The Players' Tribune - Normally, if he had been just some random rival fan, that kind of thing wouldn’t have fazed me too much.
But then I saw what the guy was wearing.
A blue hoodie. A blue UCLA men’s basketball hoodie.
We’d just won the game, and I was getting heckled by a UCLA fan?
I’m getting taunted … by our own fans?
In that moment, that guy got to me. I hate to admit it. He got under my skin. But I’ve thought about that moment a lot because it revealed something to me.
At UCLA, the expectations are just different.
I might not have known it then, but high expectations aren’t so bad.
It's been a remarkable four-year journey for senior UCLA guard Bryce Alford.
As the Bruins get ready for what has the potential to be a deep run at the NCAA Tournament, Alford shared his journey in The Players' Tribune. He touches on a wide variety of topics, including his relationship with his father, handing the starting point guard job to Lonzo Ball and maturing at UCLA over the years.
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