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UCLA fans have a lot on their psychological platters right now. Not only are they doing their best to forget the last four years of Ben Howland's tenure, they must also wrestle with what it means that a coach run out of Iowa in the same spring UCLA w...

"[Josh] Smith has a huge frame and remarkable agility for a player his size. He has long arms and possesses a Division I body already. Despite his youth he has an outstanding feel for the game. ... Though he's a bit overweight, he's quite bouncy a...

In the college basketball era of one-and-done, a program's fortunes -- and those of its coach -- can do a 180 quickly

UCLA's 2012 recruiting class has faced its share of issues thus far, from Shabazz Muhammad's ongoing eligibility questions to the practice-robbing injuries suffered by Kyle Anderson and Tony Parker. Which is why UCLA coach Ben Howland went out and go...

If you had to guess which school had produced the most draft picks in the past 10 years, how would you guess? North Carolina? Duke? Kentucky? UConn? Texas? Those would probably be my selections, if not necessarily in that order, and I -- as is so oft...

There was a time -- say, off and on throughout the past three years -- when it was commonplace to wonder if UCLA's recruiting power under coach Ben Howland was dwindling. The Bruins were struggling on the court. Even worse, they weren't landing top p...

The draft expectations of UCLA players appear to have come full circle. There was a period -- in many ways, it's still ongoing -- when UCLA coach Ben Howland was criticized by those in the recruiting world for not running an "NBA system." This was...