It’s been a busy week for UCLA men’s basketball. The Bruins opened their season in lackluster form Friday, falling 84-81 in overtime to the Monmouth Hawks. UCLA followed up that performance with a near-disaster against Cal Poly Sunday, where the team sacrificed a 15-point lead in the second half and barely outlasted the Mustangs. As […]
Author Archives: Claire Fahy
Men’s basketball recovers from season-opening loss to win against Cal Poly
Tony Parker sat at the podium, shaking his head and mumbling his words. One thing he said was completely clear: “Thirteen assists and 23 turnovers.” The senior forward kept repeating the stat line over and over. That was Friday. An overtime upset loss to Monmouth had stunned the Bruins and left them looking for answers. […]
UCLA falls to Washington State 31-27
PASADENA – Washington State’s Gabe Marks wears the same number, 9, as childhood friend and UCLA senior Jordan Payton. Both receivers duked it out Saturday at the Rose Bowl, leading their teams’ offenses with an average of 7.7 and 10.9 yards per catch, respectively. The only play that mattered, though, was a 21-yard touchdown pass […]
Cougars prowl into Bruin territory for last home game
No one saw the Washington State Cougars coming, but here they are. Unranked to start the season, Wazzu remains outside of the national top 25 but is surging up the ranks of the Pac-12. The Cougars sit right behind the No. 8 Stanford Cardinal in the northern division, chasing a championship berth. Led by quarterback […]
Aaron Holiday forges own path following siblings’ footsteps
Aaron Holiday stood in the middle of an office in the J.D. Morgan Center, his 6-foot-1 frame cloaked in a grey Adidas tracksuit. The freshman guard pored over the UCLA men’s basketball media guide, studying the Bruins’ past season statistics as well as the scouting report on UCLA’s first season opponent: Monmouth. His eyes widened […]
Claire-ification: Missouri boycott represents path Ed O’Bannon should have taken
One of the most historic moments of UCLA men’s basketball never happened. It was 1995, and the No. 1 Bruins were headed into familiar territory: The NCAA Tournament. The team’s game plan, however, was far from conventional. In partnership with fellow top regional seeds Wake Forest and the University of Massachusetts, in addition to other […]
Bruin football prepares for pass-heavy Cougar offense
UCLA has controlled its own destiny for two weeks, ever since Utah lost to USC back on Oct. 24. Those two rival teams will largely define the second half of the Bruins’ conference schedule, as the Utes and Trojans sit at the very end of conference play. Flying under the radar but just as menacing […]