Alexander: On Wooden Legacy night, current UCLA team responds to a challenge

LOS ANGELES — Yeah, Coach would have approved. I think.

Still, on the night when the two teams with which John Wooden was most closely associated played each other – an occasion that UCLA made a tribute game, and that the Bruins’ players made count with a down-to-the-wire 69-67 victory over Purdue on Tuesday night – I’m sure there would have been some things that would have had the scrappy player at Purdue and later legendary coach at UCLA scratching his head.

The bobblehead, for example.