Uclu DRUINS
GAME DAY
UCLA (2-4)
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STARTING LINEUP
Jerime Anderson, guard
Anderson is a walking turnover, with an atrocious 18-19 assist-to-turnover ratio, and if you take that aspect of his game away, he's still not terribly efficient at the point. As it likely will be for the most of the year, point guard will be the biggest positional advantage for the Jayhawks, unless Anderson and his team can pester Sherron Collins into an uncharacteristic game.
Anderson
Malcolm Lee, guard
Lee is the most prolific shooter on the Bruins roster, jacking up a team-high 72 shots. That's bad news bears, though, as he's only gotten 26 of them to rattle in. He leads the team in scoring with 13.2 points per game, but clearly isn't the most efficient player on the roster. With all his flaws though, Lee is a solid player that may be just trying to do too much in a down year for UCLA. He's a strong rebounder and also boasts a 22-9 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Lee
Michael Roll, guard
Despite spending most of his career playing off the bench, Roll can absolutely stroke it from outside, and has knocked down a three in his last five games. He's UCLA's most consistent player, and he has shown the
Roll
ability to catch fire. He scored 23 points in a losing effort against Long Beach State, and has hit threes in five of the Bruins' six games, including five in a victory against Pepperdine.
Nikola Dragovic forward
Dragovic will be tasked with stunting the exponential growth of Marcus Morris. Dragovic plays a bit of a similar game to Morris, in that he
can play both inside and outside. The Serbian has only knocked down 4-of-23 triples this year, but shot a very respectable 38 percent from beyond the arc last season.
Dragovic
James Keefe, forward
Keefe and Dragovic provide UCLA with a veteran presence inside. That's about all Keefe provides the Bruins with, though, as he averages just 3.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per
Keefe
game. Don't be surprised if he loses his job to surprising freshman Reeves Nelson in the upcoming weeks, but for the moment, it will be up to him to silence Cole Aldrich.
Tim Dwyer
will cheer if...
continue to dominate, Kansas has been a scare against Memphis, and Bill Self thing more than to see his team walk Pavilion with a convincing win. Sherron e Jayhawks have been playing like the college basketball, and have a chance to first victory in a true road game.
struggles. Aldrich made just two of ten in a victory against Oakland last week allenged by UCLA's big men. The junior a big game against a quality team tok on track.
y will weep if...
Prediction:
Kansas 84, UCLA 61
BRUINS ROSTER
| No. | Name | Yr. | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1 | Mike Moser | Fr. | F | 6-8 | 195 | Portland, Ore. |
| 2 | Spencer Soo | Jr. | G | 5-8 | 160 | Fresno, Calif. |
| 3 | Malcolm Lee | So. | G | 6-4 | 191 | Moreno Valley, Cali |
| 4 | Tyler Trapani | So. | G | 6-0 | 180 | Simi Valley, Cali. |
| 5 | Jerime Anderson | So. | G | 6-2 | 174 | Anaheim, Calif. |
| 10 | Mustafa Abdul-Hamid | Jr. | G | 6-2 | 195 | St. Louis |
| 11 | Reeves Nelson | Fr. | F | 6-8 | 228 | Modesto, Calif. |
| 12 | Anthony Stover | Fr. | C | 6-10 | 225 | Pasadena, Calif. |
| 13 | James Keefe | Sr. | F | 6-8 | 235 | Rancho Santa Marga |
| 14 | Alex Schrempf | Fr. | F | 6-4 | 218 | Seattle |
| 15 | Blake Arnet | So. | G | 5-11 | 187 | Laguna Niguel, Cali |
| 20 | Michael Roll | Sr. | G | 6-5 | 200 | Aliso Viejo, Calif. |
| 21 | Brendan Lane | Fr. | F. | 6-9 | 205 | Rocklin, Calif. |
| 22 | J'mison Morgan | So. | C | 6-10 | 240 | Dallas |
| 23 | Tyler Honeycutt | Fr. | F | 6-7 | 178 | Los Angeles |
| 24 | Matt DeMarcus | So. | G | 6-2 | 185 | Solvang, Calif. |
| 41 | Nikola Dragović | Sr. | F | 6-9 | 225 | Belgrade, Serbia |
Hometown
Portland, Ore.
Fresno, Calif.
Moreno Valley, Calif.
Simi Valley, Calif.
Anaheim, Calif.
St. Louis
Modesto, Calif.
Pasadena, Calif.
Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Seattle
Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Rocklin, Calif.
Dallas
Los Angeles
Solvang, Calif.
Belgrade, Serbia
AT A GLANCE
At a glance, this is one of the best matchups in college basketball of the entire season, but if you look past the luster of two of the top eight winningest programs — Kansas is third, UCLA is eighth — in college basketball history matching up, you realize it had news for the Bruins. They've had four questionable (at best, inexecutable at worst) losses this year including a 27-point trumping from the hands of the surprising Portland Pilots and, in their last game, an 11-point loss to 4-3 Long Beach State. With the transfer of starting center Drew Gordon leaf six games into the season, the Bruins could be in serious trouble. They won't have an answer for Cole Aldrich, and their guard play hasn't been near Jayhawk's level.
PLAYER TO WATCH Junior forward Nikola Dragovic Dragovic will likely get the start in place of Drew Cornwell.
and rebounding off the bench in their loss to No. 12 Butler. He'll have to improve on his shooting, though — he knocking down just 25 percent of his shots.
QUESTION MARKS
What will the Bruins do without Drew Gordon?
Gordon, who announced his intention to transfer after the Long Beach State loss? Serbian senior Nikola Dragovic is the likely quick fix answer, but freshman Reeves Nelson and Brendan Lane have been playing inspired basketball recently, and one of the two would be the better long-term fix. Nelson has so far been better in game situations, but Lane was the more highly touted recruit and has a better outside stroke. The fourth option is J'mison Morgan, who was the fourth rated center in the class of 2008, but has failed to live up to his considerable hype. He logged a season-high seven minutes of action in the loss to Long Beach State.
HEAR YE, HEAR YE
"We're playing two of the best teams in the country over the next two games. This is probably the hardest schedule we've had since I've been the coach at UCLA."
UCLA coach Ben Howland, on hosting Kansas and Mississippi State in their next two ommes
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE WAVE DECEMBER 4,2009