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UCLA basketball: Bruins holding ‘Blue Out, Sell Out’ for final game of the season at Pauley Pavilion

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Some might say they’re selling out, all right.

UCLA is holding a ‘Blue Out, Sell Out’ event for the Bruins’ final home game Feb. 26 against Pacific 10 Conference-leading Arizona in a not-so-subtle attempt to bolster attendance.

Fans are encouraged to wear blue and will have a chance to take a photo on John & Nell Wooden Court after the game. It will be the last game played at Pauley Pavilion (barring a total collapse and appearance in the National Invitational Tournament) before interior renovations force the Bruins to play their home games elsewhere next season.

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UCLA will honor the 1971 team, celebrating the 40th anniversary of its NCAA championship, at halftime.

Selling out the game might be tough. The Bruins are averaging 7,475 fans this season at 12,819-seat Pauley Pavilion, with a season-high 10,419 showing up for a 64-50 victory over USC earlier this month.

-- Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.†He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters†as the “Worst of the Week†after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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