Plowing seeds
While many of UCLA's players and the coaching staff were, at the least, pleased to be a No. 1 seed, Bruins junior wing Josh Shipp had a different take.
"We don't pay attention to any of that,'' Shipp said. "It's playoff time. It doesn't matter who you're playing. Anybody can lose. If we're fortunate to get past this first game, we have to play our best basketball to prove we're a No. 1 seed.''
How many No. 1 seeds lost in the first round?
"None,'' Shipp said. "And we don't want to be the first."
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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