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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 2501056, member: 34"] First off, Dr. Dunkenstein was one of three posters I had on my ceiling as a kid- Dr. Dunkenstein, George "Iceman" Gervin in the silver sweats on his ice thrown, and of course, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka flying off the top rope. Back on topic,according to Wikipedia............ [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball#Post-Wooden_era"]UCLA Bruins men's basketball - Wikipedia[/URL] From 1975 to 1977, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Bartow']Gene Bartow[/URL] served as the head coach of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles']UCLA[/URL]. He guided them to a 52–9 record, including a berth in the 1976 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Four']Final Four[/URL]. He coached the 1977 College Player of the Year, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marques_Johnson']Marques Johnson[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cunningham']Gary Cunningham[/URL] became the head coach at UCLA in 1977. He coached two seasons, winning the Pacific-8 and Pacific-10 conference championships and leading UCLA to a #2 ranking in the final polls both seasons. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)']Larry Brown[/URL] then moved on to coach UCLA from 1979–1981, leading his freshman-dominated 1979–80 team to the NCAA title game before falling to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_men%27s_basketball']Louisville[/URL], 59–54. However, that runner-up finish was later vacated by the NCAA after two players were found to be ineligible. This was one of the few times a Final Four squad had its record vacated (Villanova had its runner-up finish vacated in 1971 because [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)']Howard Porter[/URL] had signed a pro contract).[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball#cite_note-19"][19][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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