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UCLA Basketball: How The Bruins Can Improve in 2016-17

By Mike Regalado

Jan 30, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins center Thomas Welsh (40) gets a high five from head coach Steve Alford as he leaves the game in the second half against the Washington State Cougars Pauley Pavilion. UCLA won 83-50. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 30, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins center Thomas Welsh (40) gets a high five from head coach Steve Alford as he leaves the game in the second half against the Washington State Cougars Pauley Pavilion. UCLA won 83-50. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /
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UCLA Basketball Head Coach Steve Alford recently addressed the Bruin fanbase with a letter stating a need for improvement, so we look at a few things that must change in the 2016-17 season for Alford to attain that change.

If you have not heard, UCLA Basketball is in an abysmal state. That has not gone unnoticed by the fans, the UCLA Athletic Department and especially Head Coach Steve Alford.

Since the Bruins finished the season on March 9 in underwhelming fashion when they lost for the third time (by double-digits) to crosstown rival USC in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, the volume of Bruin fans calling for the termination of Alford has increased exponentially.

Fans have set-up an on-line petition calling for change, they have been vocal on social media, they have flown planes with banners calling for the termination of Alford (twice), only to be met with an unofficial statement by which Bruin Report Online released stating that Alford would be retained.

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Alford or UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero said nothing until this week about the situation, which came off a little dubious in regards to their words.

Still, in Alford’s letter, which he also gave back a contract extension, he stated that many changes need to be made with the program. Whether he can make those changes is yet to be seen, but to help him out, we have outlined a few areas the UCLA Basketball team should focus on for that change to occur.

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