If UCLA basketball head coach Steve Alford wants to prep his team for the post-season, playing good, solid competition in the non-conference season is the way to go.
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Next season, despite the non-conference schedule not yet being finalized, the Bruins will play some tough competition before Pac-12 play. UCLA begins a home-and-home series at Pauley Pavilion with Notre Dame, play the second half of a home-and-home at Cincinnati and will take on Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic in Chicago.
Things have been knocked up another notch as the Bruins have been invited to play in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational at the Orleans Arena on Thursday, November 22 (Thanksgiving Day) and Friday, November 23.