Ngicela ninginikeze uhlu olufushane olunezinhlamvu lwezinto ezivelele uJohn Wooden azifeza njengomqeqeshi weqembu labesilisa le-UCLA.
Context:Ngesizini ka-1948-1949, uWooden waqashwa yi-University of California, eLos Angeles, ukuba abe ngumqeqeshi wesine webhasikidi emlandweni wesikole. Walandela uFred Cozens, uCaddy Works, noWilbur Johns; uJohn waba umqondisi wezemidlalo wesikole. UWooden wasayina inkontileka yeminyaka emithathu ngo-$6,000 ngonyaka wokuqala. Ngaphambi kokuqashwa e-UCLA, wayephishekelwa isikhundla sokuba ngumqeqeshi omkhulu e-University of Minnesota, futhi kwakuyisifiso sakhe nomkakhe sokuhlala eMidwest, kepha isimo sezulu esibi eMinnesota sivimbele uWooden ekutholeni ukunikezwa kwefoni okuhleliwe okuvela kwaGolden Gophers. Ecabanga ukuthi balahlekelwe yintshisekelo, uWooden esikhundleni salokho wamukela umsebenzi wokuba ngumqeqeshi omkhulu namaBruins. Izikhulu ezivela eNyuvesi yaseMinnesota zaxhumana noWooden ngokushesha ngemuva kokwamukela isikhundla e-UCLA, kodwa wenqaba isicelo sabo ngoba wayesenikeze i-UCLA izwi lakhe.  UWooden waba nempumelelo ngokushesha, wakha uphawu lomqeqeshi ongavamile, "ukuguquka okusheshayo" ohlelweni olungaqondakali, oluntengantengayo. Ingxenye yalokhu kuphumelela yayibangelwa isimiso sakhe esiyingqayizivele sokuhlasela, isimiso esifanayo esisetshenziswa abaqeqeshi abaningi namuhla. UJohn Wooden wathi, "Ngikholelwa ukuthi uhlelo lwami lufaneleke ngokuphelele ukubhekana nazo zonke izindlela zokuzivikela zanamuhla engizibonile, futhi lokho kufaka phakathi ukugijima nokugxuma, ukubanjwa kwe-1<unk>3<unk>1, ibhokisi ne-one, unxantathu nababili, nokushintsha indoda ibe yindoda".  Ngaphambi kokufika kukaWooden e-UCLA, uhlelo lwe-basketball lwalunama-conference championship amabili kuphela kule minyaka eyi-18 eyedlule. Esikhathini sakhe sokuqala, wathatha iqembu leBruins elalibhalise irekhodi le-12<unk>13 ngonyaka owedlule futhi waliguqula laba ngumpetha wePacific Coast Conference (PCC) Southern Division ngerekhodi le-22<unk>7, ukunqoba okuningi ngesizini ye-UCLA selokhu isikole saqala ukudlala i-basketball ngo-1919. Wadlula lelo nani ngesizini elandelayo ngo-24<unk>7 kanye nesihloko sesigaba sesibili kanye nesihloko senkomfa esiphelele ngo-1950, futhi wayezokwengeza ezinye ezimbili eminyakeni yakhe yokuqala emine. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, i-UCLA yayiqoqe iziqu ezimbili zokuhlukaniswa selokhu i-PCC yaqala ukudlala ngokuhlukaniswa, futhi yayingakaze iwine isihloko senkomfa yanoma yiluphi uhlobo selokhu yanqoba iSouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ngo-1927.   Okwenziwe ngokhuni ngo-1960 Naphezu kwalezi zinto azifezile, uWooden kubikwa ukuthi ekuqaleni wayengasijabuleli isikhundla sakhe, futhi umkakhe wayengathandi ukuhlala eLos Angeles. Lapho uMel Taube eshiya iPurdue ngo-1950, ukuthambekela kukaWooden kwakuwukubuyela eWest Lafayette futhi ekugcineni amukele umsebenzi womqeqeshi omkhulu lapho. Ekugcineni waphenduka lapho izikhulu ze-UCLA zimkhumbuza ukuthi nguye owayephikelele ekuzibophezeleni kweminyaka emithathu ngesikhathi kuxoxiswana ngo-1948. UWooden waba nomuzwa wokuthi ukushiya i-UCLA ngaphambi kokuphela kwenkontileka yakhe kwakuzofana nokwephula izwi lakhe, yize iPurdue yayinikeza imali eningi, imoto nendawo yokuhlala.  