Joe Lunardi, who gets paid to monitor teams that might make the NCAA tournament, hasn’t been watching much UCLA basketball lately.
The only thing the ESPN analyst has seen was a few fans on social media telling him to keep an eye on the Bruins.
They’re finally within space telescope range of college basketball’s biggest stage.
“Light months, not light years away, I would say,” Lunardi, who predicts NCAA tournament brackets, told The Times on Wednesday.
Even with five consecutive wins, UCLA (13-11 overall, 8-5 Pac-12) isn’t on the fringes of qualifying for the tournament.