Sergio Betts Is Going to Be Direct: Meet the New-Look UCLA Bruins Every Player, Every Role, and Why This 2026–27 Team Has Another Championship Ceiling

UCLA enters a new era after a championship season. Seven newcomers join five returning Bruins, and Sergio Betts breaks down all 12 players, what each one brings, where the questions are, and how Cori Close can turn a dramatically different roster into another contender.

August 24, 2026
By Sergio Betts

Sergio Betts is going to be direct: this is not the same UCLA women’s basketball team that just finished climbing the mountain, and pretending otherwise would completely miss what makes the upcoming season so interesting. The Bruins are coming off a historic 2025–26 season in which they went 18–0 in Big Ten play, won another Big Ten Tournament championship and ultimately captured the NCAA championship. A massive portion of that veteran core has now moved into professional basketball. UCLA enters the 2026–27 season with a 12-player roster made up of five returning Bruins: Christina Karamouzi, Lena Bilić, Sienna Betts, Timea Gardiner and Amanda Muse. They are joined by seven additions: Elina Aarnisalo, Donovyn Hunter, Lina Jerković, Somto Okafor, KK Bransford, Bonnie Deas and Addy Brown.

That is why the team photo Sergio is looking at means much more than simply seeing everybody together in UCLA blue and gold. I am looking at the beginning of an entirely new basketball identity. Lauren Betts, Kiki Rice, Gabriela Jaquez, Gianna Kneepkens, Charlisse Leger-Walker and Angela Dugalić are no longer the players UCLA can automatically lean on every night. This season has to belong to somebody else. Leadership has to be redistributed. Shot creation has to be redistributed. Rebounding, post touches, defensive assignments, late-clock possessions and emotional responsibility all have to be redistributed as well.

The talent is absolutely here, but talent alone does not recreate a championship team. Coach Cori Close and her staff now have to discover which combinations fit together best, who wants the basketball when a possession breaks down, who becomes the defensive communicator, who controls the tempo and which players are willing to handle the difficult work that does not always appear in a box score. UCLA already knows what championship basketball looks like. The challenge for this new group is building its own version of it.

That is why the team photo Sergio is looking at means more than simply seeing everybody together in UCLA blue and gold. I am looking at the beginning of a new basketball identity. Lauren Betts, Kiki Rice, Gabriela Jaquez, Gianna Kneepkens, Charlisse Leger-Walker and Angela Dugalić are no longer the players UCLA can automatically lean on every night. This season has to belong to somebody else. Leadership has to be redistributed. Shot creation has to be redistributed. Rebounding, post touches, defensive assignments, late-clock possessions and emotional responsibility all have to be redistributed. The talent is absolutely here, but talent alone does not recreate a championship team. Coach Cori Close and this staff have to discover which combinations fit, who wants the ball when a possession breaks down, who becomes the defensive communicator, who controls tempo, and which players are willing to do the ugly work that does not appear in a box score.

Sienna Betts: The Player Sergio Believes Can Become the Centerpiece

Start with Sienna Betts, because the 6-foot-4 sophomore has one of the clearest opportunities on this roster to make a major jump during the 2026–27 season. As a freshman, Sienna averaged 6.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in only 14.1 minutes per game while shooting 52.9 percent from the field. She scored in double figures eight times, recorded her first collegiate double-double during the NCAA Tournament and delivered 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the Big Ten championship game. She also earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team, giving UCLA an early glimpse of how much more responsibility she may eventually be capable of handling.

What stands out to Sergio is not simply the production. It is the number of different ways Sienna has already shown that she can influence a basketball game. She can score around the rim, run the floor, rebound in traffic, make the connecting pass, screen, cut and contribute without needing every possession designed specifically for her. Last season she could enter games behind an experienced championship frontcourt and focus primarily on contributing within an established system. This season is different. UCLA may need Sienna to become one of the players who actually dictates stretches of games rather than simply supporting them. Sergio wants to see stronger seals before the catch, quicker decisions once the basketball reaches her, more aggressive rebounding outside her immediate area and greater confidence demanding the ball when UCLA needs an interior answer.

The biggest opportunity for Sienna is becoming much more than an interior scorer. If she can rebound at a higher level, facilitate from the elbows, set effective screens, roll hard to the basket, punish mismatches and become a dependable paint defender, UCLA can begin building entire offensive sequences through her without making the offense predictable. That is the next stage of her development. Sergio is not asking Sienna to become another version of Lauren Betts or to copy the role somebody else played before her. Sienna Betts needs to become the first complete version of Sienna Betts, establish her own identity within this new UCLA team and show that she is ready to become one of the central pieces of the Bruins’ next era.

Sienna Betts: Last Season She Was Learning the Championship Standard. This Season She Can Help Set It.

Start with Sienna Betts, because nobody on this UCLA roster has a more interesting change in responsibility from last season to this one. As a freshman, Sienna entered a team that already knew exactly who it was. UCLA had veteran leadership, established scorers, experienced post players and a championship level structure around her. She did not have to walk into every game carrying the Bruins. She could learn, contribute, make mistakes, adjust and keep growing. Even with only 14.1 minutes per game, she still averaged 6.0 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 52.9 percent from the field, scored in double figures eight times, recorded her first collegiate double double during the NCAA Tournament and produced 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the Big Ten championship game. That was not a freshman simply surviving minutes. That was a freshman already showing pieces of a much bigger role.

What Sergio remembers most about Sienna’s first season is how many different ways she could help without demanding that the entire possession revolve around her. She could run the floor and arrive early in the paint. She could clean up around the basket. She could rebound in traffic. She could screen and create space for somebody else. She could make the extra pass instead of forcing a shot. There were possessions where Sienna barely touched the basketball and still helped UCLA create an advantage. That matters because the best frontcourt players are not only productive when they are scoring. They change spacing, angles, rebounding position and defensive decisions before the box score ever records anything.

The difference now is that UCLA may need Sienna to stop waiting for the game to reveal her role and start imposing one on the game herself. Last season, the veterans could establish the tone and Sienna could enter that structure. This season, she may be one of the players responsible for creating the structure in the first place. Sergio wants to see her call for the basketball when she has a smaller defender sealed. I want to see her sprint directly into early post position before the defense gets organized. If the double team comes, make the defense pay with the pass. If it does not come, turn and score. If the shot goes up, do not assume somebody else has the rebound. Go get it.

There is also a part of Sienna’s game that Sergio believes UCLA can explore much more this season, and that is her ability to become a decision maker from the frontcourt. Put her at the elbow and let cutters move around her. Use her in dribble handoffs. Let her screen, re screen and then slip toward the rim. Give her opportunities to catch in the middle of the floor where she can see both sides instead of always asking her to operate with her back to the basket. If she becomes comfortable making those reads, UCLA can use her size without turning the offense into predictable post isolation basketball.

Defensively, the expectation has to rise too. Being 6 foot 4 gives Sienna natural size, but size by itself does not control the paint. Sergio wants communication, positioning and anticipation. Call out the action before it arrives. Know when to step up and when to stay attached to the roller. Use verticality instead of giving away unnecessary fouls. Find a body when the shot goes up and then go finish the possession. There is a difference between being tall near the rim and actually becoming a defensive presence around it. This season gives Sienna the opportunity to make that jump.

The rebounding is another area where Sergio expects growth because 4.0 rebounds in 14.1 minutes already showed the instinct is there. Now the question becomes what happens when the minutes increase and opponents know they have to keep her off the glass. Can she rebound outside her immediate area? Can she create offensive rebounds by moving before the shot instead of reacting afterward? Can she secure the defensive rebound and immediately find a guard so UCLA can run? Those are the possessions that quietly change games.

And Sergio does not want the conversation around Sienna reduced to whether she can replace Lauren Betts. That would be the easiest comparison and probably the least interesting one. Lauren had her own basketball identity, her own responsibilities and her own way of controlling a game. Sienna’s opportunity is to build something different. She can become more mobile, more connective, more comfortable facilitating and more versatile across different frontcourt combinations. UCLA does not need another version of the player who came before her. It needs Sienna Betts to become more of Sienna Betts.

That is why this season could be so important for her. Last year, Sienna was part of UCLA’s championship story. This year, she has a chance to become one of the players who determines what the next story even looks like.

Last season proved Sienna Betts belonged on a championship roster. The 2026 to 27 season can prove whether UCLA is ready to build major parts of its future around her.

Timea Gardiner — UCLA’s Potential Floor-Spacer and Veteran X-Factor

Timea Gardiner: The Veteran X Factor Who Can Change the Shape of UCLA’s Offense

Timea Gardiner enters the 2026 to 27 season in a completely different position from most of this new UCLA roster. While several Bruins are learning the program for the first time and younger players are trying to establish themselves, Timea already understands what major college basketball demands. She has played in high pressure environments, competed deep into postseason basketball and already shown that her shooting can completely change the geometry of a game. After missing the 2025 to 26 season, the biggest question is not whether Timea has a skill UCLA can use. Sergio already knows she does. The question is how quickly she can rediscover her rhythm and turn that skill into one of the defining weapons of this new team.

The most obvious part of Timea’s game is the shooting. At 6 foot 3, she gives UCLA something every offense wants: a frontcourt player who cannot simply be ignored outside the paint. When Timea is standing behind the three point line and shooting with confidence, the opposing power forward has a decision to make before the possession even develops. Stay attached to Timea and the lane becomes wider for Sienna Betts, Addy Brown and UCLA’s attacking guards. Help toward the paint and Timea can punish the rotation from outside. That one decision can change the spacing for all five players on the floor.

