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Detroit vs UCLA Live Stream Free. A preliminary assessment by UCLA coach Steve Alford about his team was worrisome: Bruins was not what they considered a defense. "Returning from Kansas City," Alford said this week, "we thought it was our flagrant weakness for the team, that it should not be a bad defense."

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Before the season, Alford announced that his team had a length, athleticism and depth to defend at a high level. The indefinite pendants of first-year students Lianglole Bala, Halen Hill and Cody Riley stripped the bruins of something this deep, but they were still a long, elastic package.

The first five games did not translate into many stops. UCLA gave 100 points twice, fighting for protection inside or outside the three-point line.

Then there were some flashes of protection that Alford thought he would see. The Bruins made life unhappy around the UC Irvine basket, before showing that they can protect the perimeter of Cal State Bakersfield. Strong indications allowed UCLA (6-1) to prevail comfortably in these games, although they collected seven of 34 triples (20.6%).

The Bruins said they are encouraged that their shots do not allow their defensive efforts to go bust.
 

"It's great that you can still win when the shots do not go down," said Thomas Welch of UCLA after his team converted just two of 17 three-pointers against Bakersfield. "This will be a great point for us."

The comparison of the UCLA defense this season against the previous season showed some encouraging trends. According to the analytical site kenpom.com, compared to last season in qualification No. 85, the adjusted protective effectiveness of the Bruins ranked 73rd in the country.

The defense will explode on Sunday in Pauley's pavilion against Detroit Mercy (4-3), which is 93.7 points per game, which is almost 10 more than at UCLA. The average possession of titans lasts only 14.8 seconds, according to kenpom.com, a little longer than the average duration of possession of UCLA 14.3 seconds, which is the ninth in the country.

"Obviously we wanted to escape," said Aiaron Holid, a Bijnés guard, "and if they like to run, then we will have a very fast game."

A significant difference is what the teams did with their assets. The adjusted effectiveness of UCLA in criminal ranks No. 32 in the country, and the ranks of Detroit Mercy No. 197.

"I'm looking for a game that is very fast," Alford said, "because everything I heard, they like to play up and down, and they like to play fast, and obviously we're very good at the game, so it should be fast." .

Update: this week the simple Welshman can be forgiven for not knowing the history of his team against Detroit Mersey; He was only 3 when the 12 Titans defeated the Bruins 56-53 in the top five at the Indianapolis RCA Dome in the first round of the 1999 NCAA tournament. 

Jermain Jackson, now assistant coach of Detroit Mercy, led the Titans with 17 points. "It's good to know", - said Vallius, when he learned of the results of the teams' only previous meeting.