Respect. That’s all they’re asking for. But the USC men’s basketball team is hoping to prove just why it deserves it, rather than beg for it. “We haven’t gotten any respect yet,” Trojan junior Nick Young said. “We’ve been going out there and playing some good teams and we’ve gotten the job done.” In just […]
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UCLA announces plan to renovate Pauley
When UCLA fans travel to the newly opened Galen Center at USC this Saturday to watch the Bruins take on the Trojans, they will be getting a slight taste of what is soon to come to Westwood. On Thursday, it was announced that UCLA plans to conduct a renovation of Pauley Pavilion and hopes to […]
Senior’s ranking falls short of expectations
Apparently a National Championship trophy, a No. 1 ranking to finish the 2006 season, and back-to-back NCAA Indoors Championship titles don’t fit anywhere in the formula that is used to generate collegiate men’s tennis rankings. When the Fila Collegiate Tennis Rankings were released Jan. 9, Bruin senior Benjamin Kohlloeffel found himself in the No. 5 […]
M. Tennis: Tennis teams look to build on past successes
With their sights set on the NCAA Championship this year, the UCLA men’s tennis team is even more capable of accomplishing the feat than they were a year ago. However, it’s not because of the addition of any players to the already talented and deep lineup. Nor is it because of the return of any […]
W. Tennis: Tennis teams look to build on past successes
When the No. 15 UCLA women’s tennis team splits up this weekend to compete in tournament play, several individuals will have to go beyond expectations to show why they should be a part of the singles lineup in dual matches. The struggle is not limited to making the singles lineup on the Bruin squad but […]
Bruins, Aggies get physical in tight game
ANAHEIM “”mdash; The level of physicality inside the Honda Center for the Wooden Classic on Saturday was characteristic of what fans at the arena usually see. The only difference was that when No. 1 UCLA took on No. 6 Texas A&M at the home of the NHL’s Mighty Ducks, they weren’t playing on ice and […]
Mata bounding back after recovery
When UCLA assistant coach Kerry Keating told Lorenzo Mata how many rebounds he had recorded on Tuesday night as he walked toward the bench, the junior thought his coach was joking. “I looked at him again, and I was like, “˜Really? Sixteen?’ I couldn’t believe it,” Mata explained. But coach Ben Howland had been waiting […]