UC Santa Barbara at UCLA Bruins Basketball Game Thread

The first real “test” of the Cronin era, and of Bruin fans, is tonight. The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos are a team with lesser talent but with more experience, both in upperclassman and in returning four starters. Then for those watching on TV, this is the first Bill Walton show of the Cronin era. Walton loves offense and UCLA. How will he be when the Bruins likely struggle to score at times during this game?

The first game showed that this was a team that would hustle and dive for loose balls. This is a team that is learning to play defense. But, can someone on this team play offense besides Tyger Campbell? Point guard Tyger played 38 minutes against Long Beach State and has led UCLA in scoring in both the exhibition game and first regular season game. Will Bill Walton be saying that Jules Bernard just “made one of the 10 greatest drives in history” as he tries to force his way into the paint for a turnover or miss? To put it charitably, how much of a work in progress will the offense be?

This game is going to be tough but it will be part of the process of the team adapting to having a new coach and learning that basketball is a full court game.

Listen to the Game Here on BN!

This season, we are proud to, again, have today’s audio feed for everyone who opts to use the TuneIn player embedded below. For optimum results, start the audio feed then pause your DVR and sync them up together. Today’s game is on Pac-12 Networks with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton. If you would prefer to listen to Josh Lewin and Tracy Murray call tonight’s game instead, you listen to tonight’s game online.

Just be sure to right-click on it so that you can open up another tab and have it going while you chat in the comments below..

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This is your UC Santa Barbara at UCLA Bruins game thread.


Go Bruins!!!