Ngesizini ka-1955/56, uWooden wayesungule irekhodi lempumelelo eqhubekayo e-UCLA. Ngalowo nyaka, waqondisa iqembu lakhe ekutholeni isihloko sokuqala se-PCC esingahlulwa kanye nomdlalo wokunqoba wemidlalo engu-17 owaphela kuphela ezandleni zeqembu le-University of San Francisco likaPhil Woolpert (owayeneBill Russell noK.C. Jones) owagcina enqobile ngo-1956 Umqhudelwano we-NCAA. Kodwa-ke, i-UCLA ayikwazanga ukuqhubekela phambili kusuka kuleli zinga kulezi zikhathi ezalandela ngokushesha, yazithola ingakwazi ukubuyela ku-NCAA Tournament, njengoba amaqembu aqeqeshwa nguPete Newell weCalifornia Golden Bears athatha ukulawula inhlangano futhi anqoba i-1959 NCAA tournament. Okunye okwaba yisithiyo eqenjini likaWooden ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyisikhathi sokuhlolwa okwabekwa kuwo wonke amaqembu ezemidlalo e-UCLA ngemuva kwehlazo elalihilela izinkokhelo ezingekho emthethweni ezenziwa kubadlali beqembu lebhola lesikole. Isikhathi sokuhlolwa saphinde sandiselwa kwezinye izikole ezintathu: i-University of Southern California, eCalifornia naseStanford. Leso senzakalo saholela ekuhlakazweni kwenkomfa ye-PCC.  Ngesizini ka-1961-1962, ukuhlolwa kwase kungasekho futhi uWooden wabuyisela iqembu lakhe phezulu enkomfeni. Nokho, kulokhu, babezothatha isinyathelo esilandelayo, futhi ngokwenza kanjalo, bavule umjikelezo wokubusa ongenakuqhathaniswa emlandweni webhasikidi yasekolishi. I-UCLA yafinyelela kuma-Final Four emqhudelwaneni we-NCAA okokuqala emlandweni wesikole. Ukuhlulwa okuncane, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokushaya amagoli okuphikisanayo emdlalweni wesigamu sokugcina ngo-1962 ngokumelene neqembu lika-Ed Jucker elaba yiqhawe likazwelonke laseCincinnati, kwaqinisekisa uWooden ukuthi iBruins yakhe yayikulungele ukuncintisana ngezindondo zikazwelonke. Ngemuva kwezinkathi ezimbili ngo-1964, isiqeshana sokugcina sephazili sawela endaweni lapho umsizi womqeqeshi uJerry Norman eqinisekisa uWooden ukuthi abadlali beqembu abancane kanye necala elisheshayo bazokwengezwa ngokwamukelwa kokuvikelwa kwe-press press, okwandisa amathuba okuguqulwa yiqembu eliphikisayo. Umphumela waba ukwanda okukhulu kokushaya amagoli, wanikeza i-UCLA ithimba elinamandla elaya ku-30<unk>0 endleleni yalo eya ebhola lokuqala likazwelonke le-basketball esikoleni kanye nesizini yokuqala engahlulwa njengoba iBruins yashaya uVic Bubas 'omude futhi ohamba kancane ohlukaniswe ngokobuhlanga eqenjini likaDuke 98<unk>83 ekugcineni. UWalt Hazzard uphume emdlalweni ngasekupheleni kwengxenye yesibili ngephutha lokulawulwa komdlali, kodwa lokhu bekungathandeki lapho ehlisa inetha ekugubheni futhi waqanjwa njengomdlali obaluleke kakhulu womqhudelwano. UGail Goodrich, uKeith Erickson, uFred Slaughter, noJack Hirsch bafaka isandla ekunqobeni kwe-UCLA. Njengoba kwakungekho mdlali omude kunamamitha ayisithupha, amasentimitha amahlanu, isivinini seBruins kanye nokucindezela kwendawo kwaphoqa ukuguqulwa kwezimali okungu-29 futhi kwaqeda inzuzo yokuphakama kukaDuke's Hack Tison noJay Buckley, abadlali ababili abangamamitha ayisithupha, amasentimitha ayishumi.  