SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- UCLA coach Steve Alford had not begun to prepare for Cincinnati in the moments after the Bruins beat Kent State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night, but he plannrf to get started right away.
"That will happen late into the night tonight and then all day tomorrow," he said.
The third-seeded Bruins (30-4) will face the sixth-seeded Bearcats (30-5) in a second-round South Regional game Sunday night at the Golden 1 Center. Alford believes his team will be tested by the Bearcats, who have won an average of 25 games in the past seven seasons under longtime coach Mick Cronin.