Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The Greatest Backcourt in College Basketball History?


This is one of the easiest sports questions of all time. Gail Goodrich and Walt Hazzard (UCLA, the mid-'60s) are TO THIS DAY the greatest backcourt combo ever, in that not only were both of these guys consensus All-Americans who led UCLA to back to back titles, they also went on to star in the NBA (Goodrich ultimately making the Hall of Fame). I mean, I know that when most folks think of UCLA they tend to think of the bigger players (Bill Walton, Lew Alcindor, Sidney Wicks, etc.) that Wooden coached, but since it was these two fellows who started the whole dynasty, "big things come in small packages" certainly rings truer to me......................................................................................................P.S. And a lot of people tend to forget that when the Lakers won their championship in 1972, the leading scorer on that team wasn't Wilt Chamberlain or Jerry West. It was Goodrich; 25.9 points per game. Dude was unstoppable that year.

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