The Brain Behind The Bruins: Johnny Juzang’s Rise At UCLA
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Johnny Juzang exploded onto the college basketball scene during the 2021 NCAA Tournament after he led the eleventh seeded UCLA Bruins on a surprising run all the way to the Final Four. Now he's looking to get to the next level and take his team all the way to the championship. Today, The Athletic's Seth Davis, who recently spent time with Juzang and his family, tells us how the sharpshooting junior from Tarzana made his way back to Los Angeles after a short stint in Kentucky and how his childhood vision boards helped guide him toward college basketball stardom.
Read Seth Davis' story about UCLA guard Johnny Juzang: https://theathletic.com/2915025/2021/10/28/hes-always-had-a-different-brain-inside-johnny-juzangs-vision-quest-for-ucla/
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| 0:46.0 | During its Cinderella run to the final four this past spring, the UCLA men's basketball team saw a new star emerge. |
| 1:00.0 | Shooting guard Johnny Juzang. And now, Juzang and the Bruins are added again. |
| 1:05.0 | Look at Johnny's so smooth. |
| 1:08.0 | That's Jeff and from Juzang. Johnny has just come out. |
| 1:12.0 | And I'm going to light it up here. |
| 1:14.0 | Today, the athletic Seth Davis on how an unusual mind and an incredible amount of focus |
| 1:20.0 | have helped Juzang become the player he is today. |
| 1:23.0 | I found him to be very wise and very balanced kind of zen and really very reflective. |
| 1:29.0 | So inside and out basketball player, kid, son, family, super, super impressive. |
| 1:35.0 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:38.0 | It's Friday, November 19th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:45.0 | So Seth, the last time we had you on the show, it was because you had written this really fun story about the script's national spelling bee. |
| 1:52.0 | So I have to ask and I need you to answer honestly here. |
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