[NU Sports] Highest Ranked Team NU has beaten in Bball (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> We sure gave #1 UCLA a major scare in 1969.  The Bruins were on their 
> way to winning a third straight (out of seven in a row) NCAA titles. 
>  They came into Chicago Stadium with Lew Alcindor (Kareen Abdul-Jabbar) 
> and company.  We couldn't miss in the first half, and we were leading 
> them 45-35 at the break -- the greatest haltime deficit UCLA ever faced 
> during Alcindor's three seasons in Westwood.  But reality set in during 
> the second half.  The Bruins outscored us, 46-22, for an 81-67 victory. 

According to two of the players, Larry Glass's halftime speech was
something like this:

   Well, guys, it was a great first half effort, but we know it won't last.
   Let's look respectable in the 2nd half.
--
Mike Nolan