Will they ever play defense?

NBC's "Pressing Question" about UCLA for the upcoming season is, "Will they ever play defense?" One understands why the LA celebrity mindset might tend away from the non-glamorous parts of the game; but still, don't you have to play at least a little defense to win? Kentucky has underperformed relative to their talent level in the Sleezipari Era, and I suspect that UCLA's relative accomplishments have been even less. All this has been through a period in which the Pac-12 has been less than intimidating as a whole, and UCLA might have been the big dog in a big way.