"We really wanted UCLA bad...."

The first and only time my Western Kentucky Hilltoppers made it to the final four was 1971, at the Astrodome in Houston, losing to Howard Porter and Villanova. Porter & 'Nova would then go on to lose to Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, Steve Patterson, Kenny Booker, Henry Bibby and UCLA. WKU's all-everything that season was Jim McDaniels, who said they wanted the Bruins. No, really. 37 years later, 'Topper eyes are still focusing on Westwood's Whiz Kids...