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UCLA basketball: Bruins hold recruiting weekend

By David Wharton
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While most UCLA fans will be focused on the big football game at Stanford, the basketball program has an important weekend on tap, with four top-name recruits expected to visit.

Josh Smith, the 6-foot-9 center from Washington, heads up the list. Also expected are point guard Ray McCallum and the aptly-named shooting guard Trey Zeigler, both from Michigan.

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Tyler Lamb, the shooting guard from Santa Ana Mater Dei who has already committed, should be there too.

Zeigler’s dad, Ernie, is the head coach at Central Michigan University. He spent five seasons as an assistant to Ben Howland at Pittsburgh and UCLA.

-- David Wharton

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David Wharton

David Wharton has filled an array of roles – covering the courts, entertainment, sports and the second Persian Gulf War – since starting as a Los Angeles Times intern in 1982. His work has been honored by organizations such as the Society for Features Journalism and Associated Press Sports Editors and has been anthologized in “Best American Sports Writing.” He has also been nominated for an Emmy and has written two books, including “Conquest,” an inside look at USC football during the Pete Carroll era.

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