Battle of stellar freshmen goes as advertised, but UCLA guard has In the days leading up to the most hyped individual matchup of freshmen in Pac-12 Conference basketball in years, Lonzo Ball insisted that what he did against Markelle Fultz shouldn’t be the primary talking point.
“People are going to say what they want,” Ball said of the battle involving the players who could be the top two picks in the NBA draft four months from now. “I’ll go out there and play No. 11 UCLA versus Washington.”
The Bruins freshman point guard was onto something.