E Stands for Elvin . . . And Excellence, 1969

[In January 1968, when UCLA played Houston University in the “Game of the Century,” members of the American Basketball Association (ABA) Board of Trustees gathered in a posh skybox just below the roof of the Houston Astrodome. “Just under heaven,” joked T.C. “Nick” Morrow, the oil tycoon and majority owner of the ABA’s Houston Mavericks who hosted this …