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Appreciating Bryce Alford and Isaac Hamilton

Dear Bryce and Isaac,

I cannot believe your regular season careers here at UCLA came to a close this past weekend. I have to imagine it’s been quite the ride for four years; it was for the Bruin faithful.

By the way, I’m not forgetting you, Jerrold Smith. Your story of determination and industriousness is fantastic and is indicative of UCLA basketball as a program.

After all, your paths to Westwood were not exactly straight lines. Whether you followed your father from New Mexico or decided to come back home and lose a year of eligibility after going to El Paso, there was always something that followed you here.