Author Archives: David Woods

SAN JOSE “”mdash; Wednesday night, I had probably one of the more fitful nights of sleep of my life. Yeah, I had an 8 a.m. final the next day, and yeah, I had not studied enough for it. Despite the state of my GPA, this was not my main worry (or even much of a […]

After changing my underwear for the third time on Saturday when Washington State and Kyle Weaver had themselves an epic double-overtime choke job against Vanderbilt, I came to the determination that there was no way the UCLA-Indiana game would be at all exciting, if only just to karmatically balance out the earlier games. As with […]

I was at Sepi’s on Tuesday, enjoying a pint or 12 of Amber Bock and playing Uno, when I heard the news. “You might want to step outside dude … Darren Collison has a high ankle sprain.” First thought: Irritated that Uno game was interrupted. Second thought: Must change bracket. Third thought: Massive heart failure. […]

That was certainly not the way I would have gone about entering the NCAA Tournament. But, eh, different schools of thought I guess. I mean, losing what is basically a home game against a bottom-feeding Pac-10 team when a No. 1 overall seed in the tournament is at stake because you just decide not to […]

That loss to Washington was neither pleasant nor necessary, but since the players acted like it didn’t matter, I’m gonna go ahead and do the same. In the words of Forrest Gump: “That’s all I have to say about that.” On to the postseason. The Bruins locked up the No. 1 seed for the Pac-10 […]

Let there be no doubt, Washington State really did want it more. Their players jumped into the stands after balls, sustaining injuries (and probably inflicting a few on cameramen, and other such lesser breeds), and generally doing their best to break a sweat. Their fans were throwing things on the court after bad calls just […]

I half-expected Vitamin C to start playing. Standing in the lower student section after the game, I was finally forced to face the fact (and yes, that’s four words starting with “˜f’ in the space of six words) that UCLA’s victory over Stanford would likely be my last home game as a UCLA undergraduate. More […]