First-round notes
Here's a few notes from UCLA's 70-29 opening round win against Mississippi Valley State:
*UCLA's 13 blocks equaled the most in a first- or second-round NCAA Tournament game, and was one shy of Kentucky's 1998 record, set in the regional final.
*UCLA's 41-point win was the widest margin of victory in the NCAAs since beating Wyoming 109-60 in 1967.
*The 29 points equaled the fifth fewest in NCAA Tournament play, and was the lowest in the shot clock era. It is the lowest total since Baylor scored 29 in a 1946 loss to Oklahoma State.
*MVSU's 19.7 percent field goal percentage was the fifth lowest in NCAA Tournament history, and lowest since North Carolina State shot 19.5 percent in a third round game against Baylor in 1950.
About Inside UCLA
This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
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