This UCLA team is starting to become easier to figure out. The Bruins were back to facing a ranked team Thursday – this time, No. 7 Arizona – and they once again rose to the occasion. Playing before a nearly full Pauley Pavilion, UCLA jumped out to an early lead and showed it can compete […]
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Bruins bank on renewed intensity in match against No. 7 Wildcats
The UCLA men’s basketball team has been in this situation before, facing a top-10 team at Pauley Pavilion. The game occurred on the first Thursday of December, against then-No. 1 Kentucky. It turned out to be one of the Bruins’ best games in recent memory, as they led for more than 38 minutes and captured […]
Reports suggest Mora likely to stay with UCLA despite NFL rumors
From the information that has surfaced over the past three days, it doesn’t look like UCLA football coach Jim Mora is going anywhere. On Tuesday morning, Bruin Report Online reported that sources “close to the situation” said Mora wouldn’t take an interview for another coaching job right now, even if he were offered one. Beyond […]
Left tackle Conor McDermott returning to UCLA for final season
UCLA football starting left tackle Conor McDermott announced via Instagram on Tuesday night that he will be returning to UCLA for his redshirt senior season in 2016. After long discussion with my family and coaches, I'm proud to say I… https://t.co/4if0ADVixQ — Conor McDermott (@mcdermottc11) January 6, 2016 McDermott has been a fixture at the […]
UCLA men’s basketball outhustled, outplayed in Washington weekend
PULLMAN, Wash. — With 43 seconds to go, coach Steve Alford put his right palm completely over his face, as if to shield himself from the jarring reality at hand. His team was trailing by eight points to lowly Washington State – a team that was picked to finish dead last in the Pac-12. A […]
UCLA men’s basketball falls to Washington in double overtime
SEATTLE — Bryce Alford limped into the UCLA locker room, 48 minutes of game action wearing the soles of his shoes thin. The junior guard gave it all he had – two 3-pointers in the final 22 seconds of regulation, another game-tying 3-pointer at the end of the first overtime, and 17 made free throws. Alford single handedly […]
Nebraska runs past UCLA in Foster Farms Bowl
SANTA CLARA — Saturday night’s Foster Farms Bowl was, appropriately, an anticlimactic end to an anticlimactic season for the UCLA football team. The Bruins fell flat before the middling Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-7), surrendering 326 rushing yards in a 37-29 loss. UCLA was outscored 30-7 over the final 37:55, coming apart at the seams over the […]