The Bruins aren’t in Austin anymore. A year after a lackluster second-round showing against Minnesota ended an up-and-down 2012-2013 season at University of Texas’ Frank Erwin Center, UCLA ran, rebounded and did about everything it didn’t last year to race to a 35-30 halftime lead over No. 13 seed Tulsa.
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President Obama to deliver UCI commencement speech
President Barack Obama will give the commencement address at UC Irvine after thousands of students, staff, faculty and alumni requested his appearance, the White House announced Thursday. Obama’s address will commemorate the 50th anniversary of UC Irvine’s founding. Fifty years ago, former president Lyndon B. Johnson helped dedicate UC Irvine’s groundbreaking. “We are thrilled that […]
UCLA lands five-star QB recruit Josh Rosen
Five-star quarterback recruit Josh Rosen announced a verbal commitment to UCLAon Thursday. Rosen ranks as Rivals.com’s No. 1 prospect at the position in the class of 2015. The Bruins have not captured a five-star quarterback prospect since Brett Hundley’s arrival in 2011. With Hundley a de facto entrant in the 2015 NFL Draft, Rosen figures […]
UC medical centers to collaborate, reduce costs
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents announced a project Thursday to cut costs at the UC’s five medical centers in the face of declining revenues. The “Leveraging Scale for Value” plan, presented to the board at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference Center during the second day of its bimonthly meeting, […]
UCLA leads Arizona 43-40 at halftime
Red-hot junior guard Norman Powell scored 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting in the opening ten minutes and the Bruins jumped out to a 14-3 lead. UCLA shot 58.1 percent on the half to Arizona’s 53.3