The curious case of Joshua Smith and the team bus

UCLA coach Ben Howland’s disciplinary tactics were brought into question when Sports Illustrated published an expose claiming that Howland gave preferential treatment to his more valuable players.

Perhaps Howland was trying to set a new standard on Wednesday when he benched sophomore center Joshua Smith for the first half of the team’s opening round win over USC in the Pac-12 Tournament for being four minutes late to the team bus.