For a season marred by inconsistencies, UCLA certainly has been losing consistently late in the season. With March Madness chances slim to none, the Bruins wanted momentum heading into the Pac-12 tournament to make a deep run. Instead, UCLA (15-16, 6-12 Pac-12) ended its conference season with four straight losses after a late comeback fell […]
Author Archives: Derrek Li
Early lead not enough as Bruins fall to Ducks in defensive collapse
For one half, UCLA played like a team with nothing to lose, looking to spoil Oregon’s Pac-12 title hopes. Then reality hit, and the No. 9 Ducks (24-6, 13-4 Pac-12) came roaring back behind a 22-9 second-half rebounding advantage to outlast the Bruins (15-15, 6-11) 76-68 and clinch at least a share of the conference […]
Men’s basketball sees struggles with consistency, makes lineup change
At this point of the season, with only a handful of games left to play, teams are fine-tuning small details and gearing up for a run at March Madness. UCLA men’s basketball (15-12, 6-8 Pac-12) is in the middle of an overhaul. It was just six games ago that the Bruins decided to completely change […]
Men’s basketball uses new approach, focuses on one game at a time
UCLA men’s basketball knows how far away it is from making the NCAA Tournament. But instead of trying to get there in one leap, the Bruins will take it step-by-step. Or one game at a time. It’s a tired, worn out sports cliche many players and coaches use over and over again when speaking to […]
Men’s basketball turns up the heat for 78-65 win against Sun Devils
TEMPE, Ariz. — In the desert, Arizona State relied on raining down threes to keep pace for most of the game. Once the well ran dry and the shots stopped falling, UCLA showed its dominance in the paint to pull away 78-65. The Sun Devils (14-12, 4-9 Pac-12) kept pace in the first half, shooting […]
Arizona claws back in 81-75 nail-biter against UCLA men’s basketball
TUCSON, Ariz. – This one was hard to swallow for coach Steve Alford. After a game that he thought UCLA played as well as it could have, Alford was fixated on just two numbers: 45 and 16. He couldn’t get over how his team was outshot by almost 30 shots at the free-throw line in […]
Men’s basketball aims to repeat Arizona, ASU sweep on the road
UCLA knows how deep of a hole it is in. The Bruins (13-10, 4-6 Pac-12) find themselves near the bottom of the conference as they visit the No. 17 Arizona Wildcats (19-5, 7-4) on Friday. They know that to sneak into the NCAA Tournament like last year, they’re going to have to string some wins […]