The comments were few in the gamethread but they were germane. With Jalen Hands out with an ankle injury and in a boot, UCLA played this game down 4 scholarship players. As a result UCLA played walk on Alec Wulf and rarely used Ike Okwarabizie in the first half and according to Kingslook had an excuse for looking less than optimial.
On the other hand, as dervish33 pointed out we did not look at all like a top 25 team against a much less talented UCI. Poor shooting UCI shoot hit 41% from three and led by Walt Hazzard’s grandson, Max Hazzard, made it a one possession game early in the second half.