UCLA Basketball: Bruins ready to take it all this year
If it seems like I've covered just about everything it's, well, because I just about have.
I covered the Bruins' last season. UCLA seemingly had the inside presence it lacked for so long, only to get blown out by Memphis in the Final Four.
Gone to the NBA are Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute.
But the Bruins still have a lot of talent on the team, led by seniors Darren Collison and Josh Shipp.
UCLA is ranked No. 4 in the nation largely in part because of its top-ranked recruiting core of freshman, led by Jrue Holiday.
The Bruins open the exhibition season tonight at 7:30 against Cal Baptist. The season-opener for UCLA is Nov. 12 against Prairie View A&M.
Losing Kevin Love is huge. There's really nobody on the Bruins roster who is ready to take over at center but freshman Drew Gordon (6'8, 235) and J'Mison Morgan (6'10, 248) will be battling for playing time behind the senior Alfred Aboya.
Without a dominating inside presence, UCLA will be forced to shoot from the perimeter more, so lets hope James Keefe and Michael Roll are ready to go.
The Bruins are predicted to finish No. 1 in the Pac-10 for the fourth straight season.
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Melendez worked as a correspondent for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune for three years and later landed a job as a freelance writer at the Los Angeles Times before accepting an offer at The Orange County Register covering high schools. Melendez covered Major League Soccer at The Register for three years before being promoted to report on the Lakers, Angels and Dodgers for the Web. Melendez also worked for the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Fresno Bee, Oakland Tribune and The Boston Globe. E-mail opinions, suggestions and tips to miguel.melendez@sgvn.com. |
outstanding!
GO BRUINS!!! Thanks for the love Miguel
Getting better with the pics Miguel, but go back and look at Fred's tailgate picture.