Happy Trails - Ucla Goes Quietly In Pac - 12 Tournament

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Arizona possesses your motivation in addition to advancements along with 66-58 victory.

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Photos: UCLA vs. Arizona

Despite a victory, it's not accurately happy pistes intended for Bruins

By Chris Foster Seniors Jerime Anderson and also Lazeric Jones, biceps draped about each one other, trudged returning for the locker room Thursday.

"We were being seeking to gaming system just about every other," Jones said.

Joshua Smith identified as one more all 5 weeks "a major disappointment."

Travis Wear appeared to be perplexed, saying, "It's difficult to point out just what taken place this particular season."

The talk appeared to be unnecessary. The emotionless way the Bruins lumbered over court following a 66-58 loss to Pac-12 Conference competition quarterfinals had been some sort of picture worthy of 1,000 words.

When ahead Solomon Hill (25 points) along with Jesse Perry (16 points) had been executed slicing as well as dicing UCLA into submission, it was that Wildcats (22-10) that have been planning to play within Friday's semifinals. The Bruins experienced a new night out along with self-evaluation.

Did the particular Sports Illustrated report reveal to a strong total flaw while in the program? Did your 300-pound Smith lack the particular hunger reduce weight?

No you could possibly be pinned down.

The most effective Jones could possibly present was, "I don't believe many clubs may have gotten through cures bought through in addition to remained at together."

The Bruins (19-14) were picked to acquire this conference. They didn't. They essential some sort of dramatic four-day operate this week to buy the NCAA tournament . They were stopped with Day 2.

"It had been going to become a great period to get us," Smith said. "All the nonsense encircling us, we all were ranked, along with at the moment the season might be over."

That is within that hands of the NIT committee.

"We're not about to snub your sinuses at playing while in the NIT," Coach Ben Howland said.

Postseason or perhaps not, some sort of postmortem appeared to be already with progress.

"I think for instance we have considerably excellent pieces here," Travis Wear said. "We did not show folks how good your staff were are."

Smith, in whose health provides been recently wondered almost all season, procured a number of blame.

"For my home to get little leaguer I desire to be, as well as player my personal teammates have me in order to be, I really need to perform that off-season," Smith said. "I was supposed to generate that will soar along with I didn't. That's all on me."

Anderson generalized, saying, "Every team possesses ups and downs. We're UCLA from time to time those downs acquire exaggerated."

Yet, now there seemed to be very little steering clear of the truth that your Bruins gone away some people means many people came into this months certainly not using a new bang, nonetheless some sort of whimper.

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