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1968-69 UCLA Bruins Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 29-1 (13-1, 1st in Pac-8 MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: John Wooden

PS/G: 84.7 (24th of 199)

PA/G: 63.8 (12th of 199)

SRS: 26.69 (1st of 192)

SOS: 5.85 (12th of 192)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West Regional Semifinal (53-38) versus New Mexico State
Won West Regional Final (90-52) versus Santa Clara
Won National Semifinal (85-82) versus Drake
Won National Final (92-72) versus Purdue

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	SR	C	7-2	24.0 Pts, 14.7 Reb
Curtis Rowe	SO	F	6-7	12.9 Pts, 7.9 Reb
John Vallely	JR	G	6-2	11.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Sidney Wicks	SO	F	6-8	7.5 Pts, 5.1 Reb
Lynn Shackelford	SR	F	6-5	7.0 Pts, 4.0 Reb
Kenny Heitz	SR	G	6-3	6.5 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Bill Sweek	SR	G	6-3	6.3 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Steve Patterson	SO	C	6-9	5.0 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Terry Schofield	SO	G	6-3	2.7 Pts, 1.6 Reb
John Ecker	SO	F	6-6	1.6 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Don Saffer	SR	G	6-1	3.6 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Bill Seibert	SO	F	6-6	1.1 Pts, 0.8 Reb
George Farmer	JR		6-4	1.0 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Lee Walczuk	SO		6-0	0.6 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Jim Nielsen	SR	F	6-7	0.7 Pts, 0.3 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		34.2	66.6	.514	16.2	25.1	.646	50.4					15.6	84.7
Opponent	30		25.3	67.5	.374	13.3	19.7	.675	38.0					18.6	63.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														82.4
Opponent	14														62.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		1027	1999	.514	486	752	.646	1513					467	2540
Opponent	30		758	2026	.374	399	591	.675	1141					559	1915

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1153
Opponent	14														870

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	30	10.1	15.9	.635	3.8	6.3	.612	14.7	2.0	24.0
2	Curtis Rowe	30	4.8	9.6	.502	3.3	4.9	.678	7.9	1.7	12.9
3	John Vallely	28	4.1	8.4	.496	2.8	3.6	.755	3.3	2.0	11.0
4	Sidney Wicks	30	2.8	6.4	.435	1.9	3.3	.580	5.1	2.0	7.5
5	Lynn Shackelford	30	3.1	6.8	.463	0.7	1.5	.500	4.0	1.6	7.0
6	Kenny Heitz	30	2.8	6.0	.467	0.9	1.3	.684	2.3	1.6	6.5
7	Bill Sweek	30	2.7	5.3	.506	1.0	1.6	.625	2.2	2.1	6.3
8	Steve Patterson	29	2.0	3.8	.527	1.0	1.4	.750	3.9	1.1	5.0
9	Don Saffer	8	1.6	3.1	.520	0.4	0.6	.600	0.5	0.5	3.6
10	Terry Schofield	24	1.1	2.7	.415	0.5	0.8	.611	1.6	0.7	2.7
11	John Ecker	20	0.6	1.2	.500	0.4	0.6	.667	1.2	0.7	1.6
12	Bill Seibert	15	0.4	1.5	.261	0.3	0.5	.714	0.8	0.5	1.1
13	George Farmer	6	0.3	0.5	.667	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.2		1.0
14	Jim Nielsen	3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0		0.3		0.7
15	Lee Walczuk	10	0.3	1.7	.176	0.0	0.0		0.6		0.6

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	30	303	477	.635	115	188	.612	440	61	721
2	Curtis Rowe	30	144	287	.502	99	146	.678	237	50	387
3	John Vallely	28	116	234	.496	77	102	.755	91	56	309
4	Sidney Wicks	30	84	193	.435	58	100	.580	153	60	226
5	Lynn Shackelford	30	94	203	.463	22	44	.500	121	49	210
6	Kenny Heitz	30	84	180	.467	26	38	.684	69	48	194
7	Bill Sweek	30	80	158	.506	30	48	.625	66	64	190
8	Steve Patterson	29	58	110	.527	30	40	.750	112	32	146
9	Terry Schofield	24	27	65	.415	11	18	.611	39	16	65
10	John Ecker	20	12	24	.500	8	12	.667	24	14	32
11	Don Saffer	8	13	25	.520	3	5	.600	4	4	29
12	Bill Seibert	15	6	23	.261	5	7	.714	12	7	17
13	George Farmer	6	2	3	.667	2	2	1.000	1		6
14	Lee Walczuk	10	3	17	.176	0	0		6		6
15	Jim Nielsen	3	1	2	.500	0	0		1		2
	School Totals	30	1027	1999	.514	486	752	.646	1513	467	2540

1968-69 UCLA (Men's) Season