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1967–68 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Santa Clara	11	–	1	.917	22	–	4	.846
Loyola Marymount	10	–	2	.833	19	–	6	.760
San Francisco	8	–	4	.667	16	–	10	.615
San Jose State		–		–	13	–	12	.520
Pacific	5	–	7	.417	17	–	9	.654
UC Santa Barbara	3	–	9	.250	9	–	17	.346
Saint Mary's	3	–	9	.250	4	–	20	.167
Pepperdine	2	–	10	.167	9	–	17	.346

Rankings from AP poll

The 1967–68 Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team represented Santa Clara University as a member of the West Coast Athletic Conference during the 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. They finished the season with a 22–4 record (11–1 WCAC) and made the NCAA tournament, reaching the Elite Eight before falling to mighty UCLA. They were led by second-year head coach Dick Garibaldi.

Roster

1967–68 Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	Bud Ogden	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr	San Luis Obispo, California
F	Ralph Ogden	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So	San Luis Obispo, California
C	Dennis Awtrey	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So

Head coach

Dick Garibaldi

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Dec 4, 1967*	San Francisco State	W 106–54	1–0	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
Dec 4, 1967*	Creighton	W 92–80	2–0	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
Dec 15, 1967*	vs. Loyola–Chicago Cable Car Classic	W 91–88	3–0	San Francisco Civic Auditorium San Francisco, California
Dec 16, 1967*	vs. Western Kentucky Cable Car Classic	W 75–68	4–0	San Francisco Civic Auditorium San Francisco, California
Dec 18, 1967*	at Nevada	W 80–75	5–0	Virginia Street Gymnasium Reno, Nevada
Dec 22, 1967*	at Brigham Young	W 80–75	6–0	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, Utah
Dec 23, 1967*	at Brigham Young	L 46–91	6–1	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, Utah
Dec 27, 1967*	vs. NYU Hurricane Classic	L 88–93	6–2	Miami Beach Exhibition Hall Miami, Florida
Dec 28, 1967*	vs. Dartmouth Hurricane Classic	W 77–69	7–2	Miami Beach Exhibition Hall Miami, Florida
Jan 6, 1968	at San Francisco	L 68–70	7–3 (0–1)	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
Jan 12, 1968	at Pepperdine	W 102–80	8–3 (1–1)	Campus Gym Malibu, California
Jan 13, 1968	at Loyola Marymount	W 75–71	9–3 (2–1)	Loyola Memorial Gymnasium Los Angeles, California
Jan 20, 1968	at UC Santa Barbara	W 85–74	10–3 (3–1)	Rob Gym Santa Barbara, California
Jan 24, 1968	at San Jose State	W 82–64	11–3	Spartan Gym San Jose, California
Feb 2, 1968	UC Santa Barbara	W 85–72	12–3 (4–1)	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
Feb 3, 1968*	Cal State Hayward	W 97–74	13–3	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
Feb 9, 1968	at Pacific	W 98–83	14–3 (5–1)	Pacific Pavilion Stockton, California
Feb 10, 1968	at Saint Mary's	W 107–78	15–3 (6–1)	Madigan Gym Moraga, California
Feb 17, 1968	San Francisco	W 70–60	16–3 (7–1)	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
Feb 24, 1968	at San Jose State	W 86–66	17–3	Spartan Gym San Jose, California
Mar 1, 1968*	Saint Mary's	W 72–56	18–3 (8–1)	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
Mar 2, 1968	Pacific	W 72–68	19–3 (9–1)	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
Mar 8, 1968	Pepperdine	W 94–66	20–3 (10–1)	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
Mar 9, 1968	Loyola Marymount	W 77–62	21–3 (11–1)	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1968*	vs. No. 6 New Mexico Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 86–73	22–3	University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar 16, 1968*	vs. No. 2 UCLA Regional Final – Elite Eight	L 66–87^[1]	22–4	University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Rankings

References

^ "UCLA Wins Far West Crown". El Paso Times. March 17, 1968. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2018-19 Santa Clara Men's Basketball History and Records" (PDF). Santa Clara Athletics. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

[1] "UCLA Wins Far West Crown". El Paso Times. March 17, 1968. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "2018-19 Santa Clara Men's Basketball History and Records" (PDF). Santa Clara Athletics. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

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Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball
Venues	San Jose YMCA (1904–1927) Kezar Pavilion (1927–1951) Seifert Gymnasium (1935–1951) San Jose Civic Auditorium (1951–1975) Kaiser Permanente Arena (alternate; 2020–2021) Toso Pavilion / Leavey Center (1975–present)
Culture & lore	"Fight for Santa Clara" Radio: KSCU / KDOW
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

References

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