UCLA Basketball: The Top 10 Recruiting Classes Since 2000

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5. 2001 Recruiting Class

Cedric Bozeman, Dijon Thompson, Josiah Johnson, Andre Patterson, Ryan Walcott

This was the last great recruiting class of the Steve Lavin era as all five players were going to play an intricate part with the team.

Bozeman and Thompson played all four years and even got some time on Ben Howland’s teams. Thompson had averaged 12.5 points per game which was highlighted by his 18.5 in his senior year. Bozeman did not score a lot, but he was a key player in UCLA’s return to the Final Four in 11 years in Howland’s second year as head coach.

Johnson and Patterson didn’t get a lot of playing time, but Johnson did find some success off the court as he is currently one of the creators of Comedy Central’s “Legends of Chamberlain Heights”.

Walcott only played three seasons, and much of it was on the bench.