Here is an article I stumbled upon.  It is written by Billy Reed, who was the foremost C-J sports writer in the 60's- 80's....

I had no idea of the on-going connection between legendary U of L coach Peck Hickman and UCLA coach John Wooden...

It laid the foundation for both U of L's greatest--and also UCLA's.....

ck it out...,

http://billyreedsays.com/2010/06/08/u-of-ls-hickman-helped-ucla-get-wooden/