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UCLA Basketball: The 25 Greatest Bruins of all time

By Mike Regalado

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 21: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar waves to fans as he arrive to attend the UCLA Bruins and Arizona Wildcats college basketball game at Pauley Pavilion on January 21, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Abdul-Jabbar was honored at half-time after recently receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from President Barack Obama. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 21: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar waves to fans as he arrive to attend the UCLA Bruins and Arizona Wildcats college basketball game at Pauley Pavilion on January 21, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Abdul-Jabbar was honored at half-time after recently receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from President Barack Obama. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /
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19. Tyus Edney, G (1991-95)

Why Edney is on this list:

Aside from being one of the shorter UCLA basketball players on this list, he went above and beyond. He is best known for a memorable incident in the 1995 NCAA Tournament.

With 4.8 seconds left and his Bruins trailing 74-73, Edney went the length of the court in the second round game to make the game-winning layup and give the Bruins the win. It is one of the more memorable moments in not just UCLA history, but NCAA Tournament history. If it was not for his heroics, UCLA would not have captured their 11th National Championship and their first since John Wooden’s last in 1975.

But that is just one of his incredible feats in one of the most memorable careers in UCLA lore. He was a two-time Pac-10 champion and a three-time All-Pac-10 member.

UCLA Career Stats

  • FG%: .481
  • 3FG%: .383
  • FT%: .805
  • Rebs/gm: 3.0
  • Total Rebs: 379
  • Assists/gm: 5.2
  • Total Ast: 379
  • Pts/gm: 12.1
  • Total Pts: 1515

Key Accomplishments

  • NCAA Championships: 1995
  • Pac-10 Champs: 1992, 1995
  • All-Pac-10: 1993, 1994, 1995
  • UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame Member: 2009
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: 1995

After UCLA, he was taken 47th overall (2nd round) in the 1995 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings which started his 15-year professional career. In 2010, former UCLA coach Ben Howland hired him as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations where he remained until 2017 when Steve Alford made him an assistant coach on the current UCLA squad.