The LOS ANGELES TIMES reports this morning that frosh center and muse for aged sportswriters Kevin Love has told UCLA coach Ben Howland he will enter the NBA draft. Also, Darren Collison has done the same. Both will supposedly announce their intentions after a Wednesday afternoon UCLA press conference led by Howland.
(UCLA players, please exit in a calm and orderly fashion
before Yul Brynner gets here)
UCLA’s Kevin Love played to the crowd at the Bruin’s open practice Friday by attempting about a dozen full-court chest pass shots and hitting more than a few with apparent ease. That’s gotta work its way into the playbook, right?
CBS had footage of Love’s long-distance prowess during practice last week, but the angle in this video better conveys the ridiculous distance, as well as the appropriate stupefaction of the assembled fans.
It’s been a good year for all the No. 1 seeds, who automatically wear white jerseys as the higher seed in each game, but perhaps a banner year for Caucasian post players.
When the NCAA regional finals began last night, all four of the No. 1 seeds were still alive. And all the other games to date pale in comparison to the two performances in last night’s action.
Yesterday at UCLA’s press conference in Phoenix, a reporter asked Love about the incident, and the subsequent punishment by the parents. And for once, we didn’t get a boring, pat answer from a high profile student-athlete. Read more…
