Expect to see a lot of nostalgic hype this weekend for the 50th anniversary of one of the most significant college basketball games ever played.
But is the 1968 UCLA-Houston game really the “Game of the Century”?
I don’t think so. But it was a memorable event.
The two undefeated teams – each led by a future NBA Hall of Famer -- met in the Houston Astrodome on Jan. 20, 1968. The game was played before a record (for the time) crowd of 52,693. It was the first regular season game to be nationally televised – shown on a syndicated network of 122 stations that was put together by Eddie Einhorn.