What seniors Jaime Jaquez Jr., Tyger Campbell and David Singleton have meant to the team in restoring UCLA to prominence before regular-season finale.
“For these guys to have stayed back feeling that they’ve got some unfinished business and we’re going to try to get UCLA back into where it has been — a heralded program — I tip my hat to them.”The best illustration of how little the momentary Bruins resonate came during a recent home game when, who spent one season with the team on the way to the NBA, was greeted with awkward silence when shown on the Pauley Pavilion videoboard.
Contrast that with the cheers and tears that are sure to flood the place Saturday. Jaquez couldn’t even get out of class earlier this week without another student asking to take a selfie with him.UCLA’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. dunks during the Bruins’ 79-61 win over Arizona State on Thursday night. Classmates aren’t the only ones who have savored the seniors’ ability to maximize their talents while elevating their team., the former Bruins forward who was described as the ideal player by Wooden when he went by Keith Wilkes on his way to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “All those guys, none of them complain, they put the team first, they want the team to win.”
As someone who attends the Bruins’ practices as well as games, Warren has become a purveyor of Jaquez’s “exquisite” footwork and Singleton’s commitment to extra shooting. Warren has developed a particularly tight bond with Campbell given their identical positions, height — both are 5 feet 11 — and Midwestern roots. Campbell’s inquisitiveness about the way Warren handled certain situations on the court has been among the many ways he’s impressed his predecessor.L.A.
“From my point of view,” Warren said, “he has lived up to and surpassed every expectation that I’ve put on him in my own mind, the way he runs the team as an extension of Mick on the court.”
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