UCLA Fans Make Big Splash in Gene Pool

Before the tournament, Gene Wojciechowski picked UCLA to win it all in his “office pool� article. Then, when all the hype was built around the championship game, he writes the lone “I pick Arkansas� article, without even a mention of his previous selection. Maybe he forgot it. Either way, thank you, Gene, for proving yet again that you’re all controversy and no substance.

GARY FENTON

Beverly Hills

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Ordinarily, I would defend Gene Wojciechowski in his right to be witless, vapid, senseless, obtuse, moronic, inane, inferior, foolish, feeble-minded, dumb, dull, dense, brainless or asinine, but this time he has abused the privilege.

JAY S. LOWY

Tarzana

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Hey, Gene, I hope you didn’t break your leg jumping off the Bruin bandwagon.

PATRICK MALLON

San Luis Obispo

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Hey, Gene, you sure can pick a winner. You would be better off working at Shakey’s in the buffet line serving “Wojo� potatoes.

DANNY SANCHEZ

Huntington Beach

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There are worse things that could have happened to Gene Wojciechowski this week. He could be working for the National Enquirer. He could have worn a USC sweat shirt in front of a KIIS van in Westwood. He could have picked Florida International to win the NCAA tournament. He could have been stuck on the Space Needle with Dick Vitale and Halo Man.

Instead, he is stuck spewing drivel for the Los Angeles Times.

WILLIAM O. GAYNOR

Newbury Park

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Gene Wojciechowski’s brilliant piece of reverse psychology made the Bruins’ victory a slam dunk.

RICHARD R. McCURDY

Hollywood

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Forty minutes of heart will beat 40 minutes of hell every time.

TOM FESSLER

Huntington Beach

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Sunday, Feb. 26, 1995: The UCLA Bruins have just finished blowing out Duke on national television.

Brent Musburger: “This team will be cutting down the nets in Seattle.�

Dick Vitale: “I don’t know, baby, I think Kentucky will have something to say about this.�

Congrats, Bruins and Brent.

CHRISTOPHER BUTLER

Marina del Rey

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Has anyone noticed the epidemic that has hit the Los Angeles area? It seems that Jim Harrick critics have come down with lockjaw.

BILL DANCY

Ladera Heights

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Sorry, but I must give up on Bruin basketball. Single-handedly, through my body language, yelling, screaming and swearing in front of the TV, I got John Wooden 10 titles--but I was only 50 then!

Now I am 70, and Jim Harrick must continue on his own. Only a few sips of the bubbly allowed me to carry him and his fine crew through to No. 11. At my advanced age, I can no longer risk cardiac arrest.

BILL OAKES

Murrieta

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I guess the bashers will have to settle for hanging another national championship banner from Pauley Pavilion’s rafters instead of Jim Harrick.

STEPHEN DUE

Inglewood