UCLA Men’s Basketball Dec. 28, 2002 Marc Dellins/Bill Bennett/310-206-8179 For Immediate Release UCLA HOSTS MICHIGAN SATURDAY (DEC. 28) IN PAULEY PAVILION, IN PAC-10/BIG 10 NONCONFERENCE MATCHUP, TELEVISED BY CBS; BRUINS OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY JAN. 2 AT WASHINGTON, JAN 4 AT WASHINGTON STATE The Bruins shot 38.7 (season-low, 29-57) from the UPCOMING GAME field, 33.3 (7-21) from three-point range and 83.3 (season- high, 5-6) from the foul line, with a game-high 45 rebounds SATURDAY, DEC. 28 – UCLA (2-4) v s . and a game-high 15 turnovers. MICHIGAN (4-6), 11 a.m. PT, Pauley Pavilion. KU shot 51.7 (30-58) from the field, 44.4 (8-18) from (TV – CBS, with Vern Lundquist/Billy Packer; three-point range and 67.9 (19-28) from the foul line, with Radio – Fox Sports AM 1150, with Chris 36 rebounds and 11 turnovers. The Jayhawks were led by Roberts/Don MacLean). Kirk Hinrich's 27 points. UCLA TENTATIVE STARTING LINEUP (2-4) UCLA-Michigan Series – Michigan recently forfeited No. Name Pos. Ht. C l . Ppg Rpg its 86-84 OT 1993 NCAA second round victory over 23 Andre Patterson F 6-7 So. 7.3 1.7 UCLA, so the Bruins lead the series 8-0 (an actual 7-1 24 Jason Kapono F 6-8 Sr. 16.7 7.3 UCLA on-the-court advantage). Michigan is 0-4 in Pauley. 43 T. J. Cummings C 6-10 Jr. 9.8 4.3 The Bruins defeated Michigan 91-80 to win the 1965 21 Cedric Bozeman G 6-6 So. 7.5 3.7 NCAA title (the Bruins' second NCAA championship). 34 Ray Young G 6-4 Sr. 9.2 4.3 Looking Ahead – The Bruins open 2003 Pac-10 play on Head Coach Steve Lavin – In his seventh season as Thursday, Jan. 2 at Washington ( 7 p.m.) and Saturday, Jan. Bruin head coach with a school and career mark of 137-63 4 at Washington State (4 p.m.). (200 games, 68.5) and 12th year on the UCLA staff (358 games, 263-95, 73.5). The Kansas contest was Lavin's 200th game as the Bruin head coach. MICHIGAN STARTING LINEUP (4-6) The 2001 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, Lavin and Duke's No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Ppg Rpg Mike Krzyzewski are the only current coaches who have 21 Bernard Robinson,Jr. F 6-6 Jr. 12.2 5.9 guided their teams to five NCAA "Sweet 16s" in the last 30 Lavell Blanchard F 6-7 Sr. 17.3 6.8 six seasons. 25 Graham Brown C 6-9 Fr. 6.0 5.3 Lavin entered 2002-03 as the 15th winningest active 2 Lester Abram G 6-6 Fr. 10.0 3.3 coach (minimum five years as a Div. I head coach/based on 4 Daniel Horton G 6-3 Fr. 13.6 2.8 percentage-69.6, 135-59 entering this season). In his Bruin head coaching career, Lavin is 1-0 vs. Head Coach Tommy Amaker – The former Duke Michigan. On March 15, 1998 in the second round of the standout and assistant coach is in his second season as the NCAA Tournament in Atlanta (South Region), No. 19 head coach at Michigan (last year, the Wolverines were 11- UCLA defeated No. 12 Michigan 85-82. 18). Before taking the Michigan job, Amaker was the head coach at Seton Hall (1998-01, 68-55). He was an assistant UCLA's Last Game – at Duke from 1989-97 and as a Blue Devil player (1984-87), at No. 19 Kansas 87, UCLA 70 – Before 16,300 at Amaker was one of the nation's top defensive college Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, KS on Dec 21, Kansas performers jumped out to a 48-25 halftime lead, withstood a late UCLA rally and defeated the Bruins 87-70. The Wolverines – After dropping its first six games, With 4:09 left to play, the Bruins cut the KU lead to Michigan has now won four contests in a row, last beating 11 points (75-64) on a layup by Andre Patterson. But in the Eastern Michigan 85-57 on Dec. 23 in Ann Arbor. final four minutes, KU outscored the Bruins 12-3. UCLA did outscore the Jayhawks in the second half (45-39). UCLA had three players in double figures – led by Dijon Thompson's 21 points off the bench, with five rebounds and assists and four steals; Jason Kapono's first season double-double (13 points and a career-high tying 13 rebounds) and in his first career start, 12 points from Patterson. PAULEYPAVILION/NONCONFERENCE BRUIN HEADLINES GAMES In non-conference games in Pauley NATIONAL RANKINGS Pavilion since 1989-90, UCLA is 77-10 (88.5, The Bruins in the preseason were No. 14 (AP) and No. 87 games). During Steve Lavin’s tenure (since 