UCLA BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: COPPIN ST. GARNERS LITTLE INTEREST.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer As anticipation readied for Saturday's gridiron showdown between UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. at the Coliseum Coliseum: see Colosseum. , five members of the media, including both members of UCLA's radio broadcast team, showed up for Bruins basketball coach Ben Howland Ben Howland (born May 28, 1957 in Lebanon, Oregon) is an American college head coach of men's basketball. He has been the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles since 2003, and recently signed a contract extension through 2013. weekly news conference. And few fans are expected to show today when the 16th-ranked Bruins host winless Coppin State in another matchup of hopelessly mismatched teams, but the apathy toward the game isn't limited to outsiders. ``I don't schedule them, so you just got to play who you get,'' UCLA leading scorer Arron Afflalo Arron Agustin Afflalo (born October 15, 1985) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Detroit Pistons. He recently completed a three-year career at University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Ten Conference of the NCAA as the starting shooting said. ``It's tough getting yourself excited, but it's still college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
In three seasons, Howland, who oversees the schedule, has gone away from playing area local teams, and gotten away from marquee regular-season matchups that were long a staple of the program. A year ago, Afflalo opened his college career with games against Chicago State, Western Illinois, UC Irvine and Long Beach State. This season, Bruins fans get a chance to see non-conference, non-NIT games against Delaware State, Albany, Coppin State, Wagner and Sacramento State. Howland said the schedule is offset by playing Nevada in the Wooden Classic and a trip to Michigan, but the fans and players clearly seemed bored with the schedule. A scant 6,194 showed up for Tuesday's win against Albany. --Michael's Roll: Bruins freshman wing Michael Roll entered UCLA with the reputation as a shooter, but he's finding Howland's demand of playing strong defense to be the biggest adjustment. Roll, who is 8 for 22 from 3-point range, has been beaten off the dribble easily at times. ``I just need to stay in my stance,'' Roll said. ``Whenever someone tries to drive past me, I have a tendency to stand up, so I have to focus on that. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what it is, I just kind of do it.'' Brian Dohn, (818) 713-3607 brian.dohn(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: No. 16 UCLA vs. COPPIN ST. - Brian Dohn |
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