After Wooden retired, UCLA held on, but two-year tenures of Gene Bartow, Gary Cunningham and Larry Brown would hurt program stability, leading to the end. UNLV had the power for a while, becoming the first West Coast national champions since Wooden's final year,

Donovan Dent, who won the Mountain West Player of the Year award with New Mexico this season, is transferring to UCLA. The 247Sports transfer portal listing confirmed the move on Saturday. He was ranked as the No.

Donovan Dent joined the UCLA Bruins after transferring as a point guard from New Mexico’s basketball program. The Mountain West Player of the Year recently chose to join the Westwood’s program under head coach Mick Cronin’s leadership.