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PHOENIX -- UCLA coach Steve Alford brought in a stellar recruiting class to blend with the returning starters, a group that was expected to lead the Bruins at least back to the NCAA Tournament.So far, UCLA has been even better than expected.Led by do-everything freshman point guard Lonzo Ball, UCLA climbed to No. 2 in the AP Top 25 last week and should stay there after turning a close game against Michigan into a second-half rout on Saturday.As long as we defend, who knows what the limit is, Ball said after the Michigan win. Were going for a championship this year, thats our goal, and we dont expect to lose.The 6-foot-6 Ball has been superb so far this season, running UCLAs offense with the confidence and ease of someone much older. He averages 15 points, 8.8 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game, while allowing Bryce Alford the freedom to play off the ball.Fellow freshman T.J. Leaf has provided a big lift, averaging 17.6 points and 9.3 rebounds, and the Bruins have six players scoring in double figures.UCLA (10-0) got off to a slow start against Michigan at Pauley Pavilion, but ran away from the Wolverines in the second half by making 12 of 16 shots. UCLA shot 62 percent overall, hit 15 3-pointers and had 23 assists to eight turnovers.Thats how special offensively this team is, Steve Alford said. Its been, through 10 games, as close to a phenomenal offense as I can think of in my career as far as a team.The Bruins arent likely to supplant No. 1 Villanova in Mondays AP Top 25, but could pick up a few more first-place votes after receiving two last week.---VILLANOVA SURVIVESVillanova had some trouble with the pressure of being No. 1 for the first time in school history a year ago, lasting three weeks.The Wildcats almost stumbled in their first game as No. 1 this season.Villanova (10-0) struggled against Notre Dame (9-1), trailing by up to 11 points. Josh Hart saved the Wildcats.Already a front-runner for national player of the year, the senior carried Villanova almost by himself, scoring a career-high 37 points in the 74-66 win .Hes as good as any player in the country is and hes so complete, Villanova coach Jay Wright.---HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEKDukes Grayson Allen has been mentioned among the favorites for national player of the year. He might be in the running for dunk of the year after this jam against UNLV.---FRESHMAN SPOTLIGHTMarkelle Fultz, Washington. Fultz has lived up to the hype of being called the most decorated recruit in school history. The 6-foot-4 guard leads the Huskies with 23 points per game, is shooting 48 percent from 3-point range, grabs 7.1 rebounds and dishes for 5.8 assists.Now if he could get a little help.Washington has struggled despite having one of the nations top freshmen, dropping to 4-4 after losing three straight games.---GAEL FAILSaint Marys was a trendy pick to make a deep NCAA Tournament run and climbed to No. 12 last week.The Gaels (6-1) could take a big fall this week after losing at home to Texas-Arlington. 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The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes.FRESNO, Calif. -- The Latest on a Czech climber scaling Yosemites El Capitan (all times local):4:35 p.m.Renowned climber Kevin Jorgeson says he feels like a proud parent seeing a fellow climber break a record he set nearly two years ago in Yosemite National Park.Jorgeson said Tuesday that it was inevitable somebody would top the feat he and Tommy Caldwell established in 2015. The duo were the first to free-climb El Capitans Dawn Wall, making it up in 19 days.On Monday, 23-year-old Czech climber, Adam Ondra, completed the second-ever free assent of the wall -- taking just eight days.Free-climbers use only their hands, feet and strength. Ropes and harnesses are just for safety to catch a fall.Jorgeson of Santa Rosa, California, says hes honored that Ondra was drawn to the challenge. He says the point of setting a record is to push others to strive harder.---2:20 p.m.A climber from the Czzech Republic has scaled whats considered one of the worlds most challenging rock walls, using only his hands, feet and strength to scramble up the cliff in Yosemite National Park and doing it in record time.ddddddddddddA spokesman for Black Diamond Equipment confirmed Tuesday that 23-year-old Adam Ondra completed a half-mile free-climb up the famed El Capitans Dawn Wall.Company spokesman John Dicuollo says Ondra made the second-ever free assent of the wall and finished in eight days.Two years ago, U.S. free-climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson were first to chart the route, conquering it in 19 days.Free-climbers use ropes and harnesses only for safety to catch a fall.Yosemite climber and historian Ken Yager calls Ondra among the worlds elite climbers. ' ' '

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