Consistent on both ends, UCLA ranks 12th nationally in both adjusted offensive efficiency (116.3) and adjusted defensive efficiency (91.0). The Bruins are one of the nation’s best at taking care of the ball (13.3% turnover possession, 5th nationally) and rebound 31.7% of their misses (65th) to offset a 50.6 effective field goal percentage (147th). (Inside Carolina) Armando Bacot's Trinity Episcopal connections endure as he leads UNC back to the Sweet 16
Rick Hamlin’s grandfather graduated from Duke, his dad from Wake Forest, an ACC lineage Hamlin sustained attending Virginia. With those affiliations, Hamlin’s basketball preference often.