This notion that UCLA is down is patently ridiculous. The UCLA senior class is UCLA basketball. Darren Collison, Josh Shipp, Alfred Aboya, and Michael Roll have been logging serious minutes since UCLA went on this run. They each have three final fours under their belt--Shipp actually having four. Add to that redshirt junior, James Keefe.
The stars like Farmar, Love, Westbrook, etc have come and gone. None staying for more than two years, but the team keeps rolling because of the core I listed above.
You add to them two future lottery pick guards in Jrue Holliday and Malcom Lee and they still have as much talent 1-3 as any team in the country--if not more.
They might be a little light up front, but they also have one of the top four coaches in the country.