My dad and I traveled with the team this year in March, and what a trip it was! Our Bruins taking it all! RIP Dad, thanks for the wonderful trips and memories, I miss you every day. Dr Winston Churchill Doby.
@isaiahevans4930 yeah it's just a crazy stat that no national champion since 95 has gone undefeated after Jan 31. It's only 2 months including the tourney. Just kinda proves that a late season loss is usually a good thing.
@@isaiahevans001 that’s not true. You don’t get to the Final Four three straight times in the 2000’s if you’re not a powerhouse. No one else can make that claim.
This was one of the most unheralded UCLA teams ever. The Pac-10 was not on ESPN in those days so most of their games were only on the regional Prime network and tipped off at 8PM Pacific so most of their results didn't even make the morning newspapers. I don't think they even had any games on CBS until the tournament. Most fans around the country had only seen two or three of their games all season.
Actually, UCLA had a couple of games on ESPN that year - one @ Arizona, vs. Arizona State and against California. They also played a NBC game against Kentucky in early December.
@@creagle26 👀👀👀👀🥺🤦🏾♂️ As a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ for over 30 years I have learned that people will do whatever and say whatever to discredit, dishonor and disregard truth, accomplishments and the obvious…..
@@creagle26 - Any proof other than from the testimony of a known liar (Bobby Knight) and a guy who had an axe to grind with Coach Wooden… And if it really happened why didn’t the NCAA committee vacate any of the championships?
@isaiahevans4930 @creagle26 Well no doubt UCLA hasn't achieved the extreme level of success they had under Coach Woden, but to say that they haven't been good for the majority of the time since 1975 their last Championship with Coach Woden on the sideline is not true. Since 1995 of which UCLA won their last Championship in Basketball 🏀 they are 4th in Sweet 16 appearances and since 2000 they're tied for 3rd or 4th I believe, with 4. So if I were you, I would do a lot more research before making ignorant statements.
Edney was probably on his way to winning most outstanding player prior to getting hurt here. Arguably the best player of the entire tourney from Missouri through Oklahoma State.
Of all my 52 years of college basketball watching this championship game still shocks me the most. I am a North Carolina fan and was at this Final Four, my first ever Final Four in person. I was convinced after Arkansas beat us in the semis that UCLA had no shot at beating Arkansas. But I was pulling mildly for UCLA. And the way UCLA played to beat them and how decisive it was left me flabbergasted. I thought Arkansas was going to beat them rather easily.
I was 12 years old when this happened - I almost cried that night - Big Nasty was my guy - nobody could guard him all year long - but that dam Toby Bailey came out of nowhere and dropped about 20 big points on my hogs - the year before was sweet tho - down 10 points to Duke and came back to win a National Championship - Scottie Thurman hit the biggest shot of his life in that game - (40 minutes of hell)
It’s crazy that this was the national championship matchup. Both teams were literally on the verge of being eliminated in the second round of 32. Syracuse actually had Arkansas beaten if it wasn’t for a huge mental error calling timeout when they didn’t have one……And all Missouri had to do was keep UCLA from going the distance of the floor with 4 seconds to get a bucket. The fact that they both met in the National championship game was amazing.
@@benny4848 Benny, they were the best college basketball team I've seen in the 40 years of watching the NCAA tournament! Started keeping up with March Madness in 1981 as a third-grader and the '90 Running Rebel edition could have transitioned as smoothly into today's era as they did 31 years ago! They ran my boys out of McNichols Arena in the final with a performance for the ages in all areas! The way Vegas played during that tournament run, they could have beaten anybody from any college basketball generation! They not only had the best frontcourt duo in the country with Augmon and Johnson, but the best backcourt as well with Hunt and Anthony! And then David Butler and Moses Scurry were sorely underrated in their roles! Butler could do a little of everything at the center position and Scurry brought the energy his teammates fed off of! I've been saying it since then that Butler and Scurry graduating had an immense impact on UNLV's depth that ultimately hurt their repeat effort at the end of the '91 season! We (Duke) took advantage of Vegas' lack of depth in beating them to avenge the '90 defeat!
Arkansas played sloppy. Corliss Williamson was the only rebounder Arkansas had. UCLA had some size and height in the O'Bannon brothers that Arkansas couldnt handle. The Hogs also missed shots they shouldn't have missed throughout. Thurman was missing wide open threes and he didn't miss those often. Bottom line UCLA was too big and tall.
This game was such an enigma. Arkansas was the first team in 27 years to win the national title and return all five starters. Up 12 to 5 and ready to go for the kill. Tyus Edney out. Word is Nolan Richardson put his team through their toughest practice of the season, the DAY BEFORE the game. Their legs were gone.
