The Pac-8 was loaded with great teams in the early to mid 70's. The UCLA-Oregon home games were classics. Probably the best one was the 107-103 game in '73 or '74 with the great Walton teams against Ronnie Lee. Oregon lost but that UCLA team was one of the best in CBB history. No shot clock needed in that one.duckfan22 wrote:Those games were intense. Students lined up outside (sometimes for more than a day), sprinted to claim seats the moment the doors opened, on occasion had the scoreboard bouncing before tip off and stayed to the final buzzer. Without a shot clock coaching and discipline mattered, that is how a team starting players like Mark Barwig, Bruce Coldren, and Gerald Willet could defeat a bunch of future NBA first round picks. No shot clock allowed Villanove to defeat Georgetown for the title in 1985, still considered one of the all time upsets.
Was lucky enough to get a student ticket for UCLA when Walton was the center and they had won 90 some games in a row.
The ducks won that day. That was the loudest i ever heard the pit. And it was the first time i had seen the big score board swaying
during a free throw for the Bruins. It was totally insane. Got in line on Friday evening for the Saturday afternoon game. The magic
of the pit cant be reproduced by MKA.
BTW-Only 16 and later 24 teams went to the NCAA tourney in those days. Oregon under current format probably would have been in the tourney all 4 of the Ron Lee years at Oregon.