UCLA men’s basketball has a roster with several relatively unknown players but coach Mick Cronin believes his team has the potential to win a lot of basketball games this season.
UCLA’s Adem Bona blocks a shot by Oregon’s Rivaldo Soares during the first half of their Pac-12 Tournament semifinal on Friday night in Las Vegas. LOS ANGELES — The UCLA men’s basketball team was not voted as the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12. The Bruins were not ranked in the preseason“We have a chance,” Cronin said. “We have some guys with some real talent. We just have to get them experience.
“This year we don’t have those guys so I think my role is going to be big time this year on the team,” said Bona, who was named to the Karl Malone Award preseason watch list, as one of college basketball’s top 20 power forwards. “I have guys like Lazar on the team to support me, young guys like Mara, Berke , so it’s going to be a huge step up for me offensively and I think I’m ready to take the step.
Cronin explained there’s a glaring difference between this year’s team and last year’s 31-6 overall team, which won the Pac-12 regular season title last season for the first time since 2013, before advancing to the Sweet 16. “I can’t ask Dylan to be Tyger,” Cronin said. “I think Dylan has different strengths. I think I have to make sure I’m allowing him to be really good at what he’s good at, pressuring the ball, using his speed and quickness, and being able to create his own shot. He’s better off the dribble than Tyger.
Bona, who spent the summer rehabbing a left shoulder injury he suffered in the Pac-12 tournament in March, was UCLA’s only preseason first-team All-Pac-12 selection. He said he’s looking forward to playing in a two-big lineup alongside Aday Mara, a 7-foot-3 240-pound center from Spain who received a preseason all-conference honorable mention selection.
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