In Reply to: The frosh and the varsity were totally separated. posted by ej on November 12, 2026 at 09:55:26
Wooden had little to do with coaching the freshman team. He just watched their games from the stands. The freshmen practiced at one end of Pauley separated by a curtain from the main court where the varsity practiced. Gary Cunningham coached the freshmen team and they brought in Jay Carty who played at Oregon State and was pursuing a UCLA degree to help with Alcindor since the freshmen had no big men for him to practice against. Here is Carty's explanation of how he helped Lew perfect the skyhook.
Other than the Varsity-Freshmen game, there are some unverified reports of the varsity players playing against Alcindor, but they may not have been in formal scrimmages.