With the addition of Shareef O’Neal, the UCLA Basketball roster is set but in another way it has never been more in flux. In the Alford era, there has never been a team where so many starting positions have been up for grabs. Part of this is good news. This is without a doubt Alford’s deepest team. Steve Alford deserves credit for not only recruiting a top class but retaining very good players.
This freshman class would make a good and balanced team on its own. The ESPN recruiting page (which all quotes from this page come from) shows a team could finish in the top four in the PAC 12 by itself.