Emkhankasweni we-1964-1965, abaphikisi be-NCAA baqala kabi lapho i-UCLA ilahlekelwa yi-Illinois ngamaphuzu angama-27 emdlalweni wayo wokuvula. Kwaba nzima kakhulu ngemva kwalokho njengoba leli qembu laphinde laba yizingqwele zikazwelonke noGail Goodrich, uKenny Washington, noDoug McIntosh. AmaBruins ahlula iqembu likaDave Strack laseMichigan ngo-91 ku-80 emidlalweni yokugcina yomqhudelwano weNCAA. UGoodrich wahlanganyela indondo yoMdlali Wonyaka noBill Bradley wasePrinceton. Iqembu lika-1966 lanqatshelwa ithuba lokuthola umqhele ophindwe kathathu lapho liqeda endaweni yesibili ngemuva kwe-Oregon State ku-Athletic Association of Western Universities (manje eyi-Pac-12). I-UCLA yayingafanelekile ukudlala emqhudelwaneni we-NCAA ngalowo nyaka ngoba ngalezo zinsuku kuphela abanqobi benkomfa ababethola ithuba lokudlala kulo mqhudelwano. I-Bruins '1967 incarnation ibuyile ngokuziphindiselela nenkanyezi yesibili u-Alcindor, engabuyiseli nje kuphela isihloko senkomfa, kodwa umqhele kazwelonke ngesinye isizini esingu-30 <unk> 0, bese uyigcina isizini ngayinye ngaphandle kweyodwa kuze kube umhlalaphansi kaWooden ngokushesha ngemuva kwe-1975 NCAA ubuqhawe.  Ukuvuka kabusha kwamaBruins ngaphansi kukaWooden kwenza kwaba sobala ukuthi ayedinga ikhaya elisha. Kusukela ngo-1932, iBruins yayidlala e-Men's Gym. Ngokuvamile yayihlala abantu abangu - 2 400, kodwa yayilinganiselwe ku - 1 500 kusukela ngo - 1955 ngomyalo womphathi - mlilo wedolobha. Lokhu kwaphoqa iBruins ukuthi ihambise imidlalo iye ePan Pacific Auditorium, eLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena nakwezinye izindawo ezungeze iLos Angeles lapho bekulindeleke ukuthi bahehe izixuku ezinkulu - into eyenzeka kaningi ngemuva kwesihloko sokuqala sikazwelonke seBruins. Ngokunxusa kukaWooden, kwakhiwa indawo enkulu kakhulu ekhampasi, iPauley Pavilion, ngesikhathi sesizini ka-1965-66. Lesi sakhiwo eWestwood sabhapathizwa ngoNovemba 27, 1965, emdlalweni okhethekile owawuphikisana neqembu le-UCLA ne-UCLA freshmen. Kwakungu Lew Alcindor sika (kamuva Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) freshman isizini (freshmen babengafaneleki ukudlala on the varsity ngalezo zinsuku). I-UCLA yayiyiqhawe likazwelonke elivikelayo futhi yaba ngowokuqala kwinhlolovo yangaphambi kwesizini. Abafundi bokuqala bawina kalula lo mdlalo ngesilinganiso esingu-75<unk>60. Kwakuyisibonakaliso esinamandla sezinto ezizayo.  