From 1964 thru 1975, basketball coach John Wooden led UCLA to ten different NCAA tournament championship appearances…over the course of twelve years. All ten appearances during that twelve-year period resulted in victories. Ten appearances. Ten victories. From 1964 thru 1975.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS:
- 1964: UCLA
- 1965: UCLA
- 1966: UTEP
- 1967: UCLA
- 1968: UCLA
- 1969: UCLA
- 1970: UCLA
- 1971: UCLA
- 1972: UCLA
- 1973: UCLA
- 1974: North Carolina St.
- 1975: UCLA
Winning back-to-back-to-back NCAA championships has never happened outside of the late 1960’s/early 1970’s…in men’s basketball. Not once since the NCAA tournament began in 1939. (That’s 86 years of NCAA tournaments for men’s basketball.)
Do the math, folks. What is the statistical probability of one college winning seven consecutive NCAA tournament championships precisely during the late 60’s/early 70’s?
mathematical \\ 2a: rigorously exact: PRECISE b: CERTAIN 3: possible but highly improbable
Let this sink in for a while. Think deeply about this, especially considering that UCLA’s coach during this time has said, “Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.”
ABOUT JOHN WOODEN…AND HIS LACK OF GREED
“He never made more than $35,000 a year salary (not including camps and speaking engagements), including 1975, the year he won his 10th national championship, and never asked for a raise” –from Rick Reilly of ESPN.
Dominating The NCAA
March 27, 2025 by Blogging For 20 Years • Sports • 0 Comments
From 1964 thru 1975, basketball coach John Wooden led UCLA to ten different NCAA tournament championship appearances…over the course of twelve years. All ten appearances during that twelve-year period resulted in victories. Ten appearances. Ten victories. From 1964 thru 1975.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS:
Winning back-to-back-to-back NCAA championships has never happened outside of the late 1960’s/early 1970’s…in men’s basketball. Not once since the NCAA tournament began in 1939. (That’s 86 years of NCAA tournaments for men’s basketball.)
Do the math, folks. What is the statistical probability of one college winning seven consecutive NCAA tournament championships precisely during the late 60’s/early 70’s?
Let this sink in for a while. Think deeply about this, especially considering that UCLA’s coach during this time has said, “Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.”
ABOUT JOHN WOODEN…AND HIS LACK OF GREED
“He never made more than $35,000 a year salary (not including camps and speaking engagements), including 1975, the year he won his 10th national championship, and never asked for a raise” –from Rick Reilly of ESPN.