UCLA Basketball Top 20 Players of All Time: No. 7

As we continue with the ranking of the top 20 best UCLA Bruins of all-time, we’re inching closer to the top five as we arrive at the No. 7 slot.

This Bruin is one of the most widely known players to come from UCLA and has one of the best NBA careers of any Bruin mentioned so far.

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UCLA Basketball Top 20 Players of All Time: No. 7 Reggie Miller

Jan 2, 1988; Los Angeles, CA, USA; FILE PHOTO; UCLA Bruins guard Reggie Miller (31) in action against the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Bruins lost 80-73.Mandatory Credit: Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Many people may argue that Reggie Miller deserves a spot in the top five on this list, but he lacks the one thing that players ahead of him achieved: team success.

In all four years of Miller’s UCLA career, the Bruins failed to have any team success at all, with the second round of the NCAA Tournament the furthest that UCLA ever reached while Miller was there. Under coach and Bruins legend Walt Hazzard, UCLA missed the tournament entirely in three of Miller’s four seasons.

Jan. 30, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins former player Reggie Miller speaks to the crowd after his jersey was retired during half time of the game against the USC Trojans at Pauley Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Miller never saw much success in the NCAA Tournament, but he won the NIT with UCLA as a sophomore and won the NIT MVP award. That season, he averaged 15.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game. That was a major improvement from his freshman season, where he averaged only 4.6 points.

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His junior season is when he really made a name for himself. Miller led the conference with 25.9 points per game, an incredibly insane rate in college basketball. Despite his impressive stats, Miller didn’t receive much attention on a national scale.

Miller’s NBA Success

Jan, 1988; South Bend, IN, USA; FILE PHOTO; UCLA Bruins guard Reggie Miller (31) in action…

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