Steve Alford had not seen the red notebooks in a few decades but knew what was inside.
They were filled with notes taken by Murry Bartow from the 1980s, when Bartow was a graduate assistant at Indiana under coach Bobby Knight. The Hoosiers’ best shooter was a wiry guard named Steve Alford.
Bartow, 57, brought the notebooks with him to Westwood after Alford hired him as his newest assistant at UCLA, leading to what seemed like old times for the longtime friends.
Alford said the notes have sparked conversations about approaches and terminology the Bruins might want to consider.