Not a fan

UCLA coach Ben Howland was asked if he like the mandatory open "practice" at the site before the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
"Not particularly,'' he said.
Why?
"Because it's really, when you have everybody scout each other, so you're not really going to (have) a real practice where you're going to work on any kind of strategic stuff,'' Howland said. "The other teams can scout you. It's only an hour long, so you can't really have a real practice. Bottom line, you get used to the facility, and that's always a minor thing in my opinion because (the baskets) are still 10 feet tall."