On January 20, 1968 52,693 fans watched the Houston Cougars play the UCLA Bruins in a regular season basketball game at the Houston Astrodome.  At the time, it was the largest crowd to ever watch a basketball game.  The Cougars that night ended UCLA's 2-year winning streak and helped catapult the game of college basketball to national prominence.

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