tomsic, Ron
Torre, Joe
Torrence, Walt
Townsend, Raymond
Trapp, George
Trester, Arthur
Trgovich, Pete
Triangle (YMCA publication)
Truman, Harry S.
Tunney, Gene
Tunney, Jim
TVS Network
Twogood, Forrest
UCLA. See University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Basketball (Medley)
Underhill, Roland
United Press International (UPI)
U.S. Air Force Academy
U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
U.S. Naval Air Corps
U.S. Navy
U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC)
University High School
University of California, Berkeley (“Cal”)
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). See also UCLA Bruins freshman basketball team; UCLA Bruins varsity basketball team
Associated Students oversees athletic department
baseball team
black athletes and
blacks and
black student presidents
Black Student Union
Blue Chips film and
College of Business Administration
enrollment and
football teams
gambling probe and
student protests
tennis team
track team
TV broadcasts and
UCLA Bruins freshman basketball team
1961–62
1963–64
1965–66
UCLA Bruins varsity basketball team. See also Wooden, John Robert; and specific players and coaches
1948–49 season
1949–50 season
1950–51 season
1951–52 season
1952–53 season
1953–54 season
1954–55 season
1955–56 season
1956–57 season
1957–58 season
1958–59 season
1959–60 season
1960–61 season
1961–62 season
1962–63 season
1963–64 season
1964–65 season
1965–66 season
1966–67 season
1967–68 season
1968–69 season
1969–70 season
1970–71 season
1972–73 season
1973–74 season
1974–75 season
1975–76 season
1976–77 season
1977–78 season
1978–79 season
1979–80 season
1980–81 season
1981–82 season
1981–82 season
1982–83 season
1983–84 season
1984–86 seasons
1986–87 season
2006–07 season
AAWU title of 1962–63
annual spring basketball banquet of 1970
Bartow coaches
Brown coaches
celebration of fortieth anniversary of 1970 team
Cunningham coaches
Farmer coaches
freshman-varsity game of 1965 and
Game of the Century and, 1968
Gilbert and
game attendance and
gym problems at
Hazzard coaches
Howland coaches
Lawson and
NCAA Final Four of 2006
NCAA investigations and penalties
NCAA West Regional of 1963 and
NCAA penalties and
NCAA tournament of 1952
NCAA tournament of 1956 and
NCAA tournament of 1962
NCAA tournament of 1964
NCAA tournament of 1965
NCAA tournament of 1967
NCAA tournament of 1968
NCAA tournament of 1969
NCAA tournament of 1970
NCAA tournament of 1971
NCAA tournament of 1972
NCAA tournament of 1973
NCAA tournament of 1974
NCAA tournament of 1975
NCAA tournament of 1976
NCAA tournament of 1977
NCAA tournament of 1980
NCAA tournament of 1981
NCAA tournament of 1983
NCAA tournament of 1987
NCAA tournament of 1995
Norman’s impact on
PCC championship of 1952
PCC playoffs of 1951
PCC Southern Division play-offs of 1949
PCC Southern Division play-offs of 1950
PCC Southern Division play-offs of 1951
PCC Southern Division play-offs of 1955
PCC suspension of 1956 and
post-1988 seasons
recruitment of Alcindor
recruitment of Goodrich
salaries and problems attracting coaches
winning streaks and superstitions
Wooden and, in old age
Wooden arrives at, in 1948
Wooden attends in old age
Wooden’s coaching style and
Wooden memorial service at
Wooden signed to coach
UCLA Pauley Pavilion (formerly Memorial Activities Center)
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California Board of Regents
University of Southern California (USC)
Utah, University of
Utah State University
Vallely, John
Valparaiso University
Valvano, Jim
Vanderbilt University
van Breda Kolff, Butch
Van Tone, Art
Vick, Michael
Vietnam War
Vilcheck, Al
Villanova University
Vip’s cafe
Virginia, University of
Visalia Junior College
Vlastelica, Tony
Vroman, Brett
Wabash Colleg
e
Wade, Dick
Walker, Clarence
journal of at ISTC
NAIB racial barrier broken by
Walton, Andy
Walton, Bill
arrest of
Gilbert and
media and
Naismith Trophy and
NBA contract and
Olympics and
personality of
politics and
pro offers as junior and
Sullivan Award and
Walton, Bruce
Walton, Candy
Walton, Gloria
Walton, Ted
Walton Gang, The (Libby)
Warren, Mike
Warriner, Earl
Washington, Kenny
Washington, Richard
Washington, University of
Washington Post
Washington Redskins
Washington State University
Washington University
Waters, Bucky
Watson, Kenneth
Watts, Stan
Watts riots
Waxman, Dave
Webb, Bob
Weber State University
Weinberg, Larry
Weiss, Jeff
West, Jerry
West Covina High School
Western Athletic Conference
Western Hockey League
Western Kentucky University
West Lafayette Journal and Courier
Westphal, Paul
West Virginia University
WFBM radio
Wheeler, Ken
White, Art
Wichita State University
Wicks, Sidney
Wilkens, Lenny
Wilkes, Jamaal (formerly Keith)
Williams, Bob
Williams, Gus
Williams, Jim
Williams, Joe
Wind, Herbert Warren
Winter, Tex
Wisconsin, University of
Witte, Luke
Wizard of Westwood, The (Prugh and Chapin)
Wolf, Al
Wooden, Billy (brother)
Wooden, Cathleen (granddaughter)
Wooden, Cordelia (sister)
Wooden, Danny (brother)
Wooden, Greg (grandson)
Wooden, Jim (son)
Wooden, John Robert
60th birthday party and
90th birthday party and
97th birthday party and
99th birthday party and
AAWU title of 1962–63 and
achievements and record of
Alcindor and
Alcindor’s conversion to Islam and
alcohol abstained from
alcohol rule for players and
animals and
aphorisms quoted by
assistant basketball coach at Central High
attends Final Four in old age
bad language not used by
Bartow as UCLA coach and
baseball and
basketball as big business and
basketball lineage of, and Naismith
basketball youth camps and
bench jockeying and
biographies of
birth of
birth of great-granddaughter and
black players and, at ISTC
black players and, at UCLA
Blue Chips film and
books and reading and
books by
books by, autobiography They Call Me Coach
books by, Game Plan for Life
books by, My Personal Best
books by, Practical Modern Basketball
books by, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations
brother Maurice “Cat” and
as boxing coach for naval cadets