Ushintsho lwemithetho lwasungulwa ngesizini ka-1967-1968, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yomdlalo ka-Alcindor ophakeme eduze kwenqola. I-dunk shot yayingavunyelwe futhi yayingabuyiselwa kuze kube yisikhathi se-1976 / 1977, okwathi ngemuva nje kokuthatha umhlalaphansi kukaWooden. Lokhu kwaba okungenani okwesibili ukuthi ikomidi lezimiso liqale ushintsho ekuphenduleni ukubusa komdlali we-superstar; ngo-1944, umthetho wokugcina umgomo wamiswa ukuze kulwisane nokudlala okuvikelayo kukaGeorge Mikan eduze kwebhasikidi. NgoJanuwari, i-UCLA yathatha umdlalo wayo wokunqoba wemidlalo engama-47 yaya e-Astrodome eHouston, lapho iBruins yahlangana khona neqembu likaGuy Lewis 'eHouston, elaline-Elvin Hayes noKen Spain, eMdlalweni weNkulungwane emdlalweni wokuqala we-basketball wasekolishi wesizini ejwayelekile kazwelonke. I-Houston yahlupha i-UCLA ngo-71 kuya ku-69, njengoba uHayes athola amaphuzu angu-39. Engxoxweni eyalandela umdlalo, uWooden wathi, "Kumelwe siqale phansi". I-UCLA ayihlulwa kulo lonke unyaka futhi yahlula iHouston ngo-101 kuya ku-69 emdlalweni wokuphindisela we-NCAA tournament endleleni eya emqhudelwaneni kazwelonke. I-Sports Illustrated yakhipha isihloko esiphambili esithi "Ukuziphindiselela KukaLew". Ukuchithwa kweHouston. I-UCLA yamkhawulela uHayes ngamaphuzu ayi-10 kuphela; wayenesilinganiso samaphuzu angama-37.7 emdlalweni. UWooden wathi uNorman nguye owasungula indlela yokuzivikela eyayihlanganisa iHayes. I-Game of the Century ikhunjulwa nangesigameko esihilela uWooden no-Edgar Lacy. ULacy wayengasebenzi ekuzivikeleni ngokumelene no-Elvin Hayes, futhi uWooden wamfaka ebhentshini ngemuva kwemizuzu engu-11. ULacy akazange aphinde angene emdlalweni. Ethukuthelele uWooden, uLacy washiya iqembu ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, etshela iLos Angeles Times "Angikaze ngikujabulele ukudlala kulowo muntu". Ithalente le-UCLA ngesikhathi somqhudelwano we-NCAA wango-1968 laliqhakaze kakhulu kangangokuthi babeka abadlali abane eqenjini le-All-Tournament. Ngaphezu kuka-Alcindor, uLucius Allen, uMike Warren, no"Lefty" Lynn Shackelford banikezwa udumo. UKenny Heitz naye wayeyilungu leqembu le-UCLA lika-1968.  U-Lew Alcindor waqeda umsebenzi wakhe e-UCLA ngo-1969 ngomqhudelwano wesithathu olandelanayo kazwelonke lapho iBruins ishaya iqembu likaGeorge King iPurdue 92<unk>72 emdlalweni wesihloko. Izihloko ezintathu ezilandelanayo zafaniswa nemiklomelo emithathu elandelanayo ye-MVP kulo mqhudelwano njengoba u-Alcindor ezimisela njengenkanyezi enkulu ye-basketball yasekolishi ngesikhathi sokusebenza kathathu. U-Alcindor noWooden babezoqhubeka nokuxhumana ngisho nangemva kokuba eshiye i-UCLA. Ngo-2017, uJabbar wabhala incwadi ethi, "Coach Wooden and Me", enemininingwane yobungani babo obude.  