No Bilodeau, No problem: No. 7 UCLA gets round one win over No. 10 UCF
UCLA was without leading scorer Tyler Bilodeau for their NCAA Tournament first round matchup versus UCF but the Bruins didn't flinch, and got the win.
We just witnessed Mick Cronin’s plan get executed. Despite the UCLA Bruins holding out star forward Tyler Bilodeau , for the No. 7 seed Bruins got a 75-71 first round win over No.
10 seed UCF. UCLA decided it was wiser to let Bilodeau heal as much as possible and place trust in the rest of the rotation to get the win. Now UCLA could be adding Bilodeau for their Round of 32 matchup.
UCLA will face the winner of No. 2 seed UConn and No. 15 seed Furman later Friday evening, but the Bruins will probably be facing the 29-5 Huskies.
The win was far from pretty for the Bruins, but UCLA didn’t mind, as they were able to survive a round one upset without their All-Big Ten Conference forward. Bilodeau has averaged 17. 6 points and 5.