Let the tinkering begin.
Rotations need to be established and minutes divvied as UCLA coach Mick Cronin tweaks his plans in the wake of senior guard Chris Smith’s season-ending knee injury.
In the good-news department, the Bruins are deepest on the wing, where seven of their top nine players reside even after taking Smith out of the equation because of the anterior cruciate ligament tear he suffered in his left knee last week.
The biggest challenge might be finding more players that Cronin trusts to lower the workload for guards Jaime Jaquez Jr.