The Game Of The Century

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.

Allow me to set the stage.

UCLA had won national championships in 1964 (beating Duke in the finals), 1965…