When UCLA men’s basketball returned home, battered and bruised, from its four-game road trip having lost five straight games, coach Steve Alford took to the whiteboard to get his team back on track. Nine days, three wins. Those words that Alford wrote became a rallying cry for a team needing to turn its season around […]
Author Archives: Kevin Bowman
Bo Knows: Backlash on Steve Alford after five-game losing streak unwarranted
For a fan base that rarely fills the seats of Pauley Pavilion and that cheers louder for winning coupons to Yogurtland than its team winning games, UCLA basketball fans certainly seem passionate in their opinions of second-year coach Steve Alford. As the Bruins languished in their five-game losing streak, pockmarked by their embarrassing blowout losses […]
Men’s basketball snaps losing streak with 86-81 Stanford win
It took nearly everything they had in the tank, but the Bruins did it. UCLA needed two overtimes, a Willis Reed moment from senior guard Norman Powell and the performance of a lifetime from freshman forward Kevon Looney, but the team got a win, finally. In the midst of a five-game losing streak, including four-straight […]
Lack of depth forces men’s basketball to rely heavily on starters
Throughout UCLA men’s basketball’s train wreck of a season, perhaps no player has better represented the Bruins’ recent derailing better than sophomore guard Bryce Alford. In the team’s 4-0 honeymoon phase start to the year, Alford played some of the best games of his young career, logging his first two career double-doubles. As things have […]
Bo Knows: Despite unrealistic expectations, UCLA football season still a success
The expectations could hardly have been higher. Coming into the season, UCLA was the hot choice for college football playoff predictions. Three out of seven Sports Illustrated experts picked the Bruins to reach the playoffs and another three picked them to at least play in a New Year’s Six bowl game. Among the 23 ESPN […]
Out of Bounds – January 1, 2015
Kevin Bowman and Matthew Joye look back at UCLA football’s season following its win in the Alamo Bowl and break down the men’s basketball team’s recent struggles.
UCLA wins Alamo Bowl with narrow 40-35 victory over Kansas State
SAN ANTONIO — Amid the hectic schedule of bowl festivities and game preparation, UCLA may not have had time to watch many bowl games the 36 hours before its matchup against Kansas State in the Valero Alamo Bowl Friday. UCLA may not have seen Michigan State overcome a 20-point deficit to beat Baylor in Thursday’s […]