Up next: Texas
UCLA lost to Texas 63-61 last year at Pauley Pavilion and travels to Austin to play the Longhorns on Thursday. Saturday's win was a big confidence booster for the Bruins, especially on the defensive end, with such a big game on tap.
``We have a tough task coming up when we play at a top-five team in Texas,'' Ben Howland said. ``We have to continue to get better defensively. We need to have everyone get better defensively because we are going to need all of their contributions.''
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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