UCLA Basketball news of the week

UCLA basketball doesn't have their first exhibition game until October 30th but the Bruins are in the headlines leading up to the season

UCLA is ranked No. 3 in the 2024 college basketball "Blue Blood" rankings for the 2024 rankings.

Andy Katz has UCLA as the No. 2 team in his top 10 bounceback teams for the 2024-24 basketball season.

The Big Ten recognizes the long storied history of UCLA basketball.

UCLA is number three, only behind Kentucky and Duke, with the most former players on a current NBA roster as the league's exhibition season continues.

This figure might drop some since the date to trim each NBA roster is October 21, so the final trimming of NBA rosters hasn't yet happened.

UCLA releases their full basketball schedule with which channel or streaming service fans will be able to watch the games on.

CBS Sports in their Big Ten preview has Kobe Johnson as one of their four more players to watch for this season. They also have UCLA finishing in second place in the final Big Ten conference standings, only behind Purdue, who they predict will win the B1G this season. Out of the seven "experts" on the CBS Sports Big Ten preview, one of them, Isaac Trotter, predicts that UCLA will win the Big Ten title this season.

Former USC player Kobe Johnson, who transferred to UCLA explains why he transferred to Westwood.