Umbhali wezemidlalo waphawula ukuthi wonke umuntu ongaphandle kwe-UCLA wayeyojabula ngalolosuku oluhle ngoJune lapho u-Alcindor ekugcineni ethweswa iziqu futhi ibhasikidi yasekolishi ingabuyela endleleni evamile yokunquma umpetha kazwelonke. Lesi siprofetho sasiyobonakala singenangqondo eminyakeni eyisithupha eyalandela. Iqembu lika-1970 lafakazela ukuthi akekho umuntu obaluleke kakhulu empumelelweni yohlelo lwe-UCLA, ngisho ne-Alcindor, njengoba uSidney Wicks, uHenry Bibby, uCurtis Rowe, uJohn Vallely, noKenny Booker bethatha iBruins bathatha isicoco sabo sesine se-NCAA ngokulandelana ngo-80<unk>69 ukunqoba iJacksonville, eqeqeshwa nguJoe Williams. UWicks noRowe babambisana no-Artis Gilmore ongamamitha angu-7 ukuphakama ekuvikeleni futhi bavala ukuhlasela kweJacksonville okunamandla, okwakulinganisela amaphuzu angu-100 emdlalweni. UGilmore noRex Morgan ababenamamitha angu-1,510 babeye babizwe abezindaba ngokuthi "uBatman noRobin".  Emdlalweni we-1971 we-NCAA Championship, uSteve Patterson wakhipha uHoward Porter weqembu likaJack Kraft elihlushwa yi-Villanova njengoba i-UCLA inqobe ngo-68<unk>62. Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-UCLA yaba nomdlalo wayo osondelene kakhulu kuzo zonke iziqu eziyishumi zikaWooden, ishaya ithimba likaHugh Durham laseFlorida State ngo-81-76 ukuthatha isicoco sango-1972. Ngemva komdlalo, uBill Walton wathi, "Asidlalanga kahle".   UWooden noDigger Phelps ngo-1973, ngemuva kokuthi i-UCLA ishaye iNotre Dame ngerekhodi labo le-NCAA 61st win elandelanayo Isizini ka-1972-1973 yaba ngomunye wemikhankaso ekhumbuleka kakhulu emlandweni we-UCLA basketball. Ama-Freshmen aphinde afanelekela ukudlala ibhola le-varsity futhi ama-Bruins ahamba ngo-30-0 futhi anweba umlando wawo wokunqoba kuma-75 alandelanayo e-NCAA tournament ngokushaya iqembu likaGene Bartow laseMemphis State ngo-87-66 kowamanqamu, njengoba uBill Walton eshaya ama-21 ama-22 ama-field goal. UWalton noWooden baphinde baba uMdlali noMqeqeshi Wonyaka. UKeith Wilkes, uGreg Lee, noLarry Hollyfield babengamalungu aleli qembu, futhi uWilkes wayezoqhubeka nokuwina ubuqhawe be-NBA obune.  Izikhathi ezimbili ezinkulu ze-UCLA zaphela phakathi nesizini ka-1973-1974. NgoJanuwari, uchungechunge lokunqoba lwaphela emidlalweni engu-88 lapho iqembu likaDigger Phelps laseNotre Dame lishaya iBruins ngo-71 kuya ku-70 eSouth Bend. Ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva, iqembu likaNorman Sloan laseNorth Carolina State lahlula i-UCLA ngo-80<unk>77 ngesikhathi esengeziwe esiphindwe kabili kuma-semifinals omqhudelwano we-NCAA. UDavid Thompson wayengumdlali ovelele wase-NC State, futhi uTom Burleson wenza umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu ekuvikeleni uBill Walton. I-UCLA yayihlule iWolfpack ngamaphuzu angu-18 ekuqaleni kwesizini, kodwa izinto zazihlukile lapho behlangana ngoMashi.  