I don't think there's any better indication of what a phenomenal basketball history UCLA has than this: The Bruins won the Pac-10 regular season title this year and are in the Final Four, but if they don't win two more games, they won't be hanging a banner at Pauley Pavilion next year.The Bruins have 11 banners hanging in their home gym, representing each of the school's 11 national championships (they won 10 from 1964 to 1975, and again in 1995). That's it -- nothing from the Final Fours they reached in other years.
And I think that's great. Players who go to UCLA understand that that's exactly what the standards are: Nothing short of a national title is worth celebrating. They're two wins away from a celebration.




