UCLA wins!
Another very close game!
UCLA's defense finally got some stops in the final 5 minutes to get a small lead. Then a USC technical foul and an intentional foul allowed UCLA to hit a few extra free throws to pad the lead. But USC responded by hitting some threes to cut it back down and the final minute became a free throw shooting contest which UCLA hit enough to preserve the win.
Whew!
As a UCLA alum, I root for the Bruins but as an honest sports fan, I have to take my hat off to the job Tim Floyd is doing over at USC. Henry Bibby's volcanic temper and erratic coaching ran the program into a ditch and he was finally fired early in the 2004-2005 season. The team limped to the finish line with an assistant coach serving as an interim. Ironically, that assistant coach was a former assistant coach under Steve Lavin the UCLA coach who was ousted the year before Bibby was ousted at USC. Tim Floyd was hired at the beginning of the 2005-2006 season and he began the turnaround. USC made the NIT that year. Now, in the 2006-2007 campaign, Floyd has USC on the verge of an NCAA bid.
USC is playing tough defense and they got some 3-point shooters and athletes that can fly up and down the court on pogo sticks.
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