Well, just because I remembered Oregon winning that game, doesn't mean that it was a real historical fact! Thank God for the WWW. Clicked around and found that UO did win that game and guess who played for 10 seconds that night, Ernie Kent, the present Duck coach! From an article here: http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/gamecenter/recap/NCAAB_20070106_UCLA@OR
EUGENE, Ore. -- In 1974, Ernie Kent played for an Oregon team that upset No. 1 UCLA.Thirty-three years later, Kent sobbed when his Ducks again knocked off the top-ranked Bruins.
The Bruins had not opened 15-0 since 1972-73, when they went 30-0 and won the national championship.
The last time the Bruins visited McArthur Court as the nation's top-ranked team was Feb. 16, 1974. The Ducks stunned UCLA 56-51 in that game, earning the cover of Sports Illustrated. That upset also followed an Oregon loss to the Trojans.
Kent, then a shooting guard, played about 10 seconds in that game.
UCLA got revenge on ND later in the year by about 12-18 points but North Carolina won the NCAA Championship with UCLA third.
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