Bill beating Georgetown in the mid 80s I think was the one the biggest upsets ever get was stacked and they said bill would have to shoot 80 percent to win impossible they shot 79 percent and still only won by 1 it was close I can't rem think about that 79 per and barely won gt was good
Arkansas had caught so many lucky breaks to get tothis finals. Syracuse had them beat then a Syracuse player pulled a Chris Webber to force the game and overtime. They were lucky Memphis upset Purdue so they didn’t have to play a three seat in the second round and then Kansas got upset in the sweet 16 so they didn’t have to play the number one seat in the regional finals And then North Carolina Kentucky in the South region so they didn’t have to play Kentucky in the final four. As a Result UCLA totally smoked them in this game.
My dad and I traveled with the team this year in March, and what a trip it was! Our Bruins taking it all!
RIP Dad, thanks for the wonderful trips and memories, I miss you every day. Dr Winston Churchill Doby.
MAY GOD BLESS HIS SOUL AND MAY HE R.I.P. IN JESUS MIGHTY POWERFUL NAME AMEN ✝️🙏
Arkansas has never been the same since
Since tourney expanded to 64 teams in 1985 this 95 Bruins squad is still the only team to go undefeated AFTER Jan 31 and win title!
Wichita State and Kentucky gave it a nice try though
UCLA still hasn’t been a powerhouse since the mid 90s… with one title since the expansion and only a couple final 4s since then.
@isaiahevans4930 yeah it's just a crazy stat that no national champion since 95 has gone undefeated after Jan 31. It's only 2 months including the tourney. Just kinda proves that a late season loss is usually a good thing.
@@isaiahevans001 that’s not true. You don’t get to the Final Four three straight times in the 2000’s if you’re not a powerhouse. No one else can make that claim.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot2 ucla failed to win any of those nattys tho. And only made the championship game once in all those final 4s
This was one of the most unheralded UCLA teams ever. The Pac-10 was not on ESPN in those days so most of their games were only on the regional Prime network and tipped off at 8PM Pacific so most of their results didn't even make the morning newspapers. I don't think they even had any games on CBS until the tournament. Most fans around the country had only seen two or three of their games all season.
That’s crazy!
This is true. You knew they were good but couldn't watch them much .90s tv
Actually, UCLA had a couple of games on ESPN that year - one @ Arizona, vs. Arizona State and against California. They also played a NBC game against Kentucky in early December.
What a glorious night it was in Seattle!! I was there when my beloved Bruins forked the pork!!!
Dude really I hope we smoke you in football after COVID WPS
JOHN WOODEN IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL IS THE BEST COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH PERIOD POINT BLANK!!!
Not really. Sam Gilbert had more to do with the national titles than Wooden.
@@creagle26 👀👀👀👀🥺🤦🏾♂️ As a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ for over 30 years I have learned that people will do whatever and say whatever to discredit, dishonor and disregard truth, accomplishments and the obvious…..
@@creagle26 - Any proof other than from the testimony of a known liar (Bobby Knight) and a guy who had an axe to grind with Coach Wooden…
And if it really happened why didn’t the NCAA committee vacate any of the championships?
@@XMAN4708UCLA hasn’t been good since John wooden lol.
@isaiahevans4930 @creagle26 Well no doubt UCLA hasn't achieved the extreme level of success they had under Coach Woden, but to say that they haven't been good for the majority of the time since 1975 their last Championship with Coach Woden on the sideline is not true. Since 1995 of which UCLA won their last Championship in Basketball 🏀 they are 4th in Sweet 16 appearances and since 2000 they're tied for 3rd or 4th I believe, with 4.
So if I were you, I would do a lot more research before making ignorant statements.
Edney was probably on his way to winning most outstanding player prior to getting hurt here. Arguably the best player of the entire tourney from Missouri through Oklahoma State.
Of all my 52 years of college basketball watching this championship game still shocks me the most. I am a North Carolina fan and was at this Final Four, my first ever Final Four in person. I was convinced after Arkansas beat us in the semis that UCLA had no shot at beating Arkansas. But I was pulling mildly for UCLA. And the way UCLA played to beat them and how decisive it was left me flabbergasted. I thought Arkansas was going to beat them rather easily.
I was in my first US Marines deployment in Okinawa Japan when UCLA won it. Luckily I had taken a UCLA hat and wore it with pride.
I was 12 years old when this happened - I almost cried that night - Big Nasty was my guy - nobody could guard him all year long - but that dam Toby Bailey came out of nowhere and dropped about 20 big points on my hogs - the year before was sweet tho - down 10 points to Duke and came back to win a National Championship - Scottie Thurman hit the biggest shot of his life in that game - (40 minutes of hell)
As a Duke fan I will say the 94 Arkansas team was just the epitome of team . Very much like the 04 Detroit Pistons .
@@johndooley661 corliss williamson was on both of those teams!!! :)
As for Toby Bailey that was his only best performance for the rest of his career.
