The basketball legend leaves behind quite a legacy that will be unmatched
One of college basketball’s legendary names has passed at only 71. Bill Walton was unique to say the least. Extremely gifted basketball player, entertaining analyst and Grateful Dead fanatic.
This was the basketball version. West power meets East power. Meet us in St. Louis. The city’s sports arena was packed to the rafters, with the Ray-South Cardinals represented. The game between the Wolfpack and Bruins was agreed to by the coaches and fully-arranged by two of the most powerful men in basketball at the time– NC State athletics director Willis Casey and UCLA athletics director J.D. Morgan– both of whom served on the NCAA Competition Committee.
In the game, foul-trouble plagued Walton who played only 19 minutes. But UCLA won its 79th consecutive game. The amazing streak stretched to 88 games before Notre Dame snapped the Bruins unfathomable run a month later in South Bend, Indiana. Many believe the John Wooden-coached Bruins own one sports record never to be broken.
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