FOUR
By JoeBruin88. Filed in Sports and UCLA |Tags: basketball, Sports, UCLA
UCLA is going to the Final Four!
Photo Credit: Associated Press
It was pretty much the ugliest game I have ever seen, low scoring and poor foul shooting on the part of the Bruins. But in what has now become UCLA basketball trademark, their smothering defense shut Memphis down early on. UCLA led for almost the entire game except for the first few minutes of the game. Bruin defense allowed a little more than half of the points that Memphis scored on the Bruins early in the season. So much for the touting of Memphis’ athleticism and strength; the strategy of trying to run the Bruins into the ground backfired as UCLA was ahead early on by as much as 21-9. Superior defense by UCLA did not allow the transition scoring power of Memphis to make its presence known at all.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
BTW I decided that I will just watch the Final Four from home this time around. Too expensive to get tickets, all the flights are sold out, and I’m sure all the hotels are also sold out.
Saturday’s gloat: Thank goodness Texas lost. At least they won’t have the opportunity to win two national championships (football and basketball) in the same year.
Sunday, March 26th 2006 at 5:22 am
I’m glad UCLA has finally learned to play defense. I heard when Steve Lavin was coach they never ran defensive drills in practice, just offense. Their goal was just to out score the other team. Good thing the Bruins got their hands on Howland.