sentences:  The Bruins finished 6–7 overall, 5–4 in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they were tied for fourth place.The UCLA Bruins had been ranked highly in the preseason polls, despite their mediocre 7-6 record in 2006, largely because they returned 20 starters in 2007.They had been predicted to finish 3rd in the Pac-10, behind the nation's #1 Southern California as well as California.