It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t impressive. It wasn’t near good enough for what UCLA will need later in the schedule. But it was over. And it was a win. For the second consecutive game UCLA overcame an ugly first half, grinding out a 77-66 victory over UC Riverside. Senior guard Norman Powell and junior forward/center […]
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Men’s basketball looks to form bench identity in final mid-major games
It’d be tough to blame UCLA if it started to look ahead. No. 9 Gonzaga comes to town in eight days, and a trip to Chicago to take on vaunted No. 1 Kentucky follows a week after that. Both games offer a bit of redemption for the Bruins, after UCLA (6-2) dropped its first two […]
UCLA men’s basketball defeats Cal State Fullerton 73-45
This post was updated at 11:59 p.m. On UCLA’s first possession Wednesday night, Bryce Alford found Tony Parker, who calmly spotted up and sank a quick jumper. Cal State Fullerton answered with a shot clock violation. Though the game didn’t end there, it might as well have. After dropping two of three games and allowing […]
UCLA loses ground in latest College Football Playoff rankings
The penultimate rankings of the College Football Playoff were released Tuesday, and with the final poll slated to be announced Sunday, exactly which teams will face off in the inaugural playoff is still very much in a state of flux heading into conference championship weekend. After climbing the rankings from No. 22 to No. 8, […]
Quarterback Hundley struggles as UCLA drops out of Pac-12 contention
PASADENA — It was all there for UCLA. A Pac-12 South title. A rematch with Oregon in the conference championship game. A path to the College Football Playoff. And then it wasn’t. In what was likely redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley’s final game at the Rose Bowl, it was the opposing quarterback – Stanford’s Kevin […]
Stanford defense poses final hurdle in UCLA’s Pac-12 South title run
With everything – the Pac-12 South title, a spot in the conference championship game and the possibility of a playoff spot – laid out before them, the Bruins are doing their best not to look back. Not to last Saturday’s victory over USC. Not to the two losses suffered at home earlier in the season. […]
Men’s basketball pulls close win over LSBU in testing game
Earlier in the week, coach Steve Alford called Long Beach State his team’s biggest test thus far in the young season. In a performance that wasn’t always pretty, the Bruins still managed to pass. Barely. Senior guard Norman Powell led all scorers with 24 points while sophomore guard Bryce Alford added 17 points and seven […]