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Some of the top names in the history of college basketball players such as Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Bill Walton, Ed O'Bannon, Sidney Wicks, Marques Johnson, Reggie Miller, Baron Davis, Ann Meyers, Denise Curry and Pete Maravich and coaches such as John Wooden, Dean Smith and Denny Crum have appeared in Pauley. Numerous star athletes in other sports have enhanced Pauley's reputation as perhaps the nation's most famous collegiate sporting facility. In addition, many world-class competitions, including the 1984 Olympic gymnastics and a historic table tennis match between the United States and China, entertainers such as Bob Dylan, Bob Hope, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavoratti, Bobby Brown, Eric Clapton, Guns and Roses and the Grateful Dead have graced the Pavilion.
Of UCLA's 58 Pauley Pavilion losses, 35 have been in conference action. UCLA's longest winning streak in Pauley Pavilion was 98 games, including 15 victories in 1970-71, 17 wins in 1971-72 and 1972-73, 16 wins in 1973-74 and 1974-75 and the first 17 victories of 1975-76 before ending on Feb. 21, 1976 when Oregon defeated UCLA, 65-45. In 1998-99 UCLA was 15-1 in Pauley, losing only to Stanford, 13-2 in 1997-98, 13-3 in 1996-97, 12-1 in 1995-96, 15-0 in 1994-95 and 14-1 in 1993-94. In the 1990s, UCLA's record in Pauley Pavilion is 138-17 (89.0).
During the 1995-96 school year, UCLA won its 16th NCAA men's volleyball championship (its ninth in Pauley Pavilion). In 1987-88, Pauley was the site of the men's NCAA Basketball West Regional first and second rounds. In 1986-87, the Pavilion served as the site of the inaugural Pacific-10 Conference Post Season Tournament. Other 1986-87 highlights included the Bruin men's gymnastics team winning its second NCAA team championship in the Pavilion and the UCLA men's volleyball team winning its 12th NCAA title. The Pavilion was the site of three NCAA championship events in 1984-85 Men's and Women's Volleyball finals and Women's Basketball regionals. During the 1983-84 school year, Pauley served as the site of five NCAA events Men's and Women's Gymnastics championships, Men's Basketball regionals, Women's Basketball Final Four and Men's Volleyball championships. The Pavilion also is used for intramural sports and Fine Arts events throughout the school year.
Overall, the Pavilion has been the site of three NCAA first and second round men's basketball playoffs (1979, ?81 and ?88), five NCAA men's basketball West Regionals (1966-69-73-76-84), one NCAA women's basketball Final Four (1984) and two West Regionals (1985 and ?95), 10 NCAA men's volleyball championships (1970-71-75-77-79-84-85-87-89-93-96), two NCAA men's gymnastics championships (1984 and ?87), two NCAA women's gymnastics championships (1984 and ?98) and three NCAA women's volleyball championships (1981, ?84 and ?91). Pauley Pavilion was introduced to the University at the June 1965 Commencement exercises, at which time it was dedicated and named for Regent Edwin W. Pauley, the principal donor to the building fund.
Total cost of the Pavilion was provided as follows: $2,000,000 by the State, $1,000,000 by the student body and in excess of $2,000,000 by the alumni with $1,000,000 of the alumni contribution donated on a matching basis by Regent Pauley. In October of 1990, a highly-efficient lighting system was installed that doubled the lighting capability in the Pavilion. This past October, a state-of-the- art video scoreboard was installed in the multi-purpose facility.
Pauley contains 10,337 permanent upholstered seats and retractable bleachers for 2,482 spectators. The Pavilion has a basketball capacity of 12,819. The single-game attendance record of 13,478 was set on Feb. 23, 1997 (UCLA vs. Duke).
UCLA's Basketball Record in Pauley Pavilion Year Record 1965-66 11-0 1966-67 17-0 1967-68 12-0 1968-69 13-1 1969-70 15-1 1970-71 15-0 1971-72 17-0 1972-73 17-0 1973-74 16-0 1974-75 16-0 1975-76 19-1 1976-77 16-2 1977-78 17-1 1978-79 17-1 1979-80 12-4 1980-81 12-2 1981-82 14-1 1982-83 13-2 1983-84 13-4 1984-85 15-3 1985-86 13-4 1986-87 17-2 1987-88 11-6 1988-89 12-2 1989-90 13-2 1990-91 15-2 1991-92 14-2 1992-93 14-3 1993-94 14-1 1994-95 15-0 1995-96 12-1 1996-97 13-3 1997-98 13-2 1998-99 15-1 1999-00 12-4 35 Years 500-58
Pauley Pavilion Attendance Year Games Total Avg 1966 11 132,775 12,070 1967 17 212,567 12,504 1968 12 147,203 12,267 1969 14 174,992 12,499 1970 16 196,694 12,293 1971 15 187,473 12,498 1972 17 211,357 12,433 1973 17 212,750 12,515 1974 16 198,200 12,388 1975 16 198,142 12,384 1976 20 244,934 12,247 1977 18 201,180 11,177 1978 18 204,010 11,339 1979 18 212,042 11,780 1980 16 179,481 11,216 1981 14 162,017 11,573 1982 15 164,418 10,961 1983 15 162,760 10,850 1984 17 150,236 8,834 1985 18 152,934 8,496 1986 17 134,763 7,927 1987 *16 169,353 10,584 1988 17 133,534 7,855 1989 14 119,858 8,561 1990 15 143,010 9,534 1991 17 170,384 10,023 1992 16 177,003 11,063 1993 17 132,771 7,810 1994 15 163,531 10,902 1995 15 170,994 11,400 1996 13 154,331 11,872 1997 16 163,840 10,240 1998 15 161,089 10,739 1999 16 162,080 10,130 2000 16 151,047 9,440 Total 555 6,013,753 10,836 *Does not include three home games in the Pacific-10 Conference Post-Season Tournament.
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