Sergio does not want UCLA to treat Timea like somebody who simply waits in the corner for a three. Her shooting should be used actively. Bring her into pick and pop actions. Let her screen and immediately relocate. Use flare screens to force defenders to chase her away from the basketball. Put her at the top of the floor so a slower frontcourt defender has to decide whether to step outside the paint. If the defender closes too aggressively, Timea should have opportunities to attack that closeout, take one or two controlled dribbles and create something before the defense can reset.

That is where Timea can become much more dangerous than a traditional stretch forward. If defenders begin flying at her because they respect the jumper, she has to make the next read. Attack the open lane. Find the cutter. Make the extra pass. Get the defense moving from one side of the floor to the other. Sergio wants her shooting to create advantages even on possessions when she never takes the shot. A great floor spacer does not only score from outside. A great floor spacer changes where everybody on the defense is allowed to stand.

The other part of this season is physical. Timea has to show that she can handle the demands of a long schedule after being away from competitive action. The jumper may return quickly, but game conditioning, defensive timing, rebounding reactions and the rhythm of playing through contact can take longer. UCLA should not expect everything to look perfect immediately. What matters is whether she becomes more comfortable as the season develops and whether her confidence grows instead of disappearing after a difficult shooting night.

Sergio also wants more from Timea on the glass. At 6 foot 3, she has the size to help UCLA finish defensive possessions and create additional opportunities offensively. Her value cannot disappear when the three point shot is not falling. If she rebounds, communicates defensively, sets good screens and makes the correct pass, she can still help UCLA win on a night when she shoots two for seven from outside. That is the difference between being a specialist and becoming a complete veteran presence.

Her experience could also become extremely important for Sienna Betts and the younger Bruins around her. This roster is going to experience moments where the offense looks disorganized and somebody has to calm things down. Timea has been through postseason pressure. She understands that one missed shot does not require a rushed response on the next possession. UCLA will need players who can communicate that composure without always needing Coach Cori Close to stop the game and explain it.

Sergio believes one of the most interesting combinations UCLA can build involves Timea and Sienna together. If Sienna establishes herself around the paint while Timea stretches a frontcourt defender toward the perimeter, opponents immediately face a difficult choice. Collapse toward Sienna and risk leaving Timea open. Stay connected to Timea and give Sienna more room to work inside. Add a creator such as Elina Aarnisalo or Addy Brown to that action and UCLA suddenly has multiple ways to attack from the same starting alignment.

That is why Sergio views Timea Gardiner as an X factor rather than simply another returning player. UCLA already knows what her outside shot can look like when she is comfortable. What this season can reveal is whether she can combine that shooting with rebounding, decision making, defensive responsibility and veteran leadership to become something even more valuable.

Timea does not have to become UCLA’s highest scorer to become one of its most important players. If defenses are changing where they stand because she is on the floor, if Sienna has more space because Timea is pulling a defender away from the paint, and if UCLA’s guards have cleaner driving lanes because nobody wants to leave her open, then Timea Gardiner will already be changing games before the basketball ever reaches her hands.

Amanda Muse — The Interior Defender Who Can Earn a Much Bigger Role

Amanda Muse: The Interior Presence Who Can Turn Opportunity Into a Much Bigger Role

Amanda Muse enters the 2026 to 27 season with one of the clearest opportunities on UCLA’s roster to turn patience into production. At 6 foot 4, she already gives the Bruins legitimate size around the basket, but this season is different because the frontcourt hierarchy has changed. Amanda appeared in 34 games last season, averaged 9.2 minutes and shot 54.8 percent from the field. Earlier in her UCLA career, she also showed legitimate shot blocking instincts, including a three block performance as a freshman. Those numbers tell Sergio that the foundation is already there. The next question is whether Amanda can turn short stretches of useful basketball into longer stretches that Coach Cori Close can trust every night.

Last season, Amanda did not need to carry major interior responsibility because UCLA had an experienced frontcourt capable of controlling large portions of games. She could enter, give the Bruins size, defend around the basket, finish an opportunity and then return to the bench without the entire structure of the team depending on her. That changes now. UCLA no longer has the same veteran depth protecting every frontcourt possession, which means Amanda has a real chance to become more than an occasional rotation big. Sergio sees an opportunity for her to become one of the players who helps establish UCLA’s new interior identity.

The pathway is not complicated, but executing it consistently is what matters. Defend. Rebound. Screen. Finish. Amanda does not need 15 shots every night to become extremely valuable. She needs to make her minutes reliable. Set a screen that actually creates separation for the guard. Roll hard enough that the defense has to respect the rim. Seal a smaller defender when UCLA creates a switch. Catch the basketball securely. Finish the opportunities that come from offensive rebounds, cuts and interior passing. If Amanda becomes dependable in those areas, her value increases without UCLA needing to redesign the offense around her.

Sergio especially wants to see growth defensively because that could determine how large her role becomes. Amanda has the size and length to protect the rim, but rim protection is more than simply trying to block every shot. Sometimes the best defensive possession is forcing a guard to change direction before she ever reaches the basket. Sometimes it is staying vertical instead of reaching. Sometimes it is stepping up just enough to stop the drive while still recovering to the player rolling behind the play. Amanda has to learn when to challenge, when to contain and when simply being in the correct position is enough to destroy what the offense wanted.

Foul discipline will be important too. UCLA cannot rely on Amanda for extended interior minutes if aggressive defense constantly turns into unnecessary fouls. Sergio wants her protecting the paint with control. Keep the hands high. Move the feet first. Do not chase a block that is no longer available. Make opponents finish over 6 foot 4 size without giving them an automatic trip to the free throw line. The difference between a talented shot blocker and a dependable interior defender is often knowing which shots actually need to be challenged.

The rebounding also has to become more aggressive. Sergio does not want Amanda simply standing underneath the basket and waiting to see whether the ball comes toward her. Find a body when the shot goes up. Create contact first. Pursue rebounds outside the immediate area. Secure the basketball with two hands and make the outlet pass so UCLA can begin running before the defense resets. At her size, Amanda has the opportunity to become one of the players who ends possessions instead of allowing opponents to create second and third chances.

Offensively, Sergio believes simplicity could become Amanda’s greatest strength. She does not need to suddenly become a perimeter creator or start attempting difficult shots simply because her minutes increase. If she shoots efficiently around the basket, screens with purpose, runs directly to the rim in transition and attacks offensive rebounds, she can create points without demanding the basketball for long stretches. Her 54.8 percent shooting last season already showed that she can convert opportunities. Now UCLA needs her to create more of those opportunities through positioning and activity.

There are also interesting possibilities when Amanda shares the floor with Sienna Betts or Timea Gardiner. With Sienna, UCLA could use two 6 foot 4 frontcourt players together and force opponents to deal with legitimate size around the rim and on the glass. With Timea, Amanda could stay closer to the basket while Timea stretches a frontcourt defender toward the perimeter. Those combinations could allow Amanda to play to her strengths instead of asking her to become something she is not.

Sergio will also be watching Amanda’s communication because the interior defender often sees more of the floor than anybody else. She can see screens developing behind guards. She can see cutters coming from the weak side. She can see when a teammate needs to switch or recover. UCLA lost experienced defensive voices from last season, and somebody has to replace that communication. Amanda has an opportunity to become one of those voices.

That is why this season could become so important for her. Last season, Amanda Muse was a useful piece inside a loaded championship frontcourt. This season she has a chance to become part of the structure UCLA depends on.

The Bruins do not need Amanda to reinvent herself. They need her to sharpen what she already does well and make those contributions dependable over longer minutes.

That is why this season could become so important for Amanda Muse. Last season, she was a useful piece inside a loaded championship frontcourt where UCLA already had experienced players handling most of the interior responsibility. This season, Amanda has the opportunity to become part of the structure UCLA actually depends on. The Bruins do not need her to completely reinvent herself or suddenly become a high usage scorer. They need her to sharpen the things she already does well and prove that those strengths can hold up over longer and more meaningful stretches of basketball.

For Amanda, that means protecting the rim without constantly putting herself in foul trouble, controlling her rebounding area instead of waiting for the basketball to come directly to her, setting screens that actually create separation and rolling hard enough that defenders have to respect her around the basket. It also means finishing the opportunities created for her, communicating defensive coverages before the action develops and staying disciplined when opponents try to pull her away from the paint. If she consistently handles all of those responsibilities, her impact can become much greater than whatever her scoring average eventually says.

That is the development Sergio will be watching most closely. Amanda does not need to become somebody completely different for UCLA to need her more. She simply has to become a more complete, more dependable and more assertive version of the player UCLA has already seen in flashes. If the defense becomes stronger when she enters, if possessions consistently end with her securing the rebound, if guards are getting cleaner driving lanes because of her screens and if UCLA can trust her to finish around the rim, then her minutes should naturally increase.

Last season Amanda Muse provided depth behind an established championship frontcourt. This season she has the opportunity to become one of the players responsible for establishing UCLA’s new frontcourt identity, and if she takes advantage of that opportunity, Sergio believes she can go from being someone Coach Cori Close uses in certain situations to someone UCLA simply cannot afford to keep off the floor.

