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Then why is it that the Ben Howland coached and recruited UCLA team sucks wind and is bracketed as 6th in the East and the non-Ben Howland Pittsburgh is ranked #1 overall and #1 in the East regional.
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Oh... it must be because it is harder to recruit to a school like UCLA with no name recognition that to Pitt. If only we had somewhere to take potential students and show them 10 or 11 National Championship banners hanging from the rafters. Maybe then Ben could recruit.
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But I guess until then we will have to be a runner up in the PAC 10 conference and lose our opening round to USC in the conference tourny. Anyone want to bet we beat VCU? Okay, we may sqweek by the Rams of VCU (home to the largest French Film Festival in America - Wikipedia is a cascade of useless info), but then we would have to play Villinova. In Philly.
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Updated: Although I will grant, UCLA does have its fair share of Alumni who are difficult to please. That can't make his job any easier.