Page 6 April 4, 2013 Howland Out, Alford In for UCLA By Adam Serrao Since then, however, it has been nothing but landing top recruits, despite this year’s highly Alford recruited Kendall Williams away from The long-lasting tradition of winning seems disappointment for Howland and Bruin fans ranked class, had all but diminished. UCLA UCLA and to New Mexico. Williams later to be over in Westwood, at least for the time everywhere and for that reason, UCLA has has had at least 11 players transfer out of the went on to be the MWC player of the year. being. With their 86-63 loss to Minnesota chosen to go another route in the hiring of program in the last five seasons while several Steve Alford will bring something to UCLA in the first round of this year’s NCAA former New Mexico coach Steve Alford. others have chosen to leave school early for the that it hasn’t had in years. As the head coach, tournament, the UCLA Bruins finished a There is no doubt that a change needed year in which they not only failed to win the to take place for the UCLA basketball team. Pac-12 tournament against Oregon, but also Since the glory days of Howland’s tenure with “Connecting with players like Shabazz Muhammad failed to advance in March Madness, where the Bruins, UCLA has missed the NCAA should be no issue for Alford and the pressure of for all teams it truly means the most. For that tournament completely in two of the three reason, Ben Howland not only completed his seasons before this year. The Bruins also winning is something that he can live up to. ” 10th season with UCLA, but also completed had a losing record in the 2009-2010 season his tenure as the head coach of the Bruins. and have won only two NCAA tournament Howland finished at UCLA with a career games since 2008. “As I looked at the entire NBA. This year’s top-ranked recruit, Shabazz he will develop a brand for the program that record of 233-107 with four conference titles program and where we were--especially headed Muhammad, failed to live up to expectations catches people’s eyes. Connecting with players in the past eight years and three consecutive into the next year, which is obviously where seemingly all season long, which illustrated like Shabazz Muhammad should be no issue Final Four appearances from 2006-2008. we need to look at this point in time--I felt yet another example of how Howland has for Alford and the pressure of winning is that now was the appropriate time to make seemingly lost touch with his players over something that he can live up to as he did in the decision to make a change and to get a the last four to five years. the small basketball town in New Mexico. fresh start,” explained UCLA athletic director Enter Steve Alford. Alford led New Mexico In addition to that, there is no denying that Dan Guerrero. That fresh start will be at the to a 29-6 record this past season while Alford wants to be in L.A. “You’re talking expense of Howland and to the benefit of acquiring the Mountain West conference about the premier basketball program in the Alford. After landing the nation’s second-ranked regular season and postseason tournament title. country,” Alford said in his introductory press SAVE% recruiting class, it was thought by many that Alford’s Lobos wound up losing to Harvard conference. “This is an opportunity that doesn’t* 20 get the program turned around. When all was but as a head coach, he has either won or put in place a program, with a high academiccome around every day. We’ve been able toin the first round of the NCAA tournament,this would be the year that Howland would said and done, however, UCLA failed once shared the Mountain West conference title grad rate, APR and championships.” Now all SEND again to make its mark amongst the elite four times in his six seasons at the school. that’s left is for the coach to assemble his team. BOUQUETS programs in the nation. Alford’s coaching career began at Southwest What Alford must do is recruit like all of FOR ANY and Washington State all complicated the then to New Mexico and now UCLA. “Steve bring a winning brand of basketball back tothe elite programs in the nation in order toMissouri State before he moved to Iowa andLosses to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, USC OCCASION situation for Howland, who was left with is the perfect fit for UCLA,” Guerrero said. UCLA. 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