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Darren Collison, Jrue Holiday, Josh Shipp and Alfred Aboya are gone, and with them went over 47 points per contest. Only one starter is back in the fold, as senior Nikola Dragovic brings back 9.4 ppg and a 6-9 frame to the frontcourt. So with all of the losses, how is Ben Howland going to get his Bruins in the NCAA Tournament. Well, while nine of the 12 scholarship players for the Bruins are sophomores and freshmen, there is plenty of young talent. Jerime Anderson replaces Collison at the point, and he played few minutes a year ago. But the 6-1 sophomore has great quickness and is fearless. Malcolm Lee is a young player who may emerge as the go-to guy offensively because of his explosiveness. Michael Roll is a three-point threat who can play both the shooting guard and small forward positions, but a sprained right ankle may slow him early on. UCLA seemed to do everything well last season in regard to scoring, scoring defense and rebounding. Expect these Bruins to start slow and finish strong.
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