University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA Among Four Teams in 2020 Paycom Wooden Legacy
November 26, 2019 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ UCLA will join a field of four basketball programs in the 2020 Paycom Wooden Legacy, to take place next season during the week of Thanksgiving at the Anaheim Convention Center, it was announced Tuesday.
Joining the Bruins in the four-team field next November will be Georgetown, Virginia and Kansas. This will mark UCLA's first appearance in the Wooden Legacy since the Bruins won the event in 2016.
UCLA had previously played in the event at the Anaheim Convention Center in 2009, when the three-day tournament was named the "76 Classic."
Three years ago, UCLA defeated Portland and Nebraska on consecutive days at Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 24-25, 2016) before recording a 74-67 win over Texas A&M in the championship contest of the Wooden Legacy at the Honda Center in Anaheim (Nov. 27, 2016).
The Bruins have gone 10-8 in the all-time series with Kansas, as these two programs last faced each other at the 2015 Maui Jim Maui Invitational.
UCLA has compiled a 2-1 all-time record against Georgetown. The Hoyas won the last showdown against the Bruins, securing the victory in Brooklyn at the 2012 Progressive Legends Classic.
UCLA won its only previous meeting against Virginia, taking down the Cavaliers on Nov. 26, 1990 by an 89-74 margin at the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage, Alaska.
