History and Records
WATCH: NC State Upsets UCLA in 1974 NCAA Tourney
We’re telling you right now…get some footage and alumni ready for this Holiday Bowl. Bill Walton is a wild dude and based on the west coast. We need Thompson awkwardly laughing as Walton eats a cupcake, candle and all, while big ol’ Burleson is talking about snapping the Bruins’ championship streak.
You also have to admit, broadcast highlights were way cooler back in the day. Jazz music? Nice tinted coloring? Just brilliant use of half speed replays? Put it in our veins.
Were we really underdogs? We were No. 1 and UCLA was No. 2 and playing in North Carolina?
Not a true upset…But State’s only loss that year was against those same Bruins, Walton was three-time defending National Player of the Year and UCLA had won seven straight national championships. If anything, maybe even odds?
It certainly marked the taking down of a Dynasty, so from a program perspective it was an upset, from a talent perspective no so much.
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