UCLA gets defensive to dominate Rider in season opener

LOS ANGELES — When Eric Dailey Jr. entered the transfer portal he was positively confounded to see a school as big as UCLA reaching out so early into the process. He had started just half of the games during his freshman season at Oklahoma State, but there was Darren Savino’s contact popping up on his phone.
It turns out Dailey shouldn’t have been all that surprised. The UCLA coaching staff has a type, and he fits the parameters.
“We need the effort, the intensity on defe