UCLA Bruins men's basketball
| UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |||||||||||||||
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| University | University of California, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||
| First season | 1919–20; 107 years ago | ||||||||||||||
| Athletic director | Martin Jarmond | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Mick Cronin 6th season, 160–74 (.684) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||
| Arena | Pauley Pavilion (capacity: 13,800) | ||||||||||||||
| NCAA division | Division I | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bruins | ||||||||||||||
| Colors | Blue and gold | ||||||||||||||
| Student section | The Den | ||||||||||||||
| All-time record | 2,050–930 (.688) | ||||||||||||||
| NCAA tournament record | 116–46 (.716) | ||||||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament champions | |||||||||||||||
| 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995 | |||||||||||||||
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| NIT champions | |||||||||||||||
| 1985 | |||||||||||||||
| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||||||
| Pac-12: 1987, 2006, 2008, 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||||||
| SCIAC: 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927 PCC: 1945, 1950, 1952, 1956 Pac-12: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Conference division champions | |||||||||||||||
| PCC South: 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955 | |||||||||||||||
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The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program represents the University of California, Los Angeles, in the sport of men's basketball as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Established in 1919, the program has won a record 11 NCAA titles. Coach John Wooden led the Bruins to 10 national titles in 12 seasons, from 1964 to 1975, including seven straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record four times (1964, 1967, 1972, and 1973). Coach Jim Harrick led the team to another NCAA title in 1995. Former coach Ben Howland led UCLA to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008. As a member of the AAWU, Pacific-8 and then Pacific-10, UCLA set an NCAA Division I record with 13 consecutive regular season conference titles between 1967 and 1979 which stood until tied by Kansas in 2017. UCLA departed the Pac-12 Conference and joined the Big Ten Conference on August 2, 2024.