Live discussion: How will the UCLA basketball team fare this year?
The Los Angeles Times, Sports Now "Sports News from LA and beyond"
October 15,
2012, 10:50
a.m.
College basketball season is on the hortizon, and
on today's sports Google+ Hangout, we will be talking with Times reporters David
Wharton and Baxter Holmes on the prospects for the UCLA
Bruins. The Hangout will start at 11:30 a.m.
As Chris Foster wrote last week, as UCLA began
practice for the season, "The elephant in the gym was the on-going NCAA
investigation into eligibility of freshmen Shabazz Muhammad and Kyle
Anderson.
Three times a UCLA official told the media, "We will not be speaking about the NCAA review or its impact on this team."
Yet, those are questions that won't go away.
Asked how to keep some of the uncertainties from disrupting the focus of the team, Coach Ben Howland said, "These kids, they're kids. They seem to stay very focused. There is always going to be adversity, there is always going be uncertainty. … You always have to deal with overcoming adversity as a player, as a team."
Muhammad, from Las Vegas Bishop Gorman High, and Anderson, from Fairview (N.J.) St. Anthony, have yet to be cleared for competition by the NCAA, though they are with the team. Under rules, both can participate in workouts for 45 days, after which they either have to be cleared or must stop working with the team.
The freshman class, which includes Tony Parker and Jordan Adams, toted high-end expectations to Westwood.
"We have to live up to those," Muhammad said.
Whether Muhammad and Anderson get a chance remains to be seen.
Three times a UCLA official told the media, "We will not be speaking about the NCAA review or its impact on this team."
Yet, those are questions that won't go away.
Asked how to keep some of the uncertainties from disrupting the focus of the team, Coach Ben Howland said, "These kids, they're kids. They seem to stay very focused. There is always going to be adversity, there is always going be uncertainty. … You always have to deal with overcoming adversity as a player, as a team."
Muhammad, from Las Vegas Bishop Gorman High, and Anderson, from Fairview (N.J.) St. Anthony, have yet to be cleared for competition by the NCAA, though they are with the team. Under rules, both can participate in workouts for 45 days, after which they either have to be cleared or must stop working with the team.
The freshman class, which includes Tony Parker and Jordan Adams, toted high-end expectations to Westwood.
"We have to live up to those," Muhammad said.
Whether Muhammad and Anderson get a chance remains to be seen.
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