Replay: 25 Years Ago in Sports Illustrated

Edited by Richard Demak

April 13, 1992

UCLA sophomore Lew Alcindor bounded—and rebounded—onto the cover of our April 3, 1967, issue as the Bruins capped a 30-0 season with a 79-64 win over Dayton. Reflecting on the unpopularity of top dogs like UCLA, Bruin forward Kenny Heitz said, "I'm learning to understand these things. I used to root for all the underdogs myself. Now I'm a big fan of Green Bay and Muhammad Ali. See, I even call him by the right name. We all have to stick together."