Lena Bilić: UCLA’s 6 Foot 3 Perimeter Wild Card Who Can Become a Matchup Problem

Do not overlook Lena Bilić, because her size alone gives UCLA something that can become extremely valuable if the rest of her game continues to develop. At 6 foot 3, Lena is not built like a traditional perimeter player, and that immediately creates possibilities on both ends of the floor. During her freshman season she appeared in 33 games, produced a 14 point performance with four made threes, scored in double figures three times and finished the year with 13 steals, nine blocks and 21 assists. Those numbers do not make her one of UCLA’s finished stars yet, but Sergio sees enough flashes to understand why her sophomore season could become much more important.

What makes Lena interesting is the combination of size and perimeter skill. Smaller guards may have trouble bothering her release if she catches the basketball in rhythm, while bigger forwards may not be comfortable chasing her around screens or defending her away from the paint. That gives UCLA the opportunity to create mismatches without having to run complicated offense. Put Lena on the perimeter, move her through a screen, and suddenly the defense has to decide whether it wants a smaller player contesting a 6 foot 3 shooter or a bigger player trying to navigate movement on the outside.

Sergio wants UCLA to make more use of that advantage instead of allowing Lena to become a stationary shooter. If she catches the ball and the defender closes hard, attack the closeout. Take one or two strong dribbles into the lane. Force the next defender to help. If the help comes, make the pass. If the lane stays open, finish. The more comfortable Lena becomes attacking after the catch, the harder it becomes for defenses to simply run her off the three point line and believe the possession is over.

Her shooting development is still one of the biggest keys. That 14 point game with four made threes showed what can happen when Lena gets comfortable from outside. Sergio wants to know whether those moments can become something UCLA can count on regularly instead of something that appears every few weeks. If she starts knocking down open threes consistently, defenses will stop helping off her as aggressively, which creates more room for Sienna Betts inside and more driving space for UCLA’s guards.

Defensively, Lena has an opportunity to become one of the most disruptive players on this roster because of her length. A 6 foot 3 guard or forward who can move well gives Coach Cori Close more freedom with matchups. UCLA can switch more actions. Lena can contest shots that smaller perimeter defenders may not reach. She can shrink passing lanes simply by being in the right position. She can also help on the glass and give UCLA another long body capable of finishing defensive possessions.

The key is discipline. Sergio does not want Lena relying on size alone. Quicker guards will test her feet. Experienced wings will try to attack her balance. She has to stay square, understand angles and avoid opening the lane unnecessarily. If she learns to use her length without reaching or overcommitting, she can become the kind of defender who makes an opponent uncomfortable before the possession even develops.

There is also a major opportunity for Lena as a connector. She finished her freshman season with 21 assists, and Sergio would like to see that part of her game expand. At her size, she can see over smaller defenders and make passes that shorter players sometimes cannot. Put her at the wing or the high post, let cutters move around her, and see whether she can become more comfortable making quick reads instead of holding the ball and waiting for something obvious to appear.

That is why Lena’s sophomore season is less about one dramatic transformation and more about turning flashes into habits. The shooting has flashed. The defensive length has flashed. The passing has flashed. The ability to affect games without dominating the ball has flashed. Now UCLA needs consistency.

If Lena Bilić turns those flashes into dependable production, UCLA suddenly has a 6 foot 3 perimeter player who can shoot over smaller defenders, punish closeouts, switch defensively, rebound, pass and create lineup problems that many opponents will not have an easy answer for.

That is the leap Sergio is watching for.

Last season showed what Lena might become.

This season can show whether she is ready to make those possibilities real.

Christina Karamouzi — Development Can Turn Depth Into a Weapon

Christina Karamouzi, a 5-foot-11 sophomore guard, appeared in 26 games as a freshman. Her offensive opportunities were limited, but she scored her first collegiate points against Cal Poly, posted a season-high five at Penn State and hit a postseason three against Minnesota in the Sweet 16. (UCLA Bruins)

This is the type of season where a developmental player can force herself into the conversation. UCLA lost an enormous amount of experienced guard production, so the depth chart is no longer frozen. Christina has already spent a year learning Cori Close’s terminology, expectations and defensive system. That institutional knowledge matters when seven teammates are entering the program.

Sergio wants to see confidence. The open three cannot become a hesitation three. The passing window cannot disappear because she needed an extra second to process it. If she can defend the ball, make simple reads and hit enough open shots, she can earn meaningful minutes without needing to dominate possession.

Elina Aarnisalo — The Return of a Guard Who Already Knows Westwood

Perhaps UCLA’s most fascinating addition is actually a return: Elina Aarnisalo. After spending her freshman year at UCLA, she transferred to North Carolina, started 26 of 36 games there and averaged 10.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists. She produced three 20-point games, including 22 against Duke, before deciding to return to Westwood. (UCLA Bruins)

That makes Elina different from a normal transfer. She already knows UCLA basketball, but she returns as a much more experienced player than the one who left. Sergio sees a guard who could become one of the primary organizers of this offense. UCLA needs somebody capable of getting the group into actions, changing pace, reading ball screens and recognizing when the team needs a controlled possession rather than another transition gamble.

The opportunity is enormous. If Aarnisalo combines the maturity she developed at North Carolina with her familiarity with Coach Close’s program, UCLA may already have a natural candidate to become one of the main decision-makers.

Addy Brown: The Transfer Who Can Become UCLA’s Offensive Swiss Army Knife

Addy Brown may be the newcomer who gives UCLA the widest range of answers in one player. At 6 foot 2, she arrives from Iowa State with a junior season in which she averaged 11.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists, recorded six double doubles and even produced an 11 point, 11 assist, 10 rebound triple double. She finished her Iowa State career with 1,211 points and established herself as one of those rare forwards who can affect the game without being locked into one specific job. Sergio looks at those numbers and sees something much bigger than scoring. He sees a player who can help UCLA control possessions from several different places on the floor.

The 5.3 assists per game are what really separate Addy from a traditional forward. UCLA does not have to use her as somebody who simply catches the ball after a guard creates the advantage. Addy can be the player creating the advantage herself. Put the basketball in her hands at the top of the floor and let her read the defense. Let her operate from the elbow where she can see cutters moving behind defenders. Let her grab a defensive rebound and immediately bring the ball up instead of waiting for an outlet. If UCLA gives her that freedom, Addy can make the Bruins much harder to predict because the offense does not always have to begin from the same position or through the same player.

Sergio especially wants to see how Addy works with Sienna Betts and Timea Gardiner because those combinations could give UCLA some of its most interesting offensive possessions. Imagine Sienna setting a screen for Addy while Timea spaces beyond the arc. If Addy turns the corner, the defense has to decide whether to stay attached to Sienna around the rim, step toward Addy in the lane or leave Timea open outside. That is three different problems created from one action. If the defense switches a smaller player onto Sienna, feed the mismatch. If the defender drops too far, Addy can attack the middle. If the help comes from Timea, kick the basketball outside. That is the kind of offense Sergio wants to see UCLA build around Addy’s versatility.

Her rebounding is another major reason Sergio believes she can become important immediately. 8.8 rebounds per game from a 6 foot 2 forward tells you that she does not wait for someone else to finish the possession. She goes after the basketball. UCLA is replacing a lot of veteran rebounding and physicality, so Addy’s ability to secure the ball can become part of the team’s identity. What makes it even more valuable is what can happen after she gets the rebound. Instead of automatically giving the ball to a guard, Addy can turn, push the pace herself and force the defense to retreat before it gets organized. That can create early opportunities for Sienna running the floor, shooters filling the corners and guards attacking before the defense gets matched.

Sergio also wants UCLA to take advantage of the matchup problems Addy can create. Smaller defenders may struggle with her size and strength. Bigger defenders may have difficulty staying in front of her when she attacks off the dribble. If the defense sends help, Addy has already shown that she is willing to find the open teammate instead of forcing the possession. That is what makes her dangerous. The defense cannot simply choose one solution and assume the possession is finished. Her scoring, rebounding and passing are connected, and UCLA should use all three instead of reducing her role to one category.

The biggest challenge will be chemistry. At Iowa State, Addy already knew where teammates wanted the basketball, when cutters were coming and how the offense flowed from one action into the next. At UCLA, she has to build that understanding with an almost entirely new group. She has to learn when Elina Aarnisalo wants to change pace, where Timea prefers to catch and shoot, how Sienna likes to seal, when Donovyn Hunter is ready to relocate and which teammates naturally cut when Addy catches in the middle of the floor. Those details will take time, but once they develop, Addy could become one of the players who connects the entire offense together.

Defensively, Addy can give Cori Close another piece that allows UCLA to stay flexible. Her size gives her the ability to defend forwards, help on the glass and potentially switch onto different types of players depending on the matchup. Sergio wants the same intelligence she shows offensively to appear on defense. Recognize when to switch. Communicate before the screen arrives. Help without completely abandoning the weak side. Finish the possession with the rebound. UCLA does not need Addy to chase blocks or gamble for steals every trip. It needs her to understand where the possession is going and be in the right place before the offense gets there.

What makes Addy especially valuable is that UCLA can still benefit from her even on nights when she is not scoring heavily. She can have eight points and still control the game by grabbing ten rebounds, creating six assists, pushing transition and forcing defenses to react every time she catches the ball. That is the kind of player who can quietly become essential to a team because her impact is spread across every part of the possession.

Sergio does not see Addy Brown as simply another transfer UCLA added to replace production that left the program. He sees her as somebody who can help UCLA build a different kind of offense altogether. She can rebound like a frontcourt player, create like a guard, attack like a wing and make decisions from areas of the floor that force defenses into uncomfortable choices.

