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Could moving Eric Dailey Jr. to small forward help UCLA take a giant leap?

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April 24, 2025 4:30 AM PT

UCLA’s basketball team might downshift its lineup in an attempt to hasten success.

Eric Dailey Jr. said Wednesday that the plan next season was for him to move to small forward, which would presumably entail Tyler Bilodeau switching to power forward to take Dailey’s vacated spot.

“It’s my natural position,” Dailey said after a name, image and likeness event at the student store on campus. “We kind of played a little small-ball with Tyler at the five last year and with our new recruits coming in, we’ve got more size at the forward and power forward positions.