INDIANAPOLIS —
If UCLA makes a big play Monday in the NCAA tournament and one triumphant shriek can be heard above the others inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse, there’s a good chance it’s coming from the guy wearing the Russell Westbrook jersey in Section 3, Row 13, Seat 3.
Ryan Gesas’ getting in the door depended on it.
Being boisterous may as well be a condition printed on the digital game tickets that Bruins athletic director Martin Jarmond has given Gesas and a few friends over the last week.
The University of Indiana film student who played basketball for Calabasas High has become UCLA’s earsplitting good-luck charm, turning his loud love for the Bruins into free tickets during the first three rounds of the NCAA tournament.