Having been mentored by John Wooden at UCLA, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar learned many valuable lessons from the legendary coach. According to Abdul-Jabbar, among those was to emphasize the importance of ...

John Wooden, who played for Purdue and coached UCLA ... When the Bruins, led by Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), played Purdue in the first game at Mackey Arena, it was not the first ...

‘Wow, John Wooden was asking me all these questions ... He also had a slew of All-Americans on his teams, including Kareem ...

John Wooden seemingly did it all ... and he was always his own best example," said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor when he led UCLA to three NCAA titles from 1967-69). "He discouraged expressing ...

Even after losing Hazzard to the NBA, the Bruins kept the ship steady and became the fifth Division I men's basketball program to win back-to-back national championships, joining Oklahoma A&M (became ...

Led by coach John Wooden, the Bruins knocked off the Duke ... who later changed name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bill Walton to the varsity roster -- and won the next seven national championships.