Author Archives: David Regan

In sports, losses are sometimes difficult to explain. But on Saturday, the No. 11 UCLA men’s basketball team (11-2, 1-1 Pac-10) had little trouble pinpointing exactly what the problem was in a 68-61 loss to Cal (8-3, 2-0) at Pauley Pavilion that snapped the Bruins’ eight-game winning streak. "You have to credit Cal," coach Ben […]

In a game with more storylines than one could believe, each story ended the exact same way. That is, with a 71-54 victory for the No. 11 UCLA men’s basketball team (11-1, 1-0 Pac-10) in its conference opener against Stanford (4-5, 0-1). Prior to Thursday’s victory, UCLA had lost six straight to the Cardinal, and […]

The injury bug seems to have established a nice little home for itself inside Pauley Pavilion. It struck again Thursday night after it had done another number on men’s basketball senior guard Cedric Bozeman during Tuesday’s practice. Bozeman, a fifth-year senior who missed all of last season with a torn ACL, could potentially miss the […]

You mean there’s still one more football game to be played? Really? It didn’t all come to a crashing end in a sea of blue-and-gold misery at that evil, evil place almost one month ago? You mean there’s a chance for redemption? I’ll take your silence as an affirmative answer, and I’m very, very happy […]

Friday night wasn’t the first time this season that the UCLA men’s basketball team was a lot better than its opponent. It was simply the first time that the Bruins decided to show it for an entire game. No. 12 UCLA (10-1) shot 67.3 percent from the field and ran away with an 86-56 victory […]

ANAHEIM “”mdash; In the incredible shrinking world of UCLA big men, freshman Ryan Wright was Saturday’s man of the moment. In only his fourth appearance for the Bruins this season, Wright played 33 minutes in the team’s 67-56 victory over the Nevada Wolf Pack, scoring three points, grabbing three rebounds, and, most importantly, getting it […]

ANAHEIM “”mdash; This was not the same UCLA men’s basketball team that needed to come back in the closing seconds to sneak by Drexel. Nor was it the same team that trailed winless Coppin State at halftime. This was a Bruin team that finally played close to its potential for an entire 40 minutes, getting […]