If UCLA lets all of those parts of her game work together instead of putting her into one narrow role, Addy Brown can become one of the most important pieces of the 2026 to 27 Bruins. She does not have to lead the team in scoring to control the game. She just has to keep making the defense answer questions.

And the more questions Addy forces opponents to answer, the more dangerous UCLA becomes.

Donovyn Hunter — Proven Defense, Shooting and Big-Game Experience

Donovyn Hunter: The Experienced Two Way Guard Who Can Give UCLA Stability When Games Get Uncomfortable

Donovyn Hunter arrives at UCLA with something this new Bruins roster is going to need immediately: proven experience handling important possessions on both ends of the floor. During the 2025 to 26 season at TCU, Hunter started all 38 games and averaged 10.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists while making 60 three pointers. She earned All Big 12 honorable mention recognition and was selected to the five player All Big 12 Defensive Team. Sergio looks at that combination and sees much more than another guard who can score. UCLA is adding somebody who has already been trusted to start every night, defend high level perimeter players, space the floor and remain involved when the pressure of a game increases.

The defensive part of Hunter’s game may be where UCLA feels her presence first. This Bruins roster lost experienced perimeter defenders who understood how to survive difficult matchups, communicate through actions and stay disciplined when opponents began hunting specific advantages. Hunter arrives with a reputation that has already been recognized at the conference level. Sergio wants UCLA to use that immediately. Give her difficult assignments. Let her pressure opposing guards without constantly gambling. Make ball handlers work simply to enter their offense. Fight through screens when the coverage requires it, switch when UCLA calls for it and use her positioning to make the first option of a possession uncomfortable.

What Sergio especially wants from Donovyn is defensive consistency. Great defense is not one steal followed by three possessions of losing concentration. It is making the same correct decision repeatedly. It is staying attached when the opponent runs a shooter through multiple screens. It is recognizing when a teammate needs help without abandoning another threat unnecessarily. It is closing out under control instead of flying past a shooter and creating an open driving lane. UCLA needs somebody who can help establish those habits for a roster that is still learning how to defend together, and Donovyn has the experience to become one of those players.

Her shooting gives UCLA another reason to keep her on the floor. Sixty made threes in one season means opponents cannot treat Hunter like a guard they can casually leave alone when the basketball moves somewhere else. If Sienna Betts draws attention inside, Addy Brown attacks the middle or Elina Aarnisalo creates penetration, Donovyn has to be ready when the defense rotates away from her. Sergio does not want hesitation on those opportunities. Catch the basketball ready to shoot. If the defender is late, punish the rotation. If the defender closes too aggressively, attack the space that the closeout creates.

That shooting can become even more dangerous when UCLA uses movement instead of simply parking Hunter in one corner. Sergio wants to see her relocate after penetration, move behind actions and make defenders decide whether they are willing to leave her while helping somewhere else. If Donovyn can make herself difficult to locate away from the ball, her shooting can create space even when she never takes the shot. A defender who refuses to leave Hunter gives Sienna more room inside, gives Addy more space to create and gives UCLA’s other guards cleaner driving lanes.

The word Sergio keeps returning to with Donovyn is stability. Every championship level team eventually plays games where nothing looks comfortable. The first option gets taken away. A shooter misses three straight. The opponent makes a run. The crowd becomes nervous. Somebody commits a turnover and suddenly the next possession feels more important than it did thirty seconds earlier. UCLA needs players who do not allow those moments to become chaos. Hunter has already played enough major college basketball to understand that one bad possession cannot become four.

That is where her decision making becomes important. Sergio does not need Donovyn forcing herself into the role of primary creator every possession. He wants her recognizing what the game requires. Sometimes that means attacking. Sometimes it means making the simple reversal and moving without the ball. Sometimes UCLA will need her to slow the possession down and make sure everybody is organized. Other times the Bruins will need her to push after a turnover or long rebound before the defense gets set. Veteran guards become valuable because they understand that the correct decision changes from possession to possession.

Sergio also sees an interesting potential backcourt partnership between Donovyn Hunter and Elina Aarnisalo. Elina can organize and create while Donovyn provides another ball handler who does not need to dominate possession. If defenses pressure Elina, Hunter can become another outlet. If Donovyn attacks a closeout, Elina can relocate and become the next decision maker. Defensively, Hunter can take one of the tougher perimeter assignments while allowing UCLA to use Elina differently depending on the matchup. That kind of balance could become extremely important as Cori Close searches for the combinations she trusts most.

Put Addy Brown into that group and UCLA gains another level of flexibility. Addy can initiate from the forward position while Donovyn and Elina move around her. If Addy attracts help, Hunter becomes a shooting option. If Hunter attacks the closeout and collapses the next defender, she can move the basketball again instead of forcing a difficult finish. Sergio wants the Bruins creating possessions where multiple players can make the next correct decision because that makes the offense much harder to disrupt.

Hunter can also help UCLA establish its transition identity. If she creates a deflection, forces a difficult shot or secures a long rebound, Sergio wants her looking forward immediately. UCLA has size that can run the floor and several players capable of handling the basketball. There is no reason every defensive stop has to become a slow half court possession. Donovyn can help turn strong perimeter defense into early offense, and those easy opportunities could become especially valuable while this new roster is still developing its half court chemistry.

The leadership component may eventually matter just as much as her statistics. UCLA has several players who are young, several who are new to the program and several who will be accepting responsibilities they did not have last season. Hunter has already experienced the expectations that come with starting every game for a high level team. Sergio wants that experience to become visible in the way she communicates, responds to mistakes and carries herself when games tighten. Leadership does not always require being the loudest player on the floor. Sometimes it is simply being the player whose decision making remains the same when everybody else begins rushing.

That is why Sergio does not view Donovyn Hunter as simply another transfer who gives UCLA ten additional points per game. Her value can be much broader. She can defend a dangerous perimeter scorer, knock down the open three, provide another handler, help settle difficult possessions and give a new Bruins roster someone who has already experienced the responsibility of being trusted every night.

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Donovyn Hunter can become one of UCLA’s most dependable two way players because she does not need the entire offense designed around her to influence the game. If she brings her defensive discipline, shooting, experience and composure to Westwood, Sergio believes she can become the kind of player Cori Close keeps on the floor when the game is close, the opponent is making a run and UCLA desperately needs somebody who will make the correct decision instead of the spectacular one.

KK Bransford: The Veteran Competitor Who Can Give UCLA an Edge That Does Not Always Show Up in the Box Score

KK Bransford arrives at UCLA after four seasons at Notre Dame, and Sergio believes her value to this new Bruins team could become much larger than whatever number eventually appears next to her scoring average. During her senior season, Bransford averaged 7.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals while shooting 47.3 percent from the field, and she also served as a team captain. Those statistics show production, but they do not completely explain why Sergio thinks she can become such an important addition. UCLA is rebuilding a championship roster with young players, transfers and new personalities, and Bransford brings something that cannot simply be manufactured during preseason practice: four years of major college basketball experience and an understanding of what difficult possessions actually feel like.

What immediately interests Sergio is the physical nature of her game. Bransford is not the kind of guard who needs everything to be clean and comfortable before she can contribute. She can operate when the game becomes physical, when defenders are applying pressure, when possessions become messy and when somebody has to fight through contact to keep UCLA from losing control. That matters because there will be nights when this new Bruins roster does not look smooth. There will be nights when shots are not falling, offensive timing is off and UCLA has to win with toughness instead of beauty. Those are exactly the moments when a veteran like Bransford can become extremely valuable.

Her rebounding from the guard position should not be overlooked either. Four rebounds per game from a perimeter player can give UCLA extra possessions and help the Bruins finish defensive stops without forcing every rebound to become the responsibility of Sienna Betts, Amanda Muse, Timea Gardiner or Addy Brown. Sergio wants Bransford finding a body, pursuing the basketball and helping UCLA turn defensive possessions into transition opportunities. When guards rebound, the entire team becomes harder to keep off the glass because opponents can no longer assume that boxing out the frontcourt is enough.

Offensively, Sergio does not want UCLA asking Bransford to become something she has never needed to be. She does not have to dominate the basketball or suddenly become the primary scorer every night. Her offensive value can come from recognizing the correct moment. Attack when the lane opens. Cut when a defender turns her head. Finish through contact when UCLA creates an advantage. Make the extra pass when somebody else has a better opportunity. Move without the basketball instead of standing and waiting. A veteran player can change a possession simply by understanding where she is supposed to be before the defense understands what is coming.

Her 47.3 percent shooting from the field also tells Sergio that UCLA should value the quality of her decisions. Bransford does not need to force difficult attempts simply to prove that she can score. If she continues choosing good opportunities and playing within the structure of the offense, she can become the kind of efficient complementary scorer that makes life easier for everyone around her. UCLA already has several players who can create. What the Bruins also need are players who know what to do after the advantage has been created.

That could make Bransford especially useful next to players such as Elina Aarnisalo, Addy Brown and Donovyn Hunter. If Elina initiates the offense, KK can become the physical cutter or secondary attacker. If Addy is creating from the middle of the floor, KK can move into open space and punish defenders who become too focused on the ball. If Donovyn is handling one of the toughest perimeter defensive assignments, Bransford can give UCLA another experienced defender capable of sharing the physical burden. Sergio sees combinations where her presence allows everybody else to stay closer to what they do best.

