UCLA has won 11 national championships in men's basketball. That's the most in the country and…read morethree more than the second-most (eight titles won by Kentucky). That's better than North Carolina, Duke, Indiana, UConn, Kansas, and Villanova.
Legendary coach John Wooden led the Bruins to 10 national championships in 12 years, starting with the 1963-64 season through the 1974-75 season. He won seven consecutive titles from 1967 to 1973, a feat that is unfathomable today. An incredible accomplishment and career. The "Wizard of Westwood" had an outstanding record of 664-162 (.804) at UCLA and he ended his career as a champion, retiring right after the 1975 national championship game.
UCLA's only other national championship came 20 years later in 1995. That team was coached by former UCLA assistant Jim Harrick. Less than two years after leading the Bruins to their last national championship victory, Harrick was fired after a cover-up of improper benefits to UCLA players. As a Georgia Tech alum and fan, I'm most familiar with Harrick from his time at Georgia. Harrick resigned from Georgia in 2003 amid NCAA violations.
The Bruins' current head coach, Mick Cronin, is off to a great start. In only his second season with the team, he already led UCLA to the Final Four. In fact, UCLA was an 11-seed and went from the First Four (one of the last four at-large teams to be selected for the NCAA tournament) to the Final Four this year (2021). UCLA was fun to watch in the tournament this year. They played an absolute classic against undefeated and top-seeded Gonzaga in the national semifinals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNH8zcxOEaU.
A sampling of UCLA's most famous former players include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Aaron Afflalo, Kyle Anderson, Trevor Ariza, Lonzo Ball, Don Barksdale, Baron Davis, Gail Goodrich, Jrue Holiday, Zach LaVine, Kevin Love, Reggie Miller, Kiki Vandeweghe, Bill Walton, and Russell Westbrook.
Originally opened in 1965, Pauley Pavilion serves as UCLA's home arena. With a seating capacity of 13,800, it's the third-largest basketball arena in the Pac-12 behind only Utah (15,000) and Arizona (14,655). For parking info including prices and a map, see https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/pauley-pavilion-los-angeles?select=bKR0h3uhBUJovLDyoiiv9Q. As of the 2021-22 season, outside of season ticket holders, day-of-game parking is available in Lots 4, 7, 8, and 9.