@@wesley3340 He's UCLA's sixth all time leading scorer. I'd say he had a pretty good college career.
@jeremygumke5150 Yeah I didn't know that until a while back. He absolutely went off against Arkansas.
This is beautiful!! The WIZARD of WESTWOOD!! talking to coach K!!
Toby Bailey was a freshman giving the Bruins a solid performance in the championship game!
OMG - I never knew that freaking John Wooden graced the pre game set for this game.
How Great were the DAMN O'BANNONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Insane. And also responsible for the NIL lest we forget
It’s crazy that this was the national championship matchup. Both teams were literally on the verge of being eliminated in the second round of 32. Syracuse actually had Arkansas beaten if it wasn’t for a huge mental error calling timeout when they didn’t have one……And all Missouri had to do was keep UCLA from going the distance of the floor with 4 seconds to get a bucket. The fact that they both met in the National championship game was amazing.
And Arkansas had beaten Missouri by 50+ the prior season
One the all time great games
Shout out to George Zidek for the last hook shot ever taken in college basketball!
The 75 and 95 championships are my favorites.
Happy 25th Anniversary UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1995 National Champions #uclabruinsmensbasketball #ucla
I came today for the 25th anniversary too
@@benny4848 same
And still, to this day, one of my 5 best teams of the last thirty years - the others '90 UNLV, '92 Duke, '12 Kentucky, '06-'07 Florida!
@@bradlewis6514 I remember they would play UNLV basketball on ch 56 kdoc in so cal. Ross Porter was there announced
@@benny4848 Benny, they were the best college basketball team I've seen in the 40 years of watching the NCAA tournament! Started keeping up with March Madness in 1981 as a third-grader and the '90 Running Rebel edition could have transitioned as smoothly into today's era as they did 31 years ago! They ran my boys out of McNichols Arena in the final with a performance for the ages in all areas! The way Vegas played during that tournament run, they could have beaten anybody from any college basketball generation! They not only had the best frontcourt duo in the country with Augmon and Johnson, but the best backcourt as well with Hunt and Anthony! And then David Butler and Moses Scurry were sorely underrated in their roles! Butler could do a little of everything at the center position and Scurry brought the energy his teammates fed off of! I've been saying it since then that Butler and Scurry graduating had an immense impact on UNLV's depth that ultimately hurt their repeat effort at the end of the '91 season! We (Duke) took advantage of Vegas' lack of depth in beating them to avenge the '90 defeat!
Best Team won. Congratulations to the Bruins.
@ Benton JA- Thee Beast Team That Nite..
Arkansas played sloppy. Corliss Williamson was the only rebounder Arkansas had. UCLA had some size and height in the O'Bannon brothers that Arkansas couldnt handle. The Hogs also missed shots they shouldn't have missed throughout. Thurman was missing wide open threes and he didn't miss those often. Bottom line UCLA was too big and tall.
UCLA defense was swarming them all game and Arkansas had trouble all game long with the halfcourt trap
Those Arkansas teams from the mid 90’s were tough as hell!! Can’t believe UCLA pulled it off! Williamson had a bad game.
UCLA was the better team
This game was such an enigma. Arkansas was the first team in 27 years to win the national title and return all five starters. Up 12 to 5 and ready to go for the kill. Tyus Edney out. Word is Nolan Richardson put his team through their toughest practice of the season, the DAY BEFORE the game. Their legs were gone.
A whollllle lot happened in Seattle in 1995
Anybody know the song used at the start of this video when they're showing the highlights?
It was a fun night 🌃 to play basketball 🏀
Bill beating Georgetown in the mid 80s I think was the one the biggest upsets ever get was stacked and they said bill would have to shoot 80 percent to win impossible they shot 79 percent and still only won by 1 it was close I can't rem think about that 79 per and barely won gt was good
Villanova was only a 9 point underdog in the game and played 2 close games with Georgetown earlier in the season
E need to go back there and win it again
0:52 Arkansas repeats as Champions if that doesn't happen
I Concur..
Don't forget Lawrence Moten's timeout
Arkansas had caught so many lucky breaks to get tothis finals. Syracuse had them beat then a Syracuse player pulled a Chris Webber to force the game and overtime. They were lucky Memphis upset Purdue so they didn’t have to play a three seat in the second round and then Kansas got upset in the sweet 16 so they didn’t have to play the number one seat in the regional finals And then North Carolina Kentucky in the South region so they didn’t have to play Kentucky in the final four. As a Result UCLA totally smoked them in this game.
Arkansas was emotionally exhausted this night. So many big wins.
Go Hogs!!!
champion vs challenger
He took 5 steps 😂😂😂
1:21:14
AND ONNNNEEE!
look at this cheating 3 second call 42:13 and no I didnt care who won
For some reason I love o bannon celebration as time runs out combined with nantz call and the roar from the crowd
JD do you still do videos ?and do you have facebook