1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA tournament National champions
Pac-8 champions
National Championship Game,
W 87–66 vs. Memphis State
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record30–0 (14–0 Pac-8)
Head coach
Assistant coachGary Cunningham
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
1972–73 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UCLA 14 0   1.000 30 0   1.000
USC 9 5   .643 18 10   .643
Oregon 8 6   .571 16 10   .615
Stanford 7 7   .500 14 11   .560
Washington 6 8   .429 16 11   .593
Oregon State 6 8   .429 15 11   .577
California 4 10   .286 11 15   .423
Washington State 2 12   .143 6 20   .231
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team went undefeated again at 30–0 and claimed a seventh consecutive national championship.

In the title game of the NCAA tournament at St. Louis, junior center Bill Walton scored 44 points (21 of 22 field goal attempts) with thirteen rebounds as the top-ranked Bruins defeated #12 Memphis State, 87–66. Some regard this as the greatest ever offensive performance in American college basketball. Tied at 39 at halftime, the Bruins dominated the second half and outscored the Tigers, 48–27.

UCLA set a new NCAA record of 75 consecutive wins and a three-season composite record of 89–1 (.989).