Bear Down Wildcats

3* wing, Chris Smith, commits to UCLA. He was a 4* in the C/O 2018, but went back to his original class.

Belated thanks Mr. Bug for taking out Oregon . Impressive comeback win.

The entire clip that Jefe posted.

That's pretty brutal...poor girl. Hope she's ok.

Bangkok Wildcat wrote:That's pretty brutal...poor girl. Hope she's ok.

She was back on the court before the end of the game....

Merkin wrote:

That's just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

Pussification of sports

Safe spaces?

lol, Blurred Lines?

What kind of future leaders are we creating? This is ridiculous.....I'm especially pissed at having to feel sorry for the Bruin Mascot. Smh.

Surprised the ref allowed him there. Never seen a mascot literally under the hoop during FTs

Jefe wrote:Surprised the ref allowed him there. Never seen a mascot literally under the hoop during FTs

Now that is logical criticism I could understand..

Laughed my ass off when I saw that.

Still, think of the kids!!!

And, then we get guys in speedos prancing around as part of the curtain of distraction. Now that is obnoxious.

Merkin wrote:

For the record, apparently this student was never suspended or even disciplined in any way for this.

This team should do damage in the NCAA's, but I can't see them winning 3 games in three days in the P12T.

YoDeFoe wrote:...and he was 4-21 from three in his three games in Aussie (http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/ ... yptr=yahoo" target="_blank).

...and he shot 30% from three over his two years on the Adidas Nations circuit (http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Lon ... mary/59501" target="_blank).

He's a streaky volume shooter. I don't expect him to go 4-21 across every three game stretch and I don't expect him to go 4-7 over every two game stretch.

What I do expect is for him to come in as a low 30% three point shooter, just like his historical average. He went 3-4 against Pacific and now he's a good shooter? C'mon man.

Season isn't over yet, but he's shooting 41.4% from 3. Not sure what that tells us at this point.

TJ Leaf was taken off the court with an ankle injury. Didn't look very good

You won't need him for this weekend or really even next. Get him healthy for your FF run

Schlling said Leaf was playing at about 70% today. He didn't have much lift. No word on Lonzo. Aaron Holiday might have been the worst player on the court. Hands better be pretty good because Holiday can't run the team next year.

Really hoping we get a Friday game just to have a week to recover as much as possible, though the team we play shouldn't be much of a factor.

Chicat wrote:

It would be more of a surprise to me if Indiana is interested in him than he in Indiana.

SCCats wrote:

Chicat wrote:

It would be more of a surprise to me if Indiana is interested in him than he in Indiana.

I agree. I think he's going to utilize the possibility to squeeze UCLA to redo his contract.

Alford strikes me as kinda a dumb person.

Chicat wrote:

SCCats wrote:

Chicat wrote:

It would be more of a surprise to me if Indiana is interested in him than he in Indiana.

I agree. I think he's going to utilize the possibility to squeeze UCLA to redo his contract.

For a smaller buyout?

Chicat wrote:

One might say that this is only the latest time overlooking the word no has been an issue in Steve Alford's coaching career.

MrBug708 wrote:

Chicat wrote:

SCCats wrote:

Chicat wrote:

It would be more of a surprise to me if Indiana is interested in him than he in Indiana.

I agree. I think he's going to utilize the possibility to squeeze UCLA to redo his contract.

For a smaller buyout?

No...more years, higher buyout! UCLA for life for Alford.

Chicat wrote:

Showing a lot of poise.

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"That was 30 years ago," Alford said during a news conference at Golden 1 Center, where his third-seeded Bruins will play No. 14 seed Kent State on Friday night. "I was part of that. I stood on stage with a great group of guys and won a national championship. It's my home state. I played there. So obviously all that comes up.

"But I love UCLA. I love Los Angeles. You're talking about arguably the greatest brand anywhere on the planet. We've got things going at a very high level now, and we're very excited about it. And we're excited about being in this tournament and seeing what we can do."

Alford, who also has coached at Missouri State, Iowa and New Mexico, said it hasn't been his goal to coach Indiana one day.

"That's never been something I look at, whether it be that job or other jobs," he said. "My journey has taken me to places I had no idea [I'd be]. I've fallen in love with every spot."

Asked if he would entertain a call from Indiana at some point, Alford declined to comment.

"I don't want that to be what this is about," he said. "This is about us, and this is about what this group of guys is doing, and that's where my focus is."

MrBug708 wrote:"I don't want that to be what this is about," he said. "This is about us, and this is about what this group of guys is doing, and that's where my focus is."

You know what that last line could say?

"I have no interest in that job. I love UCLA and don't want to be anywhere else."

But it doesn't say anything even remotely like that, does it?

SCCats wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:"I don't want that to be what this is about," he said. "This is about us, and this is about what this group of guys is doing, and that's where my focus is."

You know what that last line could say?

"I have no interest in that job. I love UCLA and don't want to be anywhere else."

But it doesn't say anything even remotely like that, does it?

"My focus is on getting my kid a ton of shots but not so many that Lavar Ball strangles me in the parking lot."

