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In an enormous setback for UCLA, 7-3 heart Aday Mara is not going to return subsequent season

By Editorial Board Published April 1, 2025 4 Min Read
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In an enormous setback for UCLA, 7-3 heart Aday Mara is not going to return subsequent season

UCLA has suffered an enormous setback in its plans for subsequent season: Aday Mara shouldn’t be returning.

The 7-foot-3 heart who might develop into a gargantuan story for his subsequent crew is planning to play elsewhere after two seasons as a Bruin. Mara’s departure was confirmed by two individuals near the state of affairs not licensed to publicly expose his plans as a result of they haven’t been made public.

Mara is a two-way drive who can rating in quite a lot of methods and move like some extent guard whereas additionally blocking pictures, altering others and maintaining an untold quantity from being taken.

However he didn’t play a heavy allotment of minutes till the second half of the season, probably accelerating his departure.

After being a part-time starter as a freshman in a failed two-post experiment, Mara nearly solely got here off the bench as a sophomore, the lone exception being a victory over USC through which Tyler Bilodeau was recovering from an ankle harm.

Coach Mick Cronin cited quite a lot of components — conditioning, matchups and a number of sicknesses — for Mara’s restricted utilization, but it surely turned more and more clear that the most effective model of the Bruins concerned having Mara on the courtroom.

After a breakout late January efficiency towards Wisconsin through which he scored a career-high 22 factors to go together with 5 rebounds and two blocks in solely 21 minutes, Mara was a much bigger a part of the rotation the remainder of the season.

Regardless that his season averages of 6.4 factors, 4.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 13.1 minutes may appear modest, Mara offered a matchup nightmare for opponents due to his shot-blocking prowess, precision passing and talent to attain with each energy and finesse.

Making his restricted utilization all of the extra puzzling, Cronin conceded late within the season that the 6-9 Bilodeau was not a middle despite the fact that he began each sport he performed on the place.

The departure of Mara is a big blow within the wake of the arrival of extremely coveted switch level guard Donovan Dent from New Mexico, forcing UCLA to mine the switch portal for 2 facilities provided that backup large man William Kyle III just lately left for Syracuse. The one minor salvaging of the state of affairs is that the Bruins can use no matter identify, picture and likeness funds that they had earmarked for Mara for his alternative.

The Bruins can even want a switch wing participant as a part of a roster that can even embrace Dent and fellow guards Skyy Clark, Trent Perry and Eric Freeny in addition to forwards Eric Dailey Jr., Brandon Williams and Bilodeau.

However their largest want simply shifted to the low put up.

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