Defense may ultimately become the area where Bransford earns some of her most important minutes. UCLA is replacing experienced defenders who understood how to communicate, rotate and remain composed against elite competition. Bransford already understands that defensive possessions rarely go exactly as planned. Screens force adjustments. Drives create help situations. Somebody gets beat and another player has to rotate. The best veteran defenders understand how to solve those problems without turning one mistake into three more mistakes. Sergio wants Bransford bringing that type of awareness to Westwood.

Her 1.1 steals per game also show that she can disrupt possessions, but Sergio does not want her defensive impact measured only by steals. A good defender can influence a game without touching the basketball. Force the ball handler away from the preferred direction. Make the entry pass more difficult. Deny an easy cut. Communicate a screen early enough that a teammate stays connected. Keep the offensive player in front instead of gambling for a highlight. Those are the defensive details that can make UCLA much harder to score against over forty minutes.

Then there is the leadership component. Bransford was a captain at Notre Dame, and Sergio believes that experience could matter tremendously on a UCLA roster going through such a significant transition. Leadership does not mean she has to arrive and immediately become the loudest voice in every room. It means understanding when a teammate needs encouragement, when somebody needs accountability and when the entire group needs to calm down after an opponent makes a run. UCLA lost players who had been through championship pressure together. Bransford can help replace some of that emotional stability.

Sergio also wants her experience to matter during close games. When there are two minutes remaining and UCLA is protecting a three point lead, the possession changes. Every pass matters more. Every defensive mistake becomes more expensive. Every rebound can decide the game. Younger players sometimes have to experience those situations repeatedly before they understand how different they feel. Bransford already knows. That knowledge can become valuable even if she is not the player taking the final shot.

What makes her especially interesting is that her role does not have to remain identical every night. Against one opponent, UCLA may need her defense. Against another, the Bruins may need her rebounding. In another matchup, she may have an advantage attacking a smaller guard or cutting against an aggressive defense. Some players need a defined scoring role to remain effective. Bransford has the opportunity to become valuable precisely because she can adapt her job to whatever the game requires.

That adaptability is what Sergio believes could make her one of the quiet foundations of this roster. UCLA has enough players capable of producing highlights. The Bruins also need somebody willing to make the possession that nobody remembers afterward. The hard box out. The physical defensive stop. The extra pass. The cut that clears the lane for Sienna. The communication that prevents a breakdown before it happens. The rebound that ends an opponent’s run. Those plays may not lead the highlights, but championship teams are built on them.

Sergio Betts sees KK Bransford as much more than another experienced transfer. He sees a veteran who can give UCLA toughness, defensive responsibility, rebounding, efficiency and leadership while adjusting her role to whatever the Bruins need on a particular night. She does not have to become the biggest scorer on the roster to become one of its most trusted players. If KK brings the physical edge and veteran composure she developed over four seasons at Notre Dame, UCLA could have exactly the kind of player that becomes more valuable when the game gets harder.

Bonnie Deas: The 5 Foot 9 Guard Who Rebounds Like She Is Much Bigger

Bonnie Deas may become one of the most fascinating players on this UCLA roster because her game immediately challenges what people expect from a 5 foot 9 guard. During her freshman season at Arkansas, Bonnie started all 32 games and averaged 10.2 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists, while also collecting 49 steals. She scored 25 points in her collegiate debut and recorded double digit rebounds 13 different times. Sergio Betts looks at those numbers and sees something much deeper than a guard who happened to grab a lot of rebounds. Nine rebounds per game at 5 foot 9 tells me Bonnie is already playing basketball with a level of anticipation, toughness and pursuit that cannot be taught simply by drawing something on a whiteboard.

Read the number again. Nine rebounds per game from a 5 foot 9 guard. That is not happening because the ball just keeps bouncing in her direction. Bonnie has to read where shots are coming from, understand where misses are likely to land, find space before bigger players occupy it and be willing to step into traffic against players with more size. Rebounding at her height requires timing, instincts and a mentality that says the possession is not finished until somebody actually secures the basketball. Sergio loves that because UCLA is entering a season where everybody has to contribute to replacing the rebounding and physicality that left with the previous championship group.

What makes Bonnie especially interesting is what can happen immediately after she gets the rebound. Sergio does not want her securing the basketball and automatically looking around for somebody else to start the offense. If the floor is open, go. A guard who can rebound and immediately push the basketball gives UCLA a chance to attack before the opposing defense is organized. Sienna Betts can sprint toward the rim. Timea Gardiner can run into shooting space. Addy Brown can fill the middle. Donovyn Hunter can spread the floor. Suddenly one Bonnie rebound can become the beginning of a transition possession without UCLA needing an extra pass just to get started.

That is where her rebounding can become an offensive weapon rather than simply a defensive statistic. A defensive rebound ends one possession, but a guard who can immediately advance the basketball can also create the next one. Sergio wants Bonnie looking up the floor the second she secures it. If there is a lane, attack it. If a teammate is ahead, deliver the pass. If nothing is available, then settle the offense and make the correct decision. The important thing is that UCLA gains another player capable of controlling the transition from defense to offense.

Her 49 steals also tell Sergio that Bonnie has disruptive instincts on the defensive end. The next step is making sure that aggression remains disciplined. UCLA does not need her gambling every possession simply because she has shown she can create steals. Sergio wants her using anticipation intelligently. Jump a passing lane when the read is there. Pressure the ball without opening a direct path to the rim. Dig down when the timing is right. Recover when help is no longer needed. The most dangerous defenders are not the ones constantly chasing highlights. They are the ones who make an opponent uncomfortable for an entire possession.

Bonnie can also help UCLA in ways that have nothing to do with her height. If she is willing to rebound against bigger players, there is no reason she cannot become one of the more physical guards in the Big Ten. Sergio wants her fighting through screens, finishing defensive possessions and making opposing guards feel pressure over forty minutes. That mentality becomes contagious. When your 5 foot 9 guard is attacking the glass like every rebound belongs to her, everybody else on the floor has less excuse for watching the ball instead of pursuing it.

Offensively, Bonnie already proved she can score, including that 25 point college debut, but Sergio believes her next development should be about becoming harder to predict. If defenders expect the drive, make them respect the jumper. If they close aggressively, attack the space behind them. If the help comes, find the open teammate. She does not need to become UCLA’s primary scorer to become extremely valuable. What she needs is enough shooting and creation that defenses cannot treat her like a player they can ignore away from the basketball.

The 2.6 assists per game provide another area Sergio wants to see grow. Bonnie is going to have the ball in her hands after rebounds, and those situations create natural opportunities to become a better decision maker. Transition basketball moves quickly. One defender steps toward the ball and suddenly somebody else is open. If Bonnie learns to recognize those reads consistently, she can become more than a rebounding guard. She can become a player who starts possessions, advances them and makes the correct final decision.

There are also some fascinating lineup possibilities involving Bonnie. Put her next to Elina Aarnisalo and UCLA suddenly has two guards capable of handling the basketball while Bonnie helps compensate on the glass. Put her next to Donovyn Hunter and the Bruins can have two aggressive perimeter defenders creating pressure. Put Addy Brown behind them and UCLA has multiple players who can rebound and immediately initiate offense. Those combinations can make the Bruins extremely difficult to predict because the player who grabs the rebound does not always need to find the same point guard before the offense begins.

Sergio also believes Bonnie can become important when games get ugly. Every season has nights when the shots do not fall and the offense never feels comfortable. Those are the games where rebounding, steals, loose balls and second chance possessions become even more valuable. Bonnie already has a skill set built for those moments. If she can create one extra possession with a rebound, another with a steal and another by fighting for a loose ball, she may have changed the game without ever needing to score fifteen points.

That is what makes Bonnie Deas so interesting to Sergio Betts. Her value may become much clearer when you watch every possession than when you simply look at the final scoring column. A casual observer might see ten points. Sergio might see the nine rebounds that prevented an opponent from getting second chances, the steal that created a fast break, the outlet she did not need because she pushed the basketball herself, and the defensive effort that forced somebody else into a difficult shot.

Bonnie Deas does not need to play like a 5 foot 9 guard is supposed to play. She already proved at Arkansas that she can rebound far beyond what people expect from her position, and if that same motor, anticipation and toughness follow her to UCLA while her shooting and playmaking continue developing, Sergio Betts believes she can become one of the Bruins who quietly wins possessions all season long. She may not always be the tallest player on the floor, but she has already shown she is willing to play like the basketball belongs to her anyway.

Lina Jerković: The Freshman Playmaker Who Can Give UCLA Another Brain in the Backcourt

Freshman Lina Jerković arrives at UCLA from Slovenia with a skill that immediately gives Sergio Betts something to watch closely: she already knows how to create offense for other people. At the 2025 U18 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket, the 5 foot 9 guard averaged 10.4 points, 5.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds across seven games. For a freshman entering a completely new country, a new team and a much faster level of college basketball, those numbers matter because they show that Lina is not coming to Westwood as a player who only knows how to score. She already has experience reading the floor, organizing possessions and making decisions with the basketball in her hands.

The 5.0 assists per game are what stand out most to Sergio. A young guard who is already looking for teammates instead of thinking only about her own shot gives UCLA another possible organizer in a backcourt that is going to have several different ball handlers. Lina does not need to arrive and immediately become the starting point guard for her freshman season to matter. If she can enter games, settle the offense, recognize where the advantage is and get the basketball to the right player at the right time, she can earn trust quickly.

Sergio wants UCLA to take advantage of her international experience instead of treating her like a completely raw freshman. International basketball often asks young guards to make decisions within structured offense, read help defenders and understand spacing at an early age. Lina has already played in those environments. Now the challenge is translating those reads to a game where defenders are longer, stronger and faster, and where passing windows disappear much more quickly.

