Alex Stepheson released

Will UCLA be getting more help in the front court?

Six-foot-9 North Carolina forward Alex Stepheson has been released by the Tar Heels and UCLA could be one of the schools recruiting him. The Bruins are expected to lose Kevin Love to the NBA andt also might lose Alfred Aboya and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute. The incoming class is mostly guards, though center J'Mison Morgan is also likely to join the incoming freshmen.

Stepheson, a sophomore, cited family reasons (his father has been ill) as his reason for wanting to transfer somewhere in California. He went to Harvard-Westlake and his family is down the street from Fairfax High.

Click here for the official release from the University of North Carolina.

In the video above, Stepheson makes a pair of sick blocks (back-to-back) against Washington State. After the jump is a video of Stepheson throwing down an ally oop.