UCLA made a tremendous splash when it landed one of the top players in the transfer portal, former New Mexico guard Donovan Dent, shortly after its elimination from the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Dent comes off an excellent season with the Lobos, having won the Mountain West Player of the Year Award. He led the conference in scoring with 20.4 points per game and also averaged 6.4 assists. He helped lead New Mexico to a Mountain West regular season title and the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Bruins lost Dylan Andrews, who would ultimately transfer to Boise State, needed a point guard, and got probably the best one it could with Dent.
CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein believes Dent’s addition will do wonders for the Bruins.
“I don’t want to disparage anybody who played point guard for UCLA, but UCLA, since it lost Tyler Campbell a couple of years ago after a memorable run where the Bruins went to a Final Four and three straight Sweet 16s, had not adequately replaced Cambell at the most position on the floor,” Rothstein said last week.
