Filed under: UCLA, St. John's
LOS ANGELES -- It's not like Steve Lavin hasn't been back to Pauley Pavilion in the last eight years. He just hasn't done it as the opposing coach.
The man who could never quite do it right when he was the UCLA coach from 1996-2003 returned to the scene of his alleged crimes against Bruin basketball Saturday morning.
But apparently, at 10 a.m on a sunny California morning seven years after Lavin left, everybody in Westwood played it cool. The boos did not rain, the jeers weren't even close to deafening.
Is it possible that UCLA fans are, dare we say, over it?
The hostility never showed up, but after a slow start, UCLA finally did.
The Bruins beat the visiting Red Storm on the boards, had a huge advantage at the free-throw line and rallied from a slow start to defeat St. John's 66-59.
Reeves Nelson hit a fall-away 3-pointer with 34 seconds to go to close out what is a respectable non-conference win for a Bruins team looking to solidify its NCAA prospects. UCLA improved to 16-7.
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