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UCLA Basketball: Stellar Recruiting Class Has Big Shoes to Fill

If losing freshman sensations Lonzo Ball, TJ Leaf, and Ike Anigbogu wasn’t enough, UCLA received another potential blow to its 2018 depth chart with the news that Aaron Holiday and Thomas Welsh would be declaring for the NBA Draft without hiring an agent.

Add in Bryce Alford and Isaac Hamilton, who have graduated and UCLA could potentially lose 98.3% of its scoring from last year. In comes the 2017 recruiting class of which a lot is expected, which is ranked second nationally by ESPN and features two 5-star recruits.