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    Washington State head coach Ken Bone knows it will come from somewhere. "Ben Howland is a great coach and he also has a lot of good players ... Because so many great players have left the UCLA Bruins the last couple years, a lot of people think they're just not that strong. But when you've been in this business a few years, you see teams reload. UCLA is good and Ben Howland is good, and they'll continue to be strong." Following UCLA in the poll were Arizona, Oregon State, Oregon, Arizona State, Washington State, USC and Stanford. Full Article at L.A. Daily News
    Ben Howland is a great coach and he also has a lot of good players ... Because so many great players have left the UCLA Bruins the last couple years, a lot of people think they're just not that strong. But when you've been in this business a few years, you see teams reload. UCLA is good and Ben Howland is good, and they'll continue to be strong.
    SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UCLA picked third in Pac-10
  1. It's fluff in some cases ... If you go through the history of the preseason, many times it's one or two teams that you know are going to be strong, but the other eight shots are a crapshoot. No. 1, injuries happen. So many times, a team is derailed by an injury or injuries. That's something none of us c...
    Sean Miller – Sean Miller SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago
  2. One guy went down, and I was like, `Aw, damn ... Then two guys, three guys, four. But it might give some other guys an opportunity that otherwise might not get it. Maybe it's a silver lining. My freshman year, people said I wouldn't play much. But injuries happened and I played a pretty significant role...
    SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago
  3. We're UCLA, and every time we come out to play people want to take their best shot ... Those four letters represent a lot. Every night is a battle, and we enjoy the competition.
    SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago
  4. When teams are in transition, they're very vulnerable. When they're young, they're vulnerable ... They don't have any idea what it's like. We were itching for the top. We wanted to be the champions, and it happened.
    SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago

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