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Steve Alford says he isn't feeling extra pressure after UCLA's earliest exit from NCAA tournament

"No," Alford said Wednesday during a telephone interview with The Times in which he also discussed the Bruins' signing center Moses Brown and point guard Tyger Campbell to letters of intent on the first day of the spring signing period.

Alford said he met informally with athletic director Dan Guerrero after the Bruins lost to St. Bonaventure in a First Four game last month but would not divulge the nature of the conversation.

"Really, that meeting's between Dan and I," Alford said, "but there was no earth-shattering news that came out of that meeting."

Alford is coming off a season in which the Bruins finished 21-12, igniting fan angst and leading to an airplane banner being flown over campus reading "Final Fours not First Fours #FireAlford.