UCLA coach Steve Alford talked to the media after the Bruins’ 84-81 overtime loss to Monmouth to open the 2015-16 season.

“We obviously have a ton of work to do, because we’re not very good,” he said. Alford also called his team’s guard play “atrocious,” and said that UCLA needs to figure out how to get to “average” before even being good.

This marks the Bruins’ third loss in their last seven season openers. They fell to Cal State Fullerton, 68-65, in 2009, and to LMU, 69-58, in 2011. UCLA went on to finish out 14- and 19-win campaigns, respectively.