The third-ranked UCLA basketball team was rudely shoved into the NCAA tournament Friday night with a Pac-12 tournament exit one day too early and dozens of shots too short. “We didn’t play real well this tournament,’’ said UCLA Coach Steve Alford, an understatement the size of a $19.99 buffet. Please consider they were outhustled and outworked by an Arizona team that they bullied in Tucson a couple of weeks ago. Arizona, which has won the most Pac-12 tournament championships with a dozen titles, will now play Oregon on Saturday night in the tournament final. As the most important part of their search for their first title in 17 years begins, UCLA first needs to rediscover UCLA.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 11, 2017 07:49 UTC