In 1971, Milwaukee's Lew Alcindor is named NBA Most Valuable Player for the first of his record-breaking six times. See more sports moments from this date:
1965 — St. John's sends Joe Lapchick out a winner, as the Redmen beat Villanova 55-51 to win their fifth National Invitation Tournament championship.
Coach Joe Lapchick of St. John's holds up basketball net presented to him as a souvenir by his players at Madison Square Garden in New York on March 20, 1965. Lapchick guided his team to a 55-51 victory over Villanova, winning for St. John's its fourth National Invitation Tournament Championship. 1965 — Bill Bradley scores 58 points to lead Princeton to a 118-82 rout of Wichita State in the NCAA third-place game. UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 to win its second National championship.
Princeton’s head coach Bill Van Breda Kolff, right, and Bill Bradley, left, as they watch their team lose to Michigan 93-76 in the semi-finals of the National Collegiate Basketball Championships in Portland, Oregon on March 20, 1965. 1965: Gail Goodrich's 42 points lead UCLA to victory over Michigan in NCAA basketball championship
1965 — Gail Goodrich's 42 points lead UCLA to a 91-80 victory over Michigan in the NCAA basketball championship.1971 — Milwaukee's Lew Alcindor is named NBA Most Valuable Player for the first of his record-breaking six times. Alcindor averaged 31.7 points and 16 rebounds per game.1976 — Boston's John Havlicek becomes the first NBA player to score more than 1,000 points per season for 14 consecutive years.
Celtics John Havlicek, sidelined since March 3 with a left knee injury, returns to the Boston Celtics line-up against the Kansas City Kings at the Boston Garden, March 19, 1976. In first period action Havlicek shoots a basket over the head of Scott Walker of the Kings. 1988 — Mike Tyson knocks out Tony Tubbs in the second round to retain his world heavyweight title in Tokyo.
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