Published 3/30/2008
by Reggie Garcia
at Bleacher Report - College Basketball
Just recently I read an article on Yahoo! Sports saying UCLA is the new hated team in college basketball, upending Duke's long run. As Kevin Love stated "They're calling us the Duke of the west coast..". Its fair to hate a team that showboats, bad mouths coaches, MAKES distractions off the court, and acts like they have never "been there before" Unfortunately UCLA is none of those. When you think of UCLA, most people think of the great John Wooden, the countless national championships, and the overall success in really all sports. But to crown them the most hated is just unfair for UCLA fans and all of college basketball. At 35-3 and rolling over Xavier in what looks to be the most dominating performance in the tournament, most Bruins players have nothing but good sportsmanship and heart felt comments over there opponent, but with success comes people who want you to fail (Cal fans I know your reading this). Going back to Duke, during the ...
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