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Henry Tse's avatar

This group of Bruin players rise to the occasion when tournament time arrives, witnessed last year's mighty journey into the Final Four promised land. It will be a horrendous fight against UNC. But I am confident they will prevail and move on because they give their best when the best is called for.

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Henry Tse's avatar

They were tentative, not firing on all cylinders. I grant you that. Today's game builds up the momentum. You just wait and see.

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Hugo L. Ramirez Palma's avatar

At least today the ball went in the hoop a bit more often than Thursday. On Thursday, they shot the ball poorly. Today, they improved and they can gain confidence for FridayтАЩs game. The two games I watched UNC play, they looked extremely good. However, the last 10 minutes of regulation time for UNC they looked nervous and were barely able to hang on for OT. I know they were down a couple of starters but if UCLA can really pressure like Baylor did, then I think UCLA has a fair chance.

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paulieg896's avatar

What does a "bit more" mean? We shot 57% from the field! That's elite! I'm surprised there's this much negativity after an impressive win on both sides of the ball.

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Runfastandwin's avatar

Alford syndromeтАж

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Clio 98's avatar

By the way, let's not discount that we shot 57% from the field against a team that was ranked 12th in the NCAA in defensive efficiency going into the game per KenPom (and dropped them to 16th by our performance) - that is a pretty impressive offensive performance! To state the obvious, elite team defense and efficient if not flashy well-balanced offense can carry a team a long way - let's hope it carries over going to next weekend.

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ArmyBruin's avatar

Awful would have been a loss. See Kentucky, for example. Survive. Advance.

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Chenalex's avatar

Or from today, Wisconsin losing to an 11-seed. I thought all along that UCLAтАЩs body of work was better than WisconsinтАЩs, and NCAA did so too with their NET ranking and yet they gave Wisconsin a third seed. No surprise they lose to an 11-seed and fail to make it to the second weekend.

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fruithi's avatar

Slow ball is not in UCLA's wheel well. It's like ArmyBruin stated: "Awful would have been a loss. Survive. Advance". In this tournament you get no extra grading points on how you look or play. The only thing that matters is the final score. Go Bruins.

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Henry Tse's avatar

Precisely ! Whether you win ugly or you win beautifully. Winning is the only thing.

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