Moments before UCLA basketball took the floor Thursday night, the biggest jeers facing the Bruins came neither from Oregon’s basketball players nor the Duck faithful scattered throughout Pauley Pavilion.
No, it was UCLA’s pregame DJ that pointed out the elephant in the room and practically pulled on its trunk, playing Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock’s “It Takes Two.”
“It takes two to make a thing go right,” the 1988 rap classic echoed throughout the building. “It takes two to make it outta sight.”
Things didn’t go right for an overwhelming majority of UCLA’s 87-83 loss to Oregon, and it was because of two: Sophomore guard Jordan Adams and sophomore guard/forward Kyle Anderson, suspended Thursday afternoon for a violation of team rules. The eight players who did play, however, scratched, clawed and fought for all 50 minutes of the double-overtime heartbreaker.
Story by: Andrew Erickson