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Editor's Note: This month, ESPN Insider's college basketball and recruiting experts are teaming up to examine how 15 of the nation's best recruiting classes will fit in with their teams in the 2013-14 season. Today's featured program: UCLA. Check out...

For Insider's "Freshman Impact" series, Seth Greenberg and Dave Telep examine how UCLA's incoming freshmen and returning veterans will fit together in 2013-14.

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While it's a near certainty that Shabazz Muhammad will enter the NBA draft, the UCLA freshman has yet to make an announcement. New coach Steve Alford acknowledged he has not had any contact with Muhammad.

LOS ANGELES -- Hiring Steve Alford as UCLA basketball coach saved at least one Bruins player. Or, perhaps more accurately, firing Ben Howland did. UCLA guard Norman Powell said Tuesday he was staying at UCLA after considering transferring, and...

Kevin Pelton breaks down what the scouts and stats are saying about the NBA's top draft prospects.

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2013

LOS ANGELES -- Admit it: You didn't think Larry Drew II was going to be this good. It's OK, not very many people did. His track record at North Carolina gave very few indications that he'd turn into the single-season assist record holder at UCL...

LOS ANGELES -- It's only a few days before the NCAA tournament begins, and the UCLA Bruins, just like the 67 other teams in the field, are in scramble mode. Coaches across the country are scouring sources to get video on second-round opponents so ...

The Oregon Ducks won their first Pac-12 tournament championship since 2007 with a 78-69 victory over the UCLA Bruins on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. A quick breakdown: How it happened: UCLA (25-9) was within two point...

LAS VEGAS -- Tears trickled down Larry Drew II's cheeks as he walked through the long corridor leading to UCLA's locker room Friday. Eventually the Bruins point guard pulled his jersey over his face, shouted a profanity and began to sob. Trailing ...

The UCLA Bruins advanced to the Pac-12 Tournament final with a thrilling 66-64 semifinal victory over the Arizona Wildcats on Friday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. A quick breakdown: How it happened: Jordan Adams scored 15 of U...

LAS VEGAS -- Long before they were champions of the Pac-12, the UCLA Bruins were dogs. Or at least that was one popular description. Soft. Spoiled. Bums. Busts. Prima donnas. Ben Howland figures his players heard it all in November ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Pac-12 tournament this season is a crapshoot, so what better place to play it than in Las Vegas? The top-seeded UCLA Bruins (23-8) will join their conference counterparts in Sin City, where the wide-open conference tournament wi...

LOS ANGELES -- Add UCLA Bruins coach Ben Howland's voice to the growing faction saying that Bruins guard Jordan Adams was snubbed in voting for All-Pac 12 Conference honors. The results of the voting by conference coaches were released Monday, and...

The Pac-12 regular season comes to an end Saturday, so that means the conference's annual awards will be handed out early next week. Several UCLA Bruins will be in contention for all-conference honors and other awards. Here's one take on what will...

LOS ANGELES -- Things seems pretty well back to normal around Westwood these days. The UCLA Bruins have won four consecutive games, are ranked in the top 25 and sit tied with Oregon atop the Pac-12 standings. UCLA can clinch at least a share of th...