California Halts West Virginia At Louisville, Kentucky, the national collegiate basketball title goes to a Pacific Coast Conference team for the first time since 1942. Fighting off a spine-tingling late challenge- California defeats West Virginia in a thriller-diller witnessed by a crowd of 18,498. Female cheerleaders in longish skirts do routine with pom pons (pom poms). Game highlights. Intense young man (spectator) shouts from sidelines. Goal tending. Fans cheer, clap, many are rather excited. Scoreboard: W. Virginia 70, California 71.