This is going to be one of the most memorable years in UCLA basketball history for...wait for it...opponents’ names. Tonight, we open the season playing against the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.
The Mastodons.
That’s fun. And this game might be fun too. The Mastodons have eight new players. So, they will be just as new to each other as teammates as UCLA. This also means player reviews are less meaningful then team style.
But the fun part is this is a team that wants to play fast. The Mastodons were #19 in the country in Adjusted Tempo by KemPom.