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Major Highways The Game Of The Century Between The University Of Houston Cougars And The UCLA Bruins Took Place At The Astrodome On January 20 1968 Before A Crowd Of 52,963�the Record For The Largest Attendance Ever At A Basketball Game Until 2003 The First National Collegiate Athletic Association Regular Season Game Broadcast Nationwide In Prime Time The Game Of The Century Established College Basketball As A Sports Commodity On Television And Paved The Way For The Modern "March Madness" Television Coverage The Cougars Coached By Guy V Lewis Defeated Coach John Wooden's Bruins Led By Lew Alcindor 71-69 Behind A 39-point Scoring Effort From Elvin Hayes
. Houston's topography is further defined by a large number of creeks and ditches Overall this intricate system of waterways is essential to flood control; Houston is well known as one of the most flood-prone cities in the United States. Since the mid-20th century the United States Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the city and Harris County Flood Control District has channelized paved widened and deepened extensive sections of all of the five major bayous specified above with the notable exception of some parts of the Buffalo near Memorial the Buffalo Bayou watershed also features two flood control reservoirs Addicks Reservoir and Barker Reservoir which retain large amounts of water after extreme rainfall events. 137 Gene Wu Democratic 2013 Southwest Houston (including Sharpstown and Gulfton) Houston received the official nickname of "Space City" in 1967 because it is the location of NASA's Lyndon B Johnson Space Center Other nicknames often used by locals include "Bayou City" "Clutch City" "Crush City" "Magnolia City" "H-Town" and "Culinary Capital of the South".[citation needed].
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