Cody Riley and Jalen Hill will not play for UCLA basketball this season. Coach Steve Alford and Athletics Director Dan Guerrero extended the two freshmen’s formerly indefinite suspension to the end of the 2017-2018 season, per a release from UCLA athletics Friday. Riley and Hill will not be able travel with the team or suit […]
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UCLA men’s basketball wins against South Dakota despite rocky first half
UCLA men’s basketball (8-3) tasted victory for the first time in over two weeks Tuesday night, besting South Dakota (11-4) 85-82. “We’ve lost for two weeks – it’s only two games, but we’ve had a two-week frame where we didn’t win a game,” said coach Steve Alford. “The hardest thing to do then is to […]
LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball sign one-year contract with Lithuanian pro team
LiAngelo Ball spent just one exhibition game in a UCLA uniform. His younger brother LaMelo Ball will never be a Bruin. Former UCLA men’s basketball freshman LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, 16, have each signed one-year contracts with Prienai-Birštonas Vytautas of the Lithuanian Basketball League. Reports indicate they will join the team in January. Harrison […]
UCLA men’s basketball falls to unranked Michigan in overtime
For the second time this season, No. 23 UCLA men’s basketball let an unranked team force overtime. This time, the Bruins weren’t able to close out the win. UCLA (7-2) fell to Michigan (8-3) by a score of 78-69 even though the Bruins led by as many as 15 points in the second half. The […]
UCLA men’s basketball game canceled due to fire
UCLA men’s basketball’s Wednesday night game was canceled because of a fire in the Bel-Air area. The Bruins were scheduled to take on Montana at 8 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion. The team also canceled all other team workouts and practices scheduled for Wednesday. Single-game ticket purchases for Wednesday’s game will be refunded automatically, per a […]
Bruin football to face Kansas State Wildcats at Cactus Bowl
The Bruins now know which bowl victory they’ll be chasing after. UCLA football (6-6) will play Kansas State (7-5) in the Cactus Bowl at Chase Field in Phoenix. The game is set to air on ESPN at 6 p.m. PST on Dec. 26. Kansas State came into the season ranked No. 20, but fell out of […]
UCLA looks to win 114th NCAA title, take back record this weekend
UCLA has an opportunity to reclaim its spot as the top athletic program in the country this weekend. From 1996 through May, the Bruins boasted more national championships than any other school. After Stanford beat UCLA in the women’s water polo title game last season, however, the two schools have been tied at 113. Each […]