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UCLA opens NCAA tournament with rout over UNC Asheville

UCLA's Dylan Andrews muscles past UNC Asheville's Tajion Jones to score a basket 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. — The only nervous moments came several hours before tipoff.

A slew of massive upsets put UCLA on high alert against another Cinderella seeking a sprinkling of March magic.

None would be found after an early Bruin blitz of baskets eased any lingering fears. UCLA would not go the way of Arizona or Virginia and get eliminated on the NCAA tournament’s opening day.

The big question facing the second-seeded Bruins during

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