This post was updated Feb. 25 at 8:45 p.m. TUCSON, Ariz. — Back and forth, one run after another. In front of a sea of red that leapt up in a flurry each time the home team scored, No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 Arizona put on a show fitting for the hype surrounding the […]
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UCLA men’s basketball trails Arizona 43-39 at halftime
TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona fans at the McKale Center started dancing and rocking before the top-five matchup even started. No. 5 UCLA (25-3, 12-3 Pac-12) quieted the crowd quickly, stringing together an 11-0 run to take a 17-11 lead over No. 4 Arizona (26-3, 15-1) in the first seven minutes and 20 seconds of the […]
UCLA men’s basketball dominates USC 102-70
This post was updated Feb. 18 at 10:30 p.m. Four, but no more. No. 6 UCLA (24-3, 11-3 Pac-12) ended its four-game losing streak to USC (21-6, 8-6) with a dominating 102-70 win over its crosstown rival Saturday night. This was the full-force of the Bruins on display. The passes zipped around freely and the […]
UCLA men’s basketball leads USC 46-34 at halftime
The storm of the year may have already subsided in Los Angeles, but it’s still raining inside Pauley Pavilion. No. 6 UCLA drained 58 percent of its 3s en route to a 46-34 halftime lead over USC. The last time these crosstown rivals met in the Trojans 76-84 win, coach Steve Alford said that he […]
Bruins look to snap Trojans’ four-game win streak in crosstown rivalry
It’s been almost two years since UCLA beat USC in a men’s basketball game. The Trojans dominated the Bruins last season, winning all three match-ups in games that weren’t even close. The margin of victories: 14, 19 and then 24 in the game that ended UCLA’s season in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament. […]
Men’s basketball defeats Oregon 82-79 in rematch upset
This post was updated Feb. 9 at 9:48 p.m. One dramatic comeback deserves another. The last time UCLA and Oregon met on Dec. 28, the Ducks’ forward Dillon Brooks hit a game-winning, buzzer-beating, fadeaway 3-pointer to come back from a four-point deficit with 24 seconds left in the game. [Related: UCLA men’s basketball suffers first season loss […]
UCLA men’s basketball trails Oregon 48-39 at halftime
Last time UCLA and Oregon met, a buzzer-beating fade-away 3-pointer snapped the Bruins’ perfect record in Eugene. The momentum continued for the Ducks in the first half of the rematch as No. 5 Oregon leads No. 10 UCLA 48-39. The Ducks hit 6-of-15 from behind the arc and their swarming zone defense kept the Bruins […]