The final curtain call on the Pac-12 — saying goodbye to the 'Conference of Champions'
Posted Jun 17, 2024
Here’s to the UCLA Bruins; to John Wooden and Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton and all the guys from Westwood who created the greatest college basketball force ever witnessed. The Pac-12 might have cleaned up in swimming and beach volleyball and many other sports but it’s UCLA’s Wooden dynasty that put the conference in such bright lights.
(NCAA.com)
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