That transition is going to require patience. Sergio expects mistakes. There will be possessions where Lina sees a pass that was available internationally but closes before she can deliver it in college. There will be moments where a defender pressures her higher up the floor than she is used to. There will be games where physicality knocks her off the line she wanted to take. None of that should be treated like failure. The question is how quickly she learns from those possessions and how confidently she responds the next time the same situation appears.

What Sergio does not want is hesitation turning into fear. If Lina sees the open cutter, make the pass. If the defense goes underneath a screen and gives her space, be ready to shoot. If a defender closes too hard, attack the opening. A young playmaker becomes much easier to guard when the defense knows she is only looking to pass. UCLA needs Lina to remain aggressive enough as a scorer that defenders cannot simply sit on passing lanes and wait for her to give the basketball away.

Her 4.7 rebounds per game also deserve attention. For a 5 foot 9 guard, that is solid production and suggests that she is willing to participate in possessions after the shot goes up. Sergio wants that mindset to continue at UCLA. If Lina can rebound from the guard position, she becomes another player capable of starting transition herself rather than waiting for somebody else to secure the ball and find her.

That could become especially useful with UCLA’s frontcourt. Imagine Lina securing a long rebound and immediately pushing while Sienna Betts runs directly toward the rim. If the defense collapses, Timea Gardiner can fill behind the play. If Addy Brown is running with her, UCLA suddenly has multiple players who can receive the basketball and make the next decision. Those are the kinds of possessions where a multi handler team becomes dangerous because the defense cannot simply locate one point guard and stop the break.

Sergio also wants to see how Lina develops in pick and roll situations. At 5 foot 9, she will regularly be dealing with defenders trying to pressure her over screens and bigger players trying to contain her in the lane. She has to become comfortable changing speeds rather than playing everything at one pace. Use the screen. Reject it when the defender cheats. Keep the dribble alive long enough to make the big commit. Find the roller when the lane opens. Hit the weak side shooter when help rotates. Those decisions are where a young point guard begins to become a real offensive controller.

Defensively, Lina will face one of the biggest adjustments of her career. College guards will test her strength, ball handlers will attack her feet and teams will try to involve freshmen in screening actions until they prove they can handle them. Sergio wants discipline before highlights. Stay in front. Communicate the screen. Recover with purpose. Do not gamble for a steal and open the lane behind you. If she can become dependable defensively, Coach Cori Close will have a much easier time trusting her with meaningful minutes.

The exciting part for UCLA is that Lina does not have to carry the full burden of organizing the offense by herself. Elina Aarnisalo, Addy Brown, Donovyn Hunter and other Bruins can also initiate possessions. That gives Lina room to develop without forcing her to handle every pressure situation immediately. Some possessions she can bring the ball up. On others, she can play away from it, cut, relocate and learn how to become dangerous without always having the basketball in her hands.

That is where Sergio believes this roster could become difficult to pressure. If opponents trap Elina, UCLA can put the basketball in Addy’s hands. If Addy initiates, Lina can become the next decision maker. If Lina starts the possession, she can move it to Donovyn and relocate. The Bruins do not have to play with one traditional point guard controlling every action. They can play with several players capable of reading the defense and continuing the possession.

For Lina, the freshman season should not be judged only by points or starts. Sergio will be watching whether she becomes more comfortable every month. Does she make quicker reads in January than she did in November? Does she handle pressure better after seeing it several times? Does she learn which teammates prefer the ball in certain spots? Does she become more confident directing older players when the offense needs to be organized? Those are the signs that a freshman guard is beginning to become a real floor general.

Lina Jerković arrives at UCLA as a young international guard with scoring ability, rebounding instincts and a natural willingness to create for others. If she adapts to the speed and physicality of college basketball while keeping the playmaking confidence that made her successful internationally, Sergio Betts believes she can become much more than developmental depth. She can become another intelligent ball handler in a Bruins offense built around multiple decision makers, and that could make UCLA extremely difficult to pressure as the season develops.

Somto Okafor: The International Freshman Who Already Plays With Strength, Pressure and Purpose

Somto Okafor gives UCLA another international freshman with a game that already looks comfortable around physical competition. Playing for Spain at the 2025 U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup, Okafor averaged a team leading 12.5 points and 6.5 rebounds, along with 1.3 assists, while shooting 43.3 percent from the floor. Before that, she averaged 11.9 points and 5.4 rebounds at the U16 EuroBasket. Sergio Betts looks at those numbers and immediately sees more than a young guard who can score. He sees a player who has already been asked to produce against talented international competition, handle responsibility and contribute on both ends of the floor before ever playing a college game.

The first thing Sergio notices is the rebounding. 6.5 rebounds per game from a guard matters because UCLA is clearly building a roster where perimeter players are expected to participate physically instead of standing outside the paint and assuming the frontcourt will clean up everything. Somto already appears comfortable going into traffic, finding the basketball and competing against bigger players. That mentality can become extremely valuable on a Bruins team that is replacing a large amount of experienced rebounding from last season.

Sergio wants that rebounding to immediately become part of UCLA’s transition offense. If Somto secures the basketball herself, she should not automatically stop and wait for somebody else to begin the possession. If the floor is open, push. Look ahead. Force the defense to retreat. If Sienna Betts is sprinting toward the rim, find her. If Timea Gardiner is filling behind the play, recognize the spacing. If Addy Brown is running alongside her, UCLA suddenly has multiple players capable of making the next decision. A guard who can rebound and immediately start offense removes an unnecessary step from the possession.

Her scoring background also gives UCLA something Sergio wants to see developed rather than restrained. Leading Spain in scoring at the U19 World Cup suggests Somto is already comfortable being aggressive. UCLA should not turn that aggressiveness into hesitation just because she is a freshman. If the lane is there, attack it. If the defender gives her space, be ready to shoot. If a smaller defender is on her, use the physical advantage. If a bigger defender switches onto her, test the feet and create separation. College basketball will demand more precise decisions, but Sergio still wants her natural attacking mentality intact.

The adjustment will come with decision speed. International experience helps, but major college defenses will force Somto to process actions much faster. Help defenders will arrive earlier. Passing lanes will disappear quicker. Traps will be more aggressive. Defenders will recover with more length. What looked like an open drive half a second earlier can suddenly become a crowded lane. Sergio wants to see whether Somto can learn to recognize those moments before the defense completely closes them off.

That means UCLA should give her situations where she has to make real reads rather than simply asking her to score. Put her in ball screen actions. Let her attack a closeout and decide whether to finish or pass. Let her handle in transition. Give her possessions where she has to recognize the help defender and make the next pass. The more comfortable she becomes making decisions at college speed, the more dangerous her physical tools become.

Her passing numbers may not immediately jump off the page, but that is another area Sergio believes can grow. Somto averaged 1.3 assists at the U19 World Cup, and UCLA can help her expand that part of her game. A player who can already create pressure as a scorer becomes much harder to defend once she consistently punishes help with the pass. If defenders collapse on her drive, find the shooter. If the big steps up, deliver the basketball to the roller. If the weak side shifts too early, recognize the open window before it disappears.

Defensively, Sergio believes Somto has the chance to become one of those freshmen who earns minutes because of physical competitiveness before everything else is fully developed. Her size and rebounding instincts suggest she is willing to engage, and UCLA can use that mentality at the point of attack. Stay in front. Fight through screens. Use strength without reaching. Contest without giving away unnecessary fouls. Make opposing guards uncomfortable enough that they have to work before the offense even begins.

The biggest defensive lesson will be discipline. College offenses are designed to punish one bad gamble. One unnecessary reach can open the lane. One late switch can create an open three. One missed rotation can turn a good defensive possession into an easy basket. Sergio wants Somto learning that aggression and control have to exist together. The goal is not to chase every steal. The goal is to make the offense uncomfortable for the entire possession.

There is also something valuable about the fact that Somto has already played in international tournaments where every game matters and every opponent presents a different style. That experience does not automatically make the transition to UCLA easy, but it does mean she has already dealt with structured basketball, scouting and different types of defensive pressure. Sergio wants her to bring that confidence to Westwood while remaining open to how Coach Cori Close wants UCLA to play.

Somto also does not have to become a finished product immediately because UCLA has enough experienced players around her to allow development without removing accountability. Elina Aarnisalo can help organize the offense. Donovyn Hunter brings veteran perimeter experience. KK Bransford understands physical college basketball. Addy Brown can create from the forward position. That means Somto can learn while still being asked to contribute in the areas where she is already strongest.

That is what makes her potential role so interesting. Some nights UCLA may need her scoring pressure. Other nights it may need her rebounding and defense. In another game, she may only play a shorter stretch but change the energy by attacking the rim and forcing the opponent to adjust. Sergio does not want her freshman season judged by whether she starts immediately. The better question is whether UCLA becomes more aggressive and more difficult to play against when she enters.

Sergio also wants to see the progression throughout the season. In November, she may rely more heavily on physical ability and instinct. By January, the reads should become faster. By February, the defensive communication should be stronger. By March, UCLA should know exactly which situations allow Somto to affect the game most. That growth matters much more than expecting perfection from the first week of the season.

What Sergio finds especially interesting is how Somto fits the larger identity of this new UCLA roster. The Bruins are collecting players who can do more than one thing. Guards who rebound. Forwards who pass. Bigs who can space the floor. Multiple players who can initiate offense. Somto fits that direction because she brings scoring pressure, rebounding and the potential to become a more complete two way decision maker as she develops.

