Article: O'Bannon brothers key to UCLA Bruins success. (University of California at Los Angeles basketball players Ed and Charles O'Bannon)

Their trademark shaven heads and explosive basketball play has garnered Ed and Charles O'Bannon cheers and accolades on the top-ranked UCLA Bruins.

Ed, a 6-foot-8 and 215-pound junior, admits he didn't expect to be playing with his freshman brother Charles, who is an inch shorter and five pounds lighter.

The O'Bannons begin each game with a fashionable chest-bump before making mincemeat out of the opposition.

The "dribbling siblings" comprise two-fifths of the Bruins' starting squad which has been consistently rated in the top-20 of all major college polls this year. UCLA has even spent a week as the country's No. 1 ranked team.

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