Last night, the UCLA Bruins lost 83-72 to Arizona State Sun Devils in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12, but that is not the real story. In a very real sense the best reporting belongs to Ben Bolch of the LA Times who asks and answers the relevant questions:
The Bruins (17-16) decided they would not accept a bid to the NIT, which was unlikely anyway, preferring to shift the focus to finding their next coach and learning how much of their roster would come back next season.
I was not considering the NIT.