Somto Okafor arrives at UCLA already battle tested internationally, already comfortable scoring against quality competition and already willing to rebound far beyond what many people expect from a guard. If she adjusts to the speed of college decision making, develops her passing reads and learns to combine defensive aggression with discipline, Sergio Betts believes UCLA could have much more than another talented freshman. The Bruins could have a physical two way guard whose impact keeps growing as the season gets harder.

What Cori Close Has to Solve Before This Team Can Become UCLA Again

Cori Close has talent, size, experience, international guards, veteran transfers and enough positional versatility to build several completely different lineups. What she does not have yet is a finished basketball identity, and that is the real challenge entering the 2026 to 27 season. UCLA is not simply replacing a few players from last year. The Bruins are rebuilding how possessions begin, who controls tempo, where shots are created, who communicates defensively, who finishes possessions on the glass and who receives the basketball when a game becomes uncomfortable. Seven of the twelve players are new to this particular roster, so Cori Close and her staff are not merely teaching offensive sets and defensive coverages. They are building timing, chemistry, communication, accountability and trust between players who have not yet experienced enough meaningful possessions together to automatically know what the teammate beside them is thinking.

The coaching staff will play an enormous role in how quickly that happens. Tony Newnan, Shannon LeBeauf, Soh Matsuura, James Clark and Noelle Quinn give UCLA several experienced basketball voices alongside Cori Close, but those voices have to point the roster toward the same identity. UCLA cannot have one player expecting a switch while another expects to fight through the screen, or one guard expecting to push in transition while the rest of the lineup is walking toward a half court set. The championship team eventually developed an understanding where players could anticipate the next rotation or pass before it happened. This new team has to create that same kind of understanding from the beginning rather than assuming talent will automatically produce chemistry.

One of the first things Cori Close has to determine is who actually controls UCLA’s offense. Sergio does not want the Bruins forcing one player into becoming the traditional point guard simply because every basketball team is expected to have one obvious organizer. Elina Aarnisalo can initiate possessions and control tempo. Addy Brown can create from the forward position and make decisions from the middle of the floor. Donovyn Hunter brings experience and can handle responsibility without dominating possession. Lina Jerković arrives with international playmaking experience, while KK Bransford can help settle difficult possessions and Bonnie Deas can rebound the basketball and immediately begin transition herself. UCLA has several players capable of starting offense, and Cori Close should turn that versatility into an advantage instead of unnecessarily narrowing the responsibility to one person.

The important part is making sure multiple creators do not become multiple players simply taking turns with the basketball. Sergio wants connectivity. If Addy begins the possession, Elina should already understand where she needs to relocate. If Elina attacks the paint, Sienna Betts should understand whether she needs to seal, screen, roll or clear space. If Bonnie grabs the rebound and pushes in transition, Timea Gardiner should immediately recognize whether she needs to run to the corner, trail the possession or lift behind the play. UCLA cannot simply place five talented players on the court and expect the offense to organize itself. Every action has to create the next action, and every player has to understand how her movement makes somebody else more dangerous.

The next major challenge is how UCLA uses its size without destroying its own spacing. Sienna Betts and Amanda Muse give the Bruins legitimate interior size, but they cannot simply occupy the same areas around the basket and make the paint easier for opponents to defend. Timea Gardiner changes that equation because her shooting can pull a frontcourt defender toward the perimeter. Addy Brown can operate between positions and become a playmaker from the elbow or top of the floor. Lena Bilić gives UCLA a 6 foot 3 perimeter player who can potentially shoot, attack closeouts and defend several positions. Cori Close therefore has the pieces to build physically large lineups that still have enough movement, passing and shooting to avoid becoming slow and predictable.

Sergio wants UCLA to explore those combinations aggressively because different opponents will challenge the Bruins in completely different ways. Some teams will go small and attempt to drag UCLA’s frontcourt away from the basket. Others will play through size and test whether the Bruins can handle physical interior basketball. Some opponents will pressure every ball handler and try to make the new roster uncomfortable. Others will pack the paint and dare UCLA to beat them from the perimeter. UCLA needs to be able to change personnel and solve those problems without looking like an entirely different team every time Cori Close makes a substitution. Versatility becomes valuable only when every lineup still understands the same basic principles.

Defense may be the most difficult problem Cori Close has to solve because defensive trust takes time. The championship roster eventually reached a point where players understood where help was coming from, who was responsible for the next rotation and who needed to secure the rebound after somebody else challenged the shot. This group has to build those instincts together. Somebody has to call the screen early enough for the on ball defender to react. Somebody has to tag the roller when the big steps toward the ball. Somebody has to rotate toward the corner after that tag happens, and somebody still has to find a body when the shot goes up. Those responsibilities can sound like tiny details during an ordinary November possession, but they become the exact details that decide postseason games.

Sergio wants the defensive communication established early enough that UCLA is not spending January looking at one another after made baskets and wondering who was supposed to rotate. Sienna Betts, Amanda Muse and Timea Gardiner will have to communicate from the back line because they can see actions developing in front of them. Donovyn Hunter and KK Bransford can bring veteran perimeter discipline. Bonnie Deas and Somto Okafor can bring pressure and rebounding from the guard positions. Addy Brown gives UCLA another versatile body capable of helping across multiple areas of the floor. Cori Close has enough defensive tools. The challenge is making sure all five players are solving the same possession together instead of five individuals trying to make separate defensive decisions.

Sergio’s Potential Starting Five and Why It Is Only the Beginning

If Sergio were experimenting with a starting group immediately, one lineup I would want to see is Elina Aarnisalo, Donovyn Hunter, Addy Brown, Timea Gardiner and Sienna Betts. That combination gives UCLA an organizer in Elina, a proven perimeter defender and shooter in Donovyn, a versatile creator and rebounder in Addy, a 6 foot 3 floor spacer in Timea and a 6 foot 4 interior presence in Sienna. The reason Sergio likes that group is not because each player individually looks talented on paper. It is because their skills can create opportunities for one another. Sienna’s interior presence can pull attention toward the paint, Timea can punish help from the perimeter, Addy can attack whatever space those two create, Elina can organize the entire action and Donovyn can defend, space the floor and provide another reliable decision maker.

That starting five should not become a permanent declaration before anybody has earned anything. KK Bransford could force herself into the lineup through defense, toughness and veteran reliability. Bonnie Deas could become impossible to keep off the floor if her remarkable rebounding immediately translates to the Big Ten. Lena Bilić could create matchup problems because of her size and shooting. Amanda Muse could become necessary against opponents with powerful frontcourts. Christina Karamouzi could turn her familiarity with UCLA’s system into an advantage while so many teammates are learning it for the first time. Lina Jerković and Somto Okafor could also develop faster than expected and force Cori Close to reconsider the rotation.

That competition can become one of UCLA’s greatest strengths if everybody understands what it is supposed to accomplish. Sergio does not want selfish competition where players become frustrated because somebody else started a game or received more shots. He wants useful competition where every strong practice forces the coaching staff to reconsider what the best lineup might be. A player who starts in November should still have to earn that position in January. A reserve who improves should know there is a genuine opportunity to move into a larger role. That kind of pressure can make the entire roster better, especially when there are several plausible versions of UCLA that Cori Close can deploy depending on the opponent.

The more important question is not who starts the first game. Sergio wants to know who Cori Close trusts to finish a one possession game in February and March. The best closing lineup may not contain the same five players who hear their names announced at the beginning. One matchup might require Donovyn’s defense, another might demand Bonnie’s rebounding, another could need Timea’s shooting or Amanda’s size. UCLA’s greatest advantage may eventually become the ability to choose a closing group based on what the game actually requires instead of automatically relying on the same five players regardless of circumstance.

What Could Make UCLA Dangerous Again

UCLA becomes dangerous when all of these different skills stop existing separately and begin multiplying one another. Elina Aarnisalo can create and organize. Donovyn Hunter can defend and shoot. Addy Brown can rebound, initiate and make plays from the forward position. Timea Gardiner can stretch defenses away from the basket. Sienna Betts can become an interior centerpiece. KK Bransford brings veteran toughness and composure. Bonnie Deas can win possessions through rebounding and defensive activity. Lena Bilić gives the Bruins unusual perimeter size. Amanda Muse provides another legitimate interior presence. Christina Karamouzi brings familiarity with Cori Close’s system. Lina Jerković brings international playmaking instincts, while Somto Okafor brings scoring pressure, physicality and rebounding from the backcourt.

The interesting thing is that UCLA does not necessarily need the same player to dominate every night. One game could belong to Sienna because an opponent has no answer for her inside. Another could belong to Addy even if she scores only ten points because she controls the game through rebounds and assists. Timea could change an entire matchup with outside shooting, while Bonnie could tilt another game by grabbing rebounds that guards normally do not get. Donovyn might spend an evening making an elite opposing scorer miserable, while Lina or Somto could eventually provide a freshman performance that completely changes the tempo of a game. That variety can become one of UCLA’s greatest weapons because preparing for one Bruin will not necessarily prepare an opponent for the next one.

The warning from Sergio is that the Bruins cannot become twelve individual résumés wearing the same uniform. Every talented player on this roster arrives with accomplishments, strengths and reasons to believe she deserves responsibility, but the championship question is whether those strengths can function together. Who takes the basketball when the offense breaks down? Who settles everybody after the opponent goes on an 8 to 0 run? Who remains fully engaged after going several possessions without a shot? Who sacrifices scoring opportunities because another matchup is working? Who communicates when a teammate makes a defensive mistake instead of simply looking frustrated? Those are the situations where UCLA will discover whether it has assembled a collection of players or actually built a basketball team.

