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With nine underclassmen on the roster, the UCLA basketball team is in the midst of a youth movement. Ben Howland previews the Bruins' season.
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" Because -- of the season here it was with arguably could be your young teams still are an early season growing pains expected. Well we're gonna have a young team we have nine underclassmen reached seniors. We that a number of injuries early in the process and if we're healthy and we have a chance of -- very good team a team that's gonna grow throughout the season because we're gonna play a lot of young players early. They're gonna -- growing pains no question about that but we're still expecting -- win. And that expectation. -- I'm I'm not only -- appears to be eight are perhaps in the making how good coach can he be. I'm Malcolm Lee will be an MBA player. It's not a matter if it's a matter of land. He's a great defense of players really takes great pride and Steve and he's unbelievable athlete very very quick feet he's long years for a ten wingspan. He's 65 guard he's worked very hard in the weight room and -- about a 19495. Pounds now. And he's really work at a skill level he's -- very good shooters. He's outstanding out dribbled onto the basket so. I'm hoping that your right and he is going to be a budding star but I think that is fair. And your other newcomers who expect to make some kind of immediate impact here. Well over the from our sophomore class you know drew Gordon's -- have a chance to play a lot performances here were expecting a lot of Jeremy Anderson. Now he's he's battling groin issue and so we've been very conservative. And you know he'll he'll be starting little behind because he's spent so much time in rehab is supposed to practice. Although those kids are gonna should play a lot force and then our freshman class regular freshman. I'm very excited about reach Nelson he is one of three Frontline players were bringing in. But has the body right now to compete right away because 235. Pounds and aggressive and explosive. We have two wings in my composure and Tyler honey that are also going to be expected. To play major minutes force here. And a are going to be good players are Mike's very good shooter Tyler's outstanding passer an athlete. And the key for them is that going to be able to defend their hand in the end you know be overstating the game we've got to have guys that don't. Breakdown the team defense from the command refreshment. You know along with the Brendan -- enhancing over for all fight that's really really a key union and they learning a lot of new things that are. Have been foreign to him until Holcomb and Kolb is a tough things are Rusch -- Miller. I would say that. Combination of both but there's no question -- I think the toughest thing for freshmen is understanding that intensity level you have to play with every -- practices they're expected to play. It's hard as they can on every possession. Like they do in every game. You've got to make your practice. The just like it is in the -- so that you're able to. -- when you do -- frenetic crowd lights from. Not a coach Montgomery about pac ten race -- this is the most wide open he ended his time what is your take on the race. Well you know he's the dean and the coaches and this is his twentieth year. In the conference. But I would say that cal Washington with all they return from very good teams a year ago. Appear to have the upper hand going in the season but I do agree remind that anything can happen. And there's very get parity when you looked at Morgan State for example -- they had. And as they have everyone returning very difficult style of play against. You know herb did a great job last year's our state gets into the tournament errors on our -- on Miller's going to be outstanding. It was going to be a number of teams and I I think that organs can be very hard to play against they've everywhere attorney had a tough year last year. But they played all freshman so you know they've got today a year now these kids are all come back was. I think to renewed sense of what it's all about so. It's going to be very tough here in practice on what's the -- expectations obviously always very Iowa what extent it was sociedad three final -- What would determine what it did here in your eyes. Well we usually I'd like to take quote John Wooden book and you know we. But back in our she's at the end of the year in -- way we played our potential that we did the very best that we can do. And if we do their very best that we can do I think it will be happy with the Angels."
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