Interim UCLA Bruins men’s basketball head coach Murry Bartow began his weekly presser yesterday stating that “Our guys are excited. We had tough last week finishing up the regular season but it’s kind of a new year starting now.” With the Pac-12 Tournament starting today, the question is: “Which team will show up?” Will it be the team that beat Oregon in overtime or the team that lost to Liberty by a mile? They will begin the tournament playing Stanford tonight, so anything can happen.
According to Bartow, they’ve got to “figure out a way to win that one game and how to survive.