UWooden waqeqesha umdlalo wakhe wokugcina ePauley Pavilion ngoMashi 1, 1975, ukunqoba kukaStanford ngo-93/59. Emasontweni amane kamuva, kulandela ukunqoba kwe-75<unk>74 kwe-overtime phezu komdlali wangaphambili nomqeqeshi wangaphambili uDenny Crum noLouisville emdlalweni we-1975 NCAA Tournament semifinal, uWooden wamemezela ukuthi uzothatha umhlalaphansi eneminyaka engu-64 ngokushesha ngemuva komdlalo we-championship. Umsebenzi wakhe wokuqeqesha odumile waphetha ngokunqoba lapho uRichard Washington noDavid Meyers behlanganiswa ngamaphuzu angama-52 njengoba i-UCLA iphendule ngokunqoba ngo-92 kuya ku-85 kuJoe B. Hall naseKentucky ukufuna ukunqoba kokuqala kukaWooden emsebenzini wakhe wokuqeqesha phezu kweWildcats kanye nomqhudelwano wakhe kazwelonke ongakaze ube khona. UMarques Johnson no-Andre McCarter nabo babe ngabanikeli abakhulu eqenjini lokugcina likaWooden. Impumelelo yeqembu lokugcina likaWooden yayihlaba umxhwele ikakhulukazi ngoba lalingenazo izinkanyezi ze-marquee ezinjenge-Alcindor, Walton, Hazzard, noGoodrich; iqembu laliyiqembu lama-opportunists anzima.  U-Andy Hill, owayeseqenjini le-Bruin ngaphansi kukaWooden owathola iziqu ze-NCAA kusukela ngo-1970 kuya ku-1972, emashumini eminyaka kamuva wabhala noWooden incwadi ka-2001 ethi Be Quick<unk>But Don't Hurry! Ukuthola Impumelelo Ezimfundisweni Zokuphila Konke. Le ncwadi ethengwa kakhulu ichaza indlela uHill asebenzisa ngayo ulwazi lwakhe njengomdlali ngaphansi kukaWooden ukuze aphumelele emsebenzini wakhe njengomphathi wethelevishini. Umgomo wakhe kwakuwukubonisa ukubaluleka kwesitayela sikaWooden sokuqeqesha ezweni lebhizinisi. Le ncwadi ibuye igxile ebuhlotsheni bakhe noWooden njengomqeqeshi nomeluleki wakhe.  Ngo-2004, uWooden oneminyaka engu-93 ubudala wathi wayengeke abe nenkinga yokubuya njengomsizi ongasiza abadlali ngemikhuba neminye imisebenzi elula.  Ngesikhathi sakhe namaBruins, uWooden waziwa ngokuthi "uMthakathi waseWestwood", yize yena uqobo ayidelela leyo nickname. Wathola udumo oluhlala isikhathi eside ne-UCLA ngokuwina imidlalo engama-620 ngezikhathi ezingama-27 neziqu eziyi-10 ze-NCAA ngezikhathi zakhe zokugcina eziyi-12, kufaka phakathi eziyisikhombisa zilandelana kusukela ngo-1967 kuya ku-1973. Amaqembu akhe e-UCLA abuye asungula irekhodi le-NCAA labesilisa le-basketball eliwina imidlalo engama-88 nemidlalo emine ephelele engu-30 <unk> 0. Baphinde banqoba imidlalo engu-38 elandelanayo emidlalweni ye-NCAA kanye nokunqoba okuyi-98 elandelanayo ekhaya ePauley Pavilion.  "Akazange athole iholo elingaphezu kwamaRandi angu-35.000 ngonyaka (ngaphandle kwamakamu nezinkulumo), kuhlanganise no-1975, unyaka awunqoba ngawo umqhudelwano wakhe wesithupha kazwelonke, futhi akakaze acele ukwenyuswa", kubhala uRick Reilly we-ESPN. Wanikwa iMercedes eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka iBruin ngaleso sikhathi njengesipho sokuthatha umhlalaphansi. Ngokwemibhalo yakhe, uWooden wenqaba ukunikezwa ukuqeqesha i-Los Angeles Lakers kumnikazi uJack Kent Cooke okungenzeka ukuthi wayemkhokhela ngokuphindwe kayishumi kunalokho u-UCLA ayemkhokhela khona.
UJohn Wooden wayenqobe ama-620 namaBruins, uJohn Wooden wahola iqembu lakhe ukuba liwine imiklomelo engu-10 ye-NCAA, amaqembu akhe aba nezinkathi ezine eziphumelelayo eziphelele futhi aba nemiklomelo eminingi yokuwina, uJohn Wooden waphakamisa uhlelo ukuze abe ngumholi weligi, Waziwa ngokuthi "uMlingo waseWestwood"