In Reply to: Yes, those are the questions and then some. posted by ej on June 03, 2025 at 11:05:33
"Other coaches appeared to be able to afford multi high level players."
We were able to afford multiple high level players. It's just that some of them were already at UCLA. It costs money to retain talent.
One of the reason we are getting ranked highly is we are bringing back 3 of our top 4 scorers. We are second in the league in returning starts.
Just look at Purdue. They retained 2 all-conference players. They didn't bring in much in the way of new players.
Next year, we will lose a lot to graduation, and we will be spending a lot more of our money in the portal.