The men's college basketball program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was founded in 1920 and is known competitively as the UCLA Bruins. The Bruins have won 11 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national championships, the most of any school.[1] UCLA players have been assigned jersey numbers ranging from 0 to 78 in the team's history.[2] The school no longer issues nine retired numbers in honor of 10 former players. To qualify, a player must have been a three-time consensus All-American, a consensus national player of the year, or been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The retired numbers are displayed in the rafters of the Bruins' home arena, Pauley Pavilion.[3] UCLA's legendary coach John Wooden generally opposed having numbers retired.
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- ^ "2011–12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). UCLA Athletic Department. 2011. pp. 116–118. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 20, 2022.
- ^ Hartman, Steve; Smith, Matt "Money" (2009). The Great Book of Los Angeles Sports Lists. Running Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0786748877. Retrieved May 22, 2012.