{"id":165810,"date":"2019-01-04T16:05:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T00:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=165810"},"modified":"2023-03-21T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T21:26:09","slug":"whats-next-for-ucla-in-the-paint-podcast-4th-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/whats-next-for-ucla-in-the-paint-podcast-4th-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"What's Next For UCLA?: \"In The Paint\" Podcast 4th Episode!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ballislifes-in-the-paint-show\/id1447162261?mt=2\"><span class=\"s1\">Subscribe to our new Podcast on iTunes here<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/talking-melo-ball-in-the-paint-podcast-3rd-episode\/\">Podcast: State of Pac-12 Basketball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the fourth episode of our all-new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ballislifes-in-the-paint-show\/id1447162261?mt=2\">\"<em>In The Paint Show,<\/em>\"<\/a> hosts <strong>Ronnie Flores<\/strong> and <strong>Devin Ugland<\/strong>&nbsp;discuss the recent firing of UCLA coach <strong>Steve Alford<\/strong>, which occurred since our third episode when Pac-12 basketball in general was discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Will UCLA stay the course and hire someone like <strong>Fred Hoiberg<\/strong>? Or will UCLA go against the grain a bit and hire someone such as former player <strong>Earl Watson<\/strong>? We go Hard In The Paint on how UCLA got to where it's currently at and what could turn things around for the proud program and Pac-12 Conference in general.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/554213919&amp;color=%2362a6eb&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about our hosts, Ronnie Flores and Devin Ugland, and to get more information about what \"In The Paint\" is all about, check out our intro below!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/547317276&amp;color=%2362a6eb&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ballislifes-in-the-paint-show\/id1447162261?mt=2\"><span class=\"s1\">Subscribe to our new Podcast on iTunes here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our newest \"In The Paint Show,\" hosts Ronnie Flores and Devin Ugland\u00a0go hard on the recent firing of UCLA coach Steve Alford, the top candidates to replace him, the factors leading to the program's downturn and what can turn the Bruins around.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8316,1444,6886,8320,38,46172,3,46250,13565,247],"tags":[12867,11406,13587,46137,13570,13585],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-165810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-all-blogs","category-exclusive-videos","category-grassroots-coverage","category-high-school","category-in-the-paint-podcast","category-nba","category-news","category-podcast","category-hs-west","tag-ballislife-podcast","tag-earl-watson","tag-fred-hoiberg","tag-in-the-paint","tag-in-the-paint-podcast","tag-steve-alford"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s Next For UCLA?: &quot;In The Paint&quot; Podcast 4th Episode! 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