ESPN wrote the best blurb it has written in years on UCLA basketball. The money graph, after mentioning the lack of success despite the good recruiting, is as follows (emphasis added):
Mixing that group with arguably the conference’s best crop of returning talent makes the Bruins, on paper, the favorite in the Pac-12. If Alford can’t deliver with this team -- taking into account Guerrero’s decision to fire Howland -- it’s hard to imagine him remaining in Westwood beyond this season. And to deliver, in this case, would be to win the Pac-12 and advance past the Sweet 16.