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    Bill Plaschke: UCLA looks all business in NCAA tournament opener rout over UNC Asheville

    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Mar 17, 2023 4 minutes
    UCLA's Amari Bailey, left and Jaime Jaquez Jr. battle for a rebound with UNC Asheville's Fletcher Abee in the first half during the first round of the NCAA Tournament Golden 1 Center on Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Sacramento, California.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — No Furman here. No Princeton here. No late craziness or shocking weirdness or shining momentousness here.

    No Cinderella, only smashing pumpkins.

    UCLA was not going to lose its NCAA first-round tournament game to 18-point underdog North Carolina Asheville at the Golden 1 Center on Thursday night.

    No way. No how. Not for all the madness in the world. This was evident in the first three minutes, which went roughly as follows:

    UCLA layup. Asheville brick. UCLA two free throws. Asheville brick. UCLA trey. Asheville brick. UCLA dunk. Asheville brick. UCLA dunk. Asheville turnover. UCLA trey.

    Timeout!

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