Everything went right for UCLA as the Bruins thoroughly dismantled Arizona State on Saturday, facing a team that earlier in the season had handed UCLA one of the worst losses in recent history. Not one Bruin lost a single set to the Sun Devil opponent, and the team cruised to a 7-0 victory. The Sun […]
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Surprise. UCLA chokes to lose yet another close game
And they’re done. Game over, season over. Washington’s Bobby Jones got a breakaway dunk as the final seconds ticked off the clock, putting an exclamation point on an impressive comeback (or if you’re a Bruin fan, another disheartening collapse) for the Huskies. With that emphatic basket, UCLA’s second-straight miserable season mercilessly came to a close. […]
M. tennis: International players’ status questioned
The impact of international student-athletes in tennis is unmistakable. Of the top-10 college players, eight were born outside the United States. Like many other elite programs, such as Baylor or Mississippi, UCLA jumped on the international bandwagon and has achieved great success as a result. But for some critics, the influx of international players is […]
Basketball: It was ours, but now it’s USC’s
The football team gets the most publicity regarding its futility against USC, but let us not hasten to forget that the basketball team hasn’t done much better. In my years here at UCLA, I’ve seen exactly one victory over the Trojans on the hardwood, when Billy Knight hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer two years […]
Basketball team should learn from the Cardinal
Underdogs always look good on paper. UCLA had upset the No. 1 team in the nation four years running, a veritable tradition for the Bruins. The stars seemed to have aligned themselves perfectly for Saturday’s showdown with Stanford: UCLA was at home, coming off one of its better performances of the season. On the other […]
Game on Valentine’s only brings heartache
Ahh, Valentine’s Day. Normally it’s a day for celebration of all the things you love, but I woke up Saturday morning with a pain in my heart. Was I recently dumped? Nope. I had to watch UCLA play basketball. You see, it’s hard for me to watch the Bruins. Sometimes they play well, but for the […]
M. tennis: Comeback seals tennis win
Philipp Gruendler plays better when he’s angry. The freshman, playing in the biggest match of his young career, quickly found himself deep in a hole against Trojan senior Daniel Langre. “It was like I went onto the court, and 10 minutes later it’s 0-4,” Gruendler said. “I tanked the last two games. It’s always on […]