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Murry Bartow has a unique perspective on UCLA basketball, thanks to his father

LOS ANGELES - Fate, the fickle entity that brought Murry Bartow back to his father's UCLA, can only go so far in creating parallel story lines.

The younger Bartow is probably not getting run out of town, lest Angelenos first learn his name. Extraordinary is the barista who can get the spelling right.

"Very rarely," said Murry, who invariably reaches for a cup to find "Murray" scrawled across the side.

Before the season, when his schedule allowed such indulgences, Bartow could easily go 35 miles on a weekend bike ride from his apartment in Culver City to the South Bay and back without being recognized.

Given the Bruins-in-ruins state of his team in a city that increasingly dotes on its professional options, UCLA's new coach remained shrouded in anonymity even after replacing the

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