In the first minute of Jim Mora’s interview session at Pac-12 Media Day, the elephant in the room was brought to the fore. A reporter asked the UCLA coach about the recent unsealed testimony from former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary. In that testimony, McQueary stated that Tom Bradley – UCLA’s current defensive coordinator […]
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Pac-12 fizzles out after early splash at 2016 NBA draft
UCLA men’s basketball was a no-show at the 2016 NBA draft this past Thursday. For the third time in the last seven years, the Bruins did not have one player chosen in the 60-pick selection process. Heading into draft night, prospects for a UCLA draftee were as low as they’ve been in several years. There […]
Baseball seniors reflect on historic 2013 College World Series win
A group of UCLA baseball seniors sits in the locker room and thinks. The players look back to June 2013, and try to describe what it was like to win the first College World Series in school history. It takes them a few seconds, but one eventually speaks. “You try to explain it to people, […]
UCLA baseball still has great catches despite foul season
At the beginning of the season, anyone who cared about Pac-12 baseball would have circled this series on their calendar. UCLA and Oregon State entered the year as the top two Pac-12 teams in four separate preseason polls – Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and the Pac-12 Preseason […]
UCLA baseball aims for strong close to disappointing 2016 season
Almost all of the remaining holdovers from UCLA baseball’s lone national championship team will play their final home games this weekend. It’s a group of four position players: two redshirt senior outfielders, Christoph Bono and Eric Filia, and two senior middle infielders, Trent Chatterton and Brett Urabe. The other four holdovers from that national title […]
Bruin baseball misses chance for comeback against UCSB Gauchos
It was a comeback that could have saved a season. And then it wasn’t. UCLA baseball entered Tuesday’s game against UC Santa Barbara in a must-win situation. Coach John Savage said that his team had to win all seven of its remaining games – starting with UCSB – just to have chance to make the […]
Baseball to take on crosstown rival USC in pivotal late-season series
It seems rather fitting that the do-or-die series for UCLA baseball’s season would come against crosstown rival USC. The Bruins (23-23, 10-11 Pac-12) enter their annual three-game series against the Trojans with an RPI of 75. Their chances of attaining an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament are still there, but they are fading. UCLA […]