So in Nikki Caldwell’s case, would it be big stilettos left to fill?

I believe I was around 6 years old when I was first asked the question.

It was only a few years ago that UCLA was at the top of college basketball.

And when I say “at the top,” I’m not referring to the three Final Fours.

I’m referring to the one Fabulous Five.

In retrospect, labeling the 2008-2009 recruiting class that landed Jrue Holiday, Malcolm Lee, Drew Gordon, J’Mison Morgan and Jerime Anderson in the blue and gold adidas ““ a recruiting class ranked No.

The annual UCLA spring football game is more than just a scrimmage.

There is no greater feeling than the moment when you know you’ve transformed a naysayer into a believer.

Except if you are the naysayer, that is.

But in this instance, as I contradict myself for the second time so far, I am fine playing the role of the foolish naysayer in the case of Russell Westbrook.

The former UCLA Bruin is having the best season of his career, and coincidentally, the time of his life in the process.

Westbrook finished the regular season ranked No.

Every Bruin Den member, former Bruin hoopster or general follower of college hoops has an opinion about UCLA basketball.

There is no point in me asking, because I know it’s happened to every single one of us.

A personal disaster occurs, the type that is often over-dramatized by us collegians, such as performing poorly on a midterm.

You could see from the opening tip that the Bruins were in for a difficult evening.

After an upset victory over Arizona Saturday, UCLA coach Ben Howland was big on his bigs.

A 22-point blowout win over one of the nation’s top teams, a move into a tie for first place in the Pac-10 Conference, and Reeves Nelson’s best game of his UCLA career “¦ all outshined by one meaningless basket.