Pauley Pavilion -- College Basketball's Showplace

[small dent in edge of rear cover, no other discernible wear to book; jacket a little edgeworn, a couple of tiny tears along top and bottom edges, smallish scraped area near left-hand side of front panel, "25th Anniversary Edition" foil sticker on front panel, a bit of residue from a removed label at lower corner of rear panel]. (B&W and color photographs) Issued in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, home of UCLA basketball since its opening in 1965, this book is organized in the following sections: "Games" (accounts of memorable individual basketball games played at Pauley, starting with the Freshmen vs. Varsity exhibition game in 1965, which happened to be the UCLA debut of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar); "Championships" (descriptions of the eight NCAA championship games played there from 1967 through 1975); "Impressions" (memories of various broadcasters and other important individuals, the former including Fred Hessler and Dick Enberg); "Coaches" (profiles of John Wooden, Larry Brown, and Jim Harrick); "Players" (profiles of Mike Warren, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sidney Wicks, Bill Walton, Jamaal Wilkes, Greg Lee, David Meyers, Marques Johnson, David Greenwood, Kiki Vandeweghe, Rod Foster, Reggie Miller, and Jerome "Pooh" Richardson; "A Total Celebration" (a brief chapter devoted to other sports that called Pauley home, notably volleyball, gymnastics, and women's basketball).

Product Info

Publisher: SportMemories Publishing

Year: (c.1989)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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