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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1608376, member: 289"] Please don't hijack my thread. But since you brought it up, I'll again explain that: - Sam Gilbert didn't become involved with the UCLA program until 1966-67, after Wododen had won two national titles and already recruited the Alcindor gang. And Gilbert didn't pay the players to come to UCLA. Instead, he introduced himself into their lives because he wanted to be their agent. He was not brought into the program by Wooden. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gilbert_(businessman)[/URL] - UCLA is not the only program in history to have boosters or to have those boosters do things the NCAA doesn't like. - His record in the Final Four, (excluding consolation games) was 20-2. The teams they were facing were not lacking in talent. Consequently we can assume that his strategies worked pretty well. Now let's go back to what the thread is about. Thank you. [/QUOTE]