Eye on the prize

Here is the story I wrote in today's paper about players believing nothing less than a championship will make this a successful season, and the accompanying notebook. Jill Painter also wrote a few stories concerning UCLA, one being on Mississippi Valley State, and another on UCLA's potential second-round opponent.
And, finally, Tom Hoffarth wrote a piece about UCLA's student radio station being shut out of covering the tournament.
By the way, here's what UCLA guard Russell Westbrook had to say about why UCLA has a very good chance of winning it all.
“We have a lot of veterans, and they’ve done it before,’’ Westbrook said. “They know what it takes to go out and compete, and I think that’s very important.’’