12 (USA Today/ESPN). In week one, UCLA was 15th in 1996-97), the Bruins are 34-8 (42 games, 81.0) AP; and in week two, the Bruins were No. 14 (AP/USA and in the remaining seven years of the 1990s, Today/ESPN; that was UCLA's last ranking). the Bruins were 43-2 (45 games, 95.6). UCLA’s 67-63 loss to Northern Arizona on Dec. UCLA PICKED THIRD IN CONFERENCE 17, 2002, 86-81 (OT) loss to USD on Nov. 26, 2002 (season home opener) and 85-78 loss to Pepperdine on Nov. POLL th In a poll of media members released Nov. 6 at Pac-10 Men's 28, 2001 (season home opener) in Pauley were just the 10 , Basketball Media Day in Los Angeles, the Bruins were ninth and eighth non-conference defeats the Bruins have picked to finish third (195 votes) in the 2003 Pac-10 suffered at home since the 1989-90 season. Other home Conference race, behind unanimous No. 1 choice Arizona nonleague losses were against – North Carolina, 80-70, (27 first place votes/270 votes) and second-place Oregon fifth home game of 2000-01 and CS Northridge, 78-74, (237). Behind Arizona, Oregon and UCLA were – fourth- season home opener of 2000-01; Gonzaga, 59-43, fourth place Arizona State (160), fifth-place California (154), game of 1999-2000 (the Bruins’ 20-game nonconference sixth-place USC (152); seventh-place Stanford (136); home winning streak was snapped by the loss to Gonzaga); eighth-place Washington (81); ninth-place Oregon State Kansas, 96-83, third game of 1996-97 and Tulsa, 77-76 OT, (71) and 10th-place Washington State (29). first game of 1996-97; Louisville, 78-76, 1995-96 and Duke, 75-65, 1991-92. PAC-10 LEADERS In 13 seasons, the Bruins in Pauley Pavilion have In this week's (Dec. 23) Pac-10 stats, here are been unbeaten in non-league games on seven occasions the Bruin team and individual leaders. (1998-99, 7-0; 1997-98, 6-0; 1994-95, 6-0; 1993-94, 6-0; Team (Top 3) – Scoring Off., 3rd, 78.8; FG%, 2nd, 1992-93, 8-0; 1990-91, 8-0 and 1989-90, 6-0). 46.6; Reb. Off., 2ndT, 40.5; Reb. Def., 3rd, 32.8; Reb. Margin, 3rd, +7.7; Asst., 3rd, 17.00; Off. 2002-03 UCLA SCHEDULE Reb., 3rd, 14.83. The Bruins' schedule features eight teams that were in last Individuals (Top 10) – Scoring – Dijon Thompson, season's NCAA Tournament ("Sweet 16" Duke, Final Four 6th, 17.0, Jason Kapono, 8th, 16.7; Rebounding – Kansas, USC, St. John's, "Sweet 16" Arizona, Stanford, Jason Kapono, 6th, 7.3; FG% - Dijon Thompson, 9th, California and "Elite Eight" Oregon), and one NIT 56.2; Asst. –Cedric Bozeman, 7th, 3.67; FT% - Jason participant (Arizona State). Kapono, 6th, 82.4; Steals – Dijon Thompson, 8thT, In 2001-02, UCLA's schedule was rated by Basketball 1.67; 3pt. FG% - Dijon Thompson, 8thT, 43.5; Times as the No. 3 strongest schedule in the U. S. (trailing Asst./TO Ratio – Cedric Bozeman, 7th, 1.57; Off. only No. 1 Arizona and No. 2 North Carolina) and the Pac- Rebs. – Jason Kapono, 5th, 3.17, Dijon Thompson, 9th, 10 Conference was ranked No. 1 in the nation (based on 2.67; Def. Rebs. – Jason Kapono, 8thT, 4.17. strength of schedule among member schools). THE WOODEN TRADITION BRUINS IN THE NBA UCLA's 84-73 loss to Duke was the Bruins' Entering the preseason, UCLA had 10 players on NBA first appearance in the third-annual Wooden rosters – Toby Bailey, New York Knicks (waived); Matt Tradition (2002 – Duke 84-UCLA 73, Purdue Barnes, Cleveland Cavaliers (waived, drafted by 86-Louisville 84; 2001-Purdue, Stanford, Fayetteville, NC in the NBDL); Baron Davis, New Missouri, Xavier; 2000-Purdue, Arizona, Notre Orleans Hornets; Dan Gadzuric, Milwaukee Bucks; Dame, Cincinnati). Darrick Martin, Denver Nuggets (waived); Jelani In the Wooden Classic, held at the Arrowhead Pond in McCoy, Toronto Raptors; Jerome Moiso, New Orleans Anaheim, No. 20 UCLA’s win over No. 16 Alabama, 79- Hornets; Reggie Miller,Indiana Pacers; Tracy Murray, 57, on Dec. 8, 2001, was UCLA’s fifth victory (in six Los Angeles Lakers and Earl Watson, Memphis games) at the Wooden Classic. Grizzlies. Steve Lavin is 3-1 in the Wooden Classic, beating Alabama (2001), New Mexico (1997) and Oklahoma State JASON KAPONO (1998) and losing to Georgia Tech (2000). Is on the preseason lists for the Wooden and Naismith UCLA in the John R. Wooden Classic Awards, given annually to the nation's top player.