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UCLA basketball could hit the big-time against New Mexico with larger lineup

Los Angeles Times
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UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin has revealed his small-ball starting lineup.

Aday Mara , a 7 -foot-3 sophomore, and William Kyle III , a junior transfer, are the two big men on UCLA 's roster.

Mara is a better passer and more refined scorer than Kyle , but Mara is far less agile than Kyle and susceptible to being beaten off the dribble by more athletic counterparts.

New Mexico features a massive starting lineup, including Nelly Junior Joseph and Mustapha Amzil .

UCLA will honor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton with statues next to John Wooden’s outside Pauley Pavilion .

Cronin: “Behind the scenes, there's a lot of push from their teammates and I'm right with them on all that. What you find in state schools, it's unbelievably hard to get a wall painted, let alone a statue built.”.