Chicat wrote:

SCCats wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:"I don't want that to be what this is about," he said. "This is about us, and this is about what this group of guys is doing, and that's where my focus is."

You know what that last line could say?

"I have no interest in that job. I love UCLA and don't want to be anywhere else."

But it doesn't say anything even remotely like that, does it?

"My focus is on getting my kid a ton of shots but not so many that Lavar Ball strangles me in the parking lot."

On a similar note, any draft value Bryce might have had (see:none) was totally destroyed this year.

Sounds a lot like, "I meant no disrespect with that TO"

Chicat wrote:

SCCats wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:"I don't want that to be what this is about," he said. "This is about us, and this is about what this group of guys is doing, and that's where my focus is."

You know what that last line could say?

"I have no interest in that job. I love UCLA and don't want to be anywhere else."

But it doesn't say anything even remotely like that, does it?

"My focus is on getting my kid a ton of shots but not so many that Lavar Ball strangles me in the parking lot."

LMAO Chicat! What makes it so funny is that it could be so true.

Ike out with an ankle injury

MrBug708 wrote:Full quote
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"That was 30 years ago," Alford said during a news conference at Golden 1 Center, where his third-seeded Bruins will play No. 14 seed Kent State on Friday night. "I was part of that. I stood on stage with a great group of guys and won a national championship. It's my home state. I played there. So obviously all that comes up.

"But I love UCLA. I love Los Angeles. You're talking about arguably the greatest brand anywhere on the planet. We've got things going at a very high level now, and we're very excited about it. And we're excited about being in this tournament and seeing what we can do."

Alford, who also has coached at Missouri State, Iowa and New Mexico, said it hasn't been his goal to coach Indiana one day.

"That's never been something I look at, whether it be that job or other jobs," he said. "My journey has taken me to places I had no idea [I'd be]. I've fallen in love with every spot."

Asked if he would entertain a call from Indiana at some point, Alford declined to comment.

"I don't want that to be what this is about," he said. "This is about us, and this is about what this group of guys is doing, and that's where my focus is."

"I love UCLA."

"I've fallen in love with every spot (I've coached)."

He sure knows how to make a school feel special.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:Full quote
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"That was 30 years ago," Alford said during a news conference at Golden 1 Center, where his third-seeded Bruins will play No. 14 seed Kent State on Friday night. "I was part of that. I stood on stage with a great group of guys and won a national championship. It's my home state. I played there. So obviously all that comes up.

"But I love UCLA. I love Los Angeles. You're talking about arguably the greatest brand anywhere on the planet. We've got things going at a very high level now, and we're very excited about it. And we're excited about being in this tournament and seeing what we can do."

Alford, who also has coached at Missouri State, Iowa and New Mexico, said it hasn't been his goal to coach Indiana one day.

"That's never been something I look at, whether it be that job or other jobs," he said. "My journey has taken me to places I had no idea [I'd be]. I've fallen in love with every spot."

Asked if he would entertain a call from Indiana at some point, Alford declined to comment.

"I don't want that to be what this is about," he said. "This is about us, and this is about what this group of guys is doing, and that's where my focus is."

"I love UCLA."

"I've fallen in love with every spot (I've coached)."

He sure knows how to make a school feel special.

Sounds to me like Alford has been taking Charm School lessons from Toad Graham

I'm trying to root for UCLA vs Kent State BUT with major dbags like Alford and Lavar Ball I'm finding it really hard to do so.....anyone else have the same issue?

Ugh. So I was looking to make a play in Vegas for some $$$. Threw a nice chunk of change at UCLA -11 for the first half. They are up by like 18 with 5 minutes left to go. Then they stop rebounding and let Kent State rain 3's (not surprising). End up losing. I understand back the PAC, but I would not shed a tear if UCLA got bounced in their next game. Come to think of it, I am hoping that happens.

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I hage no idea if this is true, but...

Posted in the ball thread

I get the feeling that uCla is in trouble tomorrow...

I think it's far from a given that they win, especially with Ike, Lonzo, and Leaf all banged up.

Reading their board, their fans think that a) The PG play is a wash, b) If they can force Leaf to play inside, that's were he's least dangerous and c) They have more tournament experience

MrBug708 wrote:I think it's far from a given that they win, especially with Ike, Lonzo, and Leaf all banged up.

Reading their board, their fans think that a) The PG play is a wash, b) If they can force Leaf to play inside, that's were he's least dangerous and c) They have more tournament experience

I don't know much about Cinci, just that they have a coach and a program that likes to play tough and doesn't mind getting their hands dirty. The PG position is anything but a wash...

I have ucla advancing in my bracket, but that late game on Sunday coupled with a scrappy team and coach and versus Alford at the helm of a potent ucla offense that when struggling doesn't have a leg defensively to stand on...oh boy.

I think UCLA will win rather easily today

Alieberman wrote:I think UCLA will win rather easily today

I have that feeling. Now that they're defending, I think UCLA is going to be a tough out. You need to have played them to know how to play them.

If I were a UCLA fan, my concern would be how hard Lonzo will play with Lavar in his ear about moving on and focusing on the Association.

I'm not a UCLA fan, so I'm not worried about them at all.