Donovan Dent comes to Westwood with three years of experience at New Mexico. Most notably where he won Mountain West Player of the Year in 2025. It was a surprise to many that Dent chose UCLA as their lack of NIL money has hurt their chances with star players. But, UCLA brings one thing to the table that not many schools can provide. The chance to make it to the NBA and have that resume of being a Bruin.
UCLA is an historic school and has many players go on to the next level and succeed.