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It's Monday morning, which means it's time to take a look at the various bits and pieces of information from around the UCLA-iverse.

Following the coaching search debacle that brought Steve Alford to Westwood as Ben Howland's replacement, Chancellor Gene Block announced this morning that Dan Guerrero would not be retained as UCLA's athletic director.

Now that Chianti Dan, after bumbling through another head coaching search has made it official by announcing Steve Alford as UCLA's new hoops coach, we take a look at the process and Alford's career by the numbers.

With the Bruins set to take on Tubby Smith's Gophers, Bruins Nation takes a look at a numbers comparison between the former Kentucky coach and Ben Howland, showing that apparently Kentucky's AD expects more of its elite program than UCLA's does.

Bruins Nation gets the work-week started with the Monday edition of the wrap-up of the various bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse, focusing on Ben Howland's soon possible departure to Pitt and the hot-seat in Westwood.

Bruins Nation gets its Thursday hoops game day coverage started with a special game day edition of the Bruin Bites round-up of the various bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse.

Bruins Nation gets its Thursday hoops game day coverage started with a special game day edition of the Bruin Bites round-up of the various bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse.

Bruins Nation gets the work-week started with the New Year's Eve edition of the Bruin Bites wrap-up of the various bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse, focusing on the fact that 2012 ended without UCLA winning a single national title.

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Bruins Nation gets the work-week started with the usual Monday morning Bruin Bites wrap-up of the various bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse, focusing on Ben Howland and the pathetic dumpster fire joke basketball program.