HONOLULU —
Unleashing NCAA tournament-level intensity in the first half, unranked UCLA showed that it could be an unexpected force in March.
Almost fully unraveling in the second half, the Bruins displayed how much work remains to get there.
After a wildly vacillating game against Marquette in which the Bruins’ 12-point lead became a seven-point deficit, they had the ball trailing by two with 21 seconds left. UCLA coach Mick Cronin called time out to set up a play. It was disrupted after the Golden Eagles tipped the ball out of bounds with 8.