Bruin Shoe Drive For Haiti

From UCLA:

Donate shoes at the women’s basketball game Saturday or the gymnastics meet Sunday.

UCLA Athletics will be hosting a shoe drive at this weekend’s Women’s Basketball and Gymnastics home events. The shoe drive is in conjunction with Sport Chalet’s partnership with Soles 4 Souls, who have committed to providing 1 million pairs of shoes to aid in the recovery and building process in Haiti.

Bring your new or gently worn shoes to Pauley Pavilion at one or both of the following events this weekend:
Women’s Basketball Game – Saturday, January 30th at 2pm
Women’s Gymnastics Meet – Sunday, January 31st at 2pm

Shoe collection will take place from 1:00pm-2:00pm. All shoes collected will be sent to Soles 4 Souls for distribution in Haiti.

For information on Sport Chalet’s partnership with Soles 4 Souls, go to http://www.sportchalet.com/category/soles+4+souls+and+sport+chalet.do

To make a monetary donation to those in need, visit the Red Cross website at http://www.redcross.org

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Weekly Answers Pt. 8

1) If UCLA gets a couple more recruits , say Jefferson, Heimuli, Pullard, and maybe Owa, who out of the recruiting clsss making a big impact next season. And who do you expect to redshirt and greyshirt? Also who may enroll early? – Anonymous
In order of potential playing time: Jones, (Owa), James, (Heimuli), Olaniyan, Marsh, Barr, Jefferson. Too early to say who’ll redshirt and greyshirt. I’ve only heard about Wade Yandall enrolling early.

2) Honeycutt getting back into it + the zone defense…do you think we have a chance to make it to the big dance? OR is the NIT in our near future? – Anonymous
With the Pac-10 so bad and UCLA seemingly finding some rhythm, I’d put it an NCAA bid at 50/50.

3) Who do you like in the Superbowl? – Anonymous
Who do I like? New Orleans. Who will win? Indianapolis.

4) Jon, is there a likely chance that UCLA can Pick up any sc commits like they did last year with R. Carroll – Lifetime Bruin Fan
Not looking too good.

5) With us seemingly in good shape at OG (Baca returning starter, Williams returning starter, Taylor, Kia and Savage returning with previous starting experience) is there any talk of one of those guys moving to DT – maybe Savage since he has previous DL experience? – Mike H class of 90
With the addition of Cassius Marsh and the possible additions of Ricky Heimuli and Sealii Epenesa, I’d say no.

Weekly Answers, Pt. 7

1) Do you think UCLA will land Brandon Dunson, Trey Zeigler or Ray McCallum? – DK
One of the three, with Zeigler the best bet.

2) Who is this QB Clayton Tunney on the roster and where did him come from? – Anonymous
Don’t quite understand all the hoopla on him. He is a transfer from UC Davis who was on the roster almost all season as a scout quarterback. He has served an LDS mission and is 22 years old and from La Costa Canyon in San Diego.

3) What happened with Klay Thompson? Did he have an off day or did we do something right? – Anonymous
Both?

4) The zone seems to be a great thing for the bball team… Is it a function of a) the players we have, fitting them better, b) lack of zone in the Pac-10 with other teams less prepared (or maybe they can’t shoot), c) a real change in philosophy for Ben or d) a temporary fix for the inexperience of the team, with a eventual (gradual) replacement of Ben’s man-to-man over time? – Matt A

ZERO chance at replacing man-to-man, but certainly an option moving forward.

5) A follow up to Curious Guy’s question. The yelling guy never is on the band end of the court, so he can only distract shooters during one half, is this because ucla won’t let him switch because of some perception that its unfair to the other team? – loyolaxman
I just don’t think he wants to buy two tickets.

Weekly Answers, Pt. 6

1) Would I be too optimistic to think that Hasiak will be back on the team? – Ryan
Hasiak is still in limbo – we’re all kind of just waiting. I would lean toward optimism.

2) And on a recruiting note, do you believe that we will round out the class with Pullard, Jefferson, Heimuli, Marsh and possibly Dargan/Riley? – Ryan
No on Dargan and Riley.

3) Looks like Chase Stanback is doing alright with UNLV: 10 and 5. He didn’t look too good at UCLA, did one year make a difference? – anonymous
One year, yes, and his role is drastically increased. Everyone’s numbers go up in increased minutes.

4) Could USC run of success in recruiting be over, considering UCLA has chances with recruits that are no longer considering USC such as Cassius Marsh, and Ricky Heimuli? – Anonymous
I wouldn’t say it’s over, but UCLA certainly is not as far behind as it was a few years ago. Like I said a few weeks ago, USC still has Broadway and Park Place, but UCLA put hotels all around.

5) What is the difference between an official and unofficial visit? Are there certain things you are not allowed to do on an unofficial visit? – UCLAVES
Officials are paid for by the school, unofficials by the student. Here’s a good explanation I found: http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/11/04/the-truth-about-official-visits/

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