The Bruins also have to replace responsibilities without becoming obsessed with replacing individual personalities from last year. Lauren Betts and Angela Dugalić are no longer there to control so many possessions around the rim. Kiki Rice is no longer organizing large portions of the offense. Gabriela Jaquez is no longer providing the same veteran physicality and toughness. Gianna Kneepkens is no longer stretching defenses with her shooting, and Charlisse Leger Walker is no longer giving UCLA another experienced decision maker. Sergio does not want Sienna trying to imitate Lauren, Elina trying to imitate Kiki or Timea trying to recreate Gianna. UCLA has to distribute those responsibilities according to what this roster actually does well.

Maybe Sienna becomes the new interior anchor while Addy and Bonnie absorb larger rebounding responsibilities. Maybe Elina becomes the main organizer while Addy becomes the secondary offensive brain. Maybe Donovyn handles the toughest perimeter assignment every night. Maybe Timea becomes the shooter whose gravity keeps the lane open. Maybe KK becomes one of the emotional stabilizers when the team gets rattled. Maybe Lena becomes a matchup problem nobody saw coming, or one of the freshmen develops so quickly that Cori Close has to change the rotation entirely. That is how a new identity should emerge. UCLA should not recreate last season player by player. It should build the best version of this season’s team.

The Schedule Will Tell UCLA Exactly What It Is

The early portion of the schedule gives Cori Close something valuable because UCLA will have time to experiment before the most demanding parts of the season arrive. That does not mean the Bruins have unlimited time to figure themselves out. November should become an information gathering period where the coaching staff learns which combinations defend best together, which groups create the cleanest spacing, who can handle pressure, who communicates consistently, who rebounds when the ball travels to the opposite side and which players naturally make each other better. Every early game should provide answers that influence what UCLA becomes later.

The schedule will gradually increase the pressure on those answers. Arizona will provide another significant checkpoint. Princeton comes to Pauley Pavilion for the championship banner and ring ceremony, creating a night where UCLA celebrates what the previous team accomplished while the new roster is trying to establish something of its own. The December matchup with Duke should expose another level of strengths and weaknesses, and eventually the Big Ten schedule will remove nearly every hiding place. Conference opponents will scout UCLA’s tendencies, attack uncomfortable matchups, pressure inexperienced decision makers and force Cori Close to prove that the Bruins have developed solutions instead of simply accumulating talent.

That is why Sergio does not want UCLA spending half the season repeating that everybody is still learning how to play together. Of course they are learning, but the learning has to produce visible progress. By December, the communication should be sharper than it was in November. By January, the rotation and responsibilities should become clearer. By February, Cori Close should know which groups she trusts when the game tightens. By March, there should be no confusion about UCLA’s identity, how it wants to defend, where its best offensive advantages come from or which players are expected to make the most important decisions.

That is the real assignment for Cori Close and this coaching staff. The hard part is not finding talented basketball players because UCLA already has twelve of them. The hard part is taking twelve different basketball backgrounds, twelve different skill sets and twelve different expectations and teaching them to function as one connected Bruins team. If Cori Close can solve the ball handling hierarchy, establish frontcourt spacing, build defensive trust, develop the right combinations and create defined late game responsibilities, then UCLA will have much more than an interesting new roster. It will have a team capable of carrying the championship standard forward without pretending it has to look exactly like the team that came before it.

Build Sienna into a centerpiece. Let Addy create. Let Elina organize. Let Donovyn pressure the perimeter. Let Timea stretch the floor. Let Bonnie attack the glass. Let KK bring the veteran edge. Develop Lena’s versatility. Give Amanda meaningful interior responsibility. Demand confidence from Christina. Give Lina and Somto room to grow without removing accountability.

Sergio Betts’ Final Judgment

Look at this new UCLA Bruins roster together and understand what you are actually seeing. This is not a replacement cast waiting to imitate the championship team that came before it. This is the beginning of the next version of UCLA women’s basketball, and Sergio believes the most important thing Cori Close can do is allow this group to build its own identity instead of forcing twelve different players into roles that belonged to somebody else. The championship standard remains, the expectations remain and the pressure remains, but the way UCLA reaches that standard can and probably should look different in 2026 to 27.

Sienna Betts has an opportunity to grow from an important freshman contributor into one of the central pieces of the program. Addy Brown arrives with the scoring, rebounding and passing versatility to become one of UCLA’s most complete offensive connectors. Elina Aarnisalo returns to Westwood with more experience and a legitimate opportunity to help control tempo and organize possessions. Donovyn Hunter brings proven shooting, perimeter defense and the kind of experience UCLA will need when games become uncomfortable. Timea Gardiner can completely change the spacing of the floor if she returns healthy and confident, while KK Bransford gives this group veteran toughness, physicality and leadership that will matter far beyond whatever appears in her scoring average.

Bonnie Deas gives UCLA a guard who attacks rebounds with the mentality of a much bigger player. Lena Bilić gives Cori Close a 6 foot 3 perimeter option with the potential to shoot, defend multiple positions and create difficult matchups. Amanda Muse has a real opportunity to turn limited minutes from last season into meaningful interior responsibility. Christina Karamouzi already understands UCLA’s system and now has the chance to transform that familiarity into legitimate rotation value. Lina Jerković arrives with international playmaking instincts, while Somto Okafor brings scoring pressure, physicality and international experience of her own. Every one of those players gives UCLA something different, and Sergio believes the real challenge is discovering how all of those strengths fit together rather than simply asking who replaces whom.

There will be mistakes. Sergio expects that. There will be possessions early in the season where the spacing looks wrong, the pass arrives a second late or two players react differently to the same defensive action. There will be nights when seven newcomers look exactly like seven newcomers trying to understand one another. That is not automatically a reason for panic. What matters is whether those mistakes become teaching points, whether November problems start disappearing by December and whether UCLA enters conference play looking more connected than it did when the season began. Development has to be visible, because patience only matters if the team is actually moving forward.

What Sergio will not accept is the assumption that UCLA’s championship window disappeared simply because familiar names moved on. The talent did not disappear. It changed form. The Bruins no longer have to win exactly the way last season’s roster won. They can build a different attack around multiple ball handlers, passing from the forward position, larger perimeter players, guards who rebound and frontcourt pieces who can stretch the floor. Cori Close does not need to recreate the old blueprint possession for possession. She needs to identify what this group naturally does well and build a new blueprint around those strengths.

That is where the development becomes more important than preseason rankings, transfer résumés or individual reputations. UCLA has twelve talented basketball players, but twelve talented players do not automatically become one championship team. That transformation happens when Sienna knows exactly where Addy is cutting before the pass is available, when Donovyn communicates the screen early enough for the entire defense to stay connected, when Bonnie attacks the glass even though she is one of the smaller players on the floor and when Timea moves into shooting space because she already understands where the penetration is going. It happens when the freshman accepts the correction without losing confidence, the veteran makes the simple pass instead of chasing the highlight and the player who scored twenty in the previous game is willing to take eight shots tonight because somebody else has the better matchup.

Sergio will be watching those details because that is where championship basketball actually lives. It lives in communication before the screen arrives, the weak side guard finding a body when the shot goes up, the extra pass after the defense has already rotated once and the possession where nobody gets statistical credit for creating the advantage. It lives in five players defending one action together instead of five players guarding separate people. It lives in the player who remains engaged when she is not scoring and the teammate who understands that protecting one possession can matter more than producing one highlight.

The previous championship group has already written its chapter in UCLA history. Lauren Betts, Kiki Rice, Gabriela Jaquez, Gianna Kneepkens, Charlisse Leger Walker, Angela Dugalić and the rest of that veteran core showed what the program could become when talent, development, trust and experience finally came together. Sergio respects that history, but the new Bruins cannot spend an entire season staring backward. The banner can hang in Pauley Pavilion while this roster begins creating something that belongs to itself.

Now the 2026 to 27 UCLA Bruins have the floor, and Sergio wants to see what they choose to do with it. Show us who becomes the voice when the defense starts breaking down. Show us who wants the basketball when UCLA has gone three minutes without a field goal. Show us which combinations force Cori Close to keep experimenting and which five players eventually earn the right to finish the biggest games. Show us which freshmen accelerate faster than expected, which veterans become indispensable and which players discover parts of their games that UCLA did not even know it needed in August.

Most importantly, show everybody whether last season was simply one extraordinary championship moment or evidence that UCLA has become the kind of program capable of rebuilding itself without surrendering its standard. That is the real test of a championship program. Winning the crown once is history. Building another team capable of competing for it after the roster changes is culture.

Sergio Betts is going to be direct: the crown has already been won, but nobody on this new roster inherits the right to keep it. Sienna Betts, Addy Brown, Elina Aarnisalo, Donovyn Hunter, Timea Gardiner, KK Bransford, Bonnie Deas, Lena Bilić, Amanda Muse, Christina Karamouzi, Lina Jerković and Somto Okafor now have the opportunity to prove that UCLA did not simply build one championship team. They have the opportunity to prove UCLA built a championship program. The talent is here. The possibilities are here. Now connect it, develop it, trust it and turn twelve different basketball stories into one UCLA identity. SERGIO BETTS HAS SPOKEN. HA! FOOLS! 😈⚡️🏀🔥

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