Some college basketball analysts are predicting UCLA will reach the Final Four, but the Bruins are focused on their first-round game against Kent State in a South Regional opener Friday at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif.
Third-seeded UCLA (29-4) leads the nation in shooting, scoring and assists. The Bruins have topped the century mark in scoring nine times this season.
The Bruins will be heavily favored against 14th-seeded Kent State (22-13), which won the Mid-American Conference tournament to claim its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2008. A potential matchup with sixth-seeded Cincinnati looms in the second-round.