Momentum may be hard to sustain for UCLA basketball program

UCLA's freshman superstar Zach LaVine flees Steve Alford's program.

This is UCLA's 10th trip to Steve-16 in last 20 years. We call this "Steve-16" around here because 5 of those trips came under Steve Lavin, who was a fraud posing as a "basketball head coach." Given that even a scrub like Lavin can routinely take UCLA 

Even before UCLA's season began, Steve Alford has insisted that he wants to schedule tough, marquee opponents going forward — something he had little control over his first season. “I've never been somebody that's hid 

Stanford, keep Dawkins forever.) Bruins should root on #68 Marvin Menzies, New Mexico State Coach, as he is a Bruin – even if he never played college or even high school basketball. He earned a degree in Econ at UCLA.

LaVine had said he was undecided following the Bruins' 79-68 loss to Florida on Thursday night. That follows Kyle Anderson Sr.'s comment three weeks ago that his son, sophomore point guard Kyle Anderson Jr., was "done" at UCLA and would declare for