LOS ANGELES -- Greetings from Pauley Pavilion, where tonight we see No. 2 UCLA take on Atlantic 10 foe George Washington in a late November non-conference matchup.

The Bruins, who come into tonight's matchup at 6-0 after last week's CBE Classic championship, faces a GW team that opened the season with wins over Mount St. Mary's and Boston University before falling at Maryland-Baltimore County last Saturday. George Washington hasn't exactly been fortunate against teams from the Pac-10 either, recording a 2-3 mark all-time, with the Colonials most recently falling to UCLA's crosstown rival, USC, 74-65, last season in the Wooden Classic out in Anaheim. And while GW coach Karl Hobbs might not be expecting to leave Westwood with a win tonight, the seventh-year coach has taken his team to the NCAA Tournament the last three years, so anything's possible, right?

For UCLA, Russell Westbrook will once again be starting at point guard for Darren Collison, who many thought would make his return to the court tonight against George Washington. Though Westbrook proved to be a reliable backup at the point guard slot in keying two Bruin victories over Maryland and then-No. 10 Michigan State in Kansas City, Collison is in uniform and could make his first appearance of the 2007-08 season after spraining his MCL against Azusa Pacific in UCLA's first exhibition game.

In other injury news, junior forward-center Alfred Aboya is also expected to play tonight for UCLA after fracturing his orbital floor of his right eye in the Bruins' 81-47 win over Yale last Friday. UCLA, however, is still missing three-point sharpshooter Michael Roll, who worked out on Monday for the first time since rupturing his plantar fascia in his left foot during practice on Nov. 3, and sophomore forward James Keefe, who is still recovering from surgery that he had back in August for a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

And with that update, here comes the tip...