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UCLA says backpack matter closed

Updated: January 26, 2013, 12:02 AM ET
By Peter Yoon | ESPNLosAngeles.com

TEMPE, Ariz. -- UCLA's compliance department has investigated the designer backpack star freshman Shabazz Muhammad wore during postgame interviews Thursday night after he scored 23 points in the Bruins' 84-73 upset of No. 6 Arizona.

"The UCLA Athletics Compliance Office has confirmed that men's basketball players Shabazz Muhammad and Kyle Anderson (who also had a designer model backpack) received items in question as gifts from their respective families, and the matter is closed," UCLA's ...

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