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The inaugural season of the Pac-12 Conference kicked off Tuesday at the annual football media day. With the opening of football season came the release of the Pac-12 preseason media poll.
UCLA was picked to finish fifth out of six teams in the new South Division.
Juan Martin Del Potro is the only player not named Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic to win one of tennis’ Grand Slams in the last six years.
It’s not surprising to see Daniel Kosakowski, UCLA’s No. 1 singles player as a freshman last season, triumph on the courts of the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
He certainly felt at home as he advanced to his first-ever ATP main draw Monday.
While Tyler Honeycutt settled into his seat at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Thursday evening for the 2011 NBA draft, Malcolm Lee was at a movie theater across the country, choosing to keep his draft day draft-free.
The two Bruins who left UCLA early for the pros had vastly different experiences taking in the draft, but by Thursday night, both had found landing spots as second-round selections. Honeycutt was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 35th overall pick, while the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired the rights to Lee ““ taken just eight selections later ““ during the draft.
UCLA coach Ben Howland is fine with his players leaving early for the NBA, so long as they’re projected to go in the first round of the draft, where the team commitment is stronger and the money is guaranteed.
Tyler Honeycutt and Malcolm Lee added their names to a long list of Bruins to leave UCLA early, but on Thursday at the 2011 NBA draft in Newark, N.J., neither could find the landing spot in the first round many of their predecessors did.
Honeycutt was the first Bruin to be selected, going with the fifth pick in the second round, No. 35 overall, to the Sacramento Kings.
If there’s one thing that’s certain about mock drafts, it’s that there’s nothing certain about mock drafts.
That adage holds true when trying to gauge the stock of Tyler Honeycutt and Malcolm Lee, the two Bruins who elected to leave school early for the NBA Draft, which takes places tonight at 4:30 p.m.
UCLA men’s basketball coach Ben Howland formally hired Korey McCray as an assistant on Tuesday, finally filling out a coaching staff left with a void since April.
As documented earlier on Bruin Sights, McCray’s arrival in Westwood has been the subject of speculation for over a month. The hire, which comes two months after Scott Duncan left for Wyoming, is a bit unorthodox.
