[rmjvol]

Score a major signing for UCLA basketball recruiting. The top basketball recruit in the nation, Kevin Love, has signed with UCLA.

6-foot-9, 255 pounds from Lake Oswego, Oregon, Love has been called "the most fundamental high school basketball player in the last 25 years."

UCLA basketball coach Ben Howland and assistant Kerry Keating have been working hard to recruit Kevin Love for 3 years. The hard work has finally paid off.

What do you think this means for the team and the continuing UCLA basketball recruiting efforts? Just how good is UCLA going to be over the next few years?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by rmjvol

Love has been called "the most fundamental high school basketball player in the last 25 years."

That's some big praise! Just how good is this kid? Who's seen him play?

If he really is as good as advertised, considering the Bruins are already a top ranked team, they could be unreal next season.

[DJLJ1999]

I've seen him play NUMEROUS times... My buddy coached him until high school... Yeah... he's great... but he's great against kids 5 inches shorter and 40 pounds lighter... He is truly a man among boys. I think he has the potential to be great... or be a great disaster. Conditioning has gotten better. His dad is a former basketball star; Stan Love. Kevin has also surrounded himself with the right people, so it should be interesting.

[College Sports News]

Future Bruin Kevin Love from Lake Oswego High School in Lake Oswego, Ore., has been named the 2007 Naismith Trophy Male High School Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.

The Naismith Trophy, presented annually to the male and female high school players of the year, is the most prestigious national award in high school basketball. Love will be honored at the Naismith Awards banquet on April 5, 2007 in Atlanta.

Kevin Love Named Naismith Boys High School Player of the Year

[Lefty Noob]

Another big signing for the Bruins today to go along with Love. According to the Associated Press, "the Bruins received a verbal commitment from 6-foot-9-inch power forward Drew Gordon, of Archbishop Mitty, on Monday afternoon... Gordon, the No. 20 nationally ranked player of the 2008 class, announced his decision in a press conference at his San Jose high school." Looks like UCLA will have quite a team next season, don't you think?