The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of UCLA Basketball

The UCLA Bruins have played a very up-and-down season this year. Here is something that they are doing right and things they are doing wrong. There are plenty of things to discuss since the last edition of the article. Looking ahead, the Bruins need to get ready for their conference stretch coming up soon, meaning they need to zero in on both of the critiques in this article. Tyler Bilodeau has been amazing this season and has quickly emerged as not only the Bruins’ best player, but the best player in the entire Big Ten. This season, he is averaging 19.0 points and 5.1 rebounds while shooting a very good 54.8% from the field and 46.7% from the arc. In the Bruins’ last game against UC Riverside, Bilodeau put up a jaw-dropping 34 points as well as six rebounds, while shooting a very good 63.2% from the field. This is good news since this was the first full game where the Bruins had Bilodeau primarily playing the five. After back-to-back 15-plus point games from Donovan Dent , we figured he had turned a cornerRead More