At Purdue, John Wooden was college basketball's best player. At UCLA, he was the best coach. The programs meet for the first ...
His family bought the building and Big John with it in 1970. Pratt said due to Big John’s age, the statue’s demise was not a ...
A statue of John Wooden as a player resides outside of Mackey Arena, while a statue of Wooden as a coach stands outside of UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. But the two storied basketball programs have ...