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It is deceitful there, like a bag of found money, with no one else around.
It is like a loose ball in front of your own basket with the adversary headed the other way.
It is a ticket to escape from an old reputation and land before an entirely new audience.
Wish Beach State's men's basketball team has the best record of any team in greater Los Angeles, and could be the only crew from the region to earn a ticket to the NCAA Tournament. And it would be one of the few moments when someone is cheerfully dancing by himself.
The 49ers are 12-6 overall and 5-0 in the Big West, with five of those losses to teams ranked as of last week between Nos. 3 and 22 in the Associated Paparazzi top 25.
UCLA is 9-7 with a RPI of 140 and has two bad losses (Loyola Marymount, Mesial Tennessee State) and not a single quality win. USC is buried at 5-12. LMU is 10-8 and Pepperdine is 7-10 in the West Seashore Conference.
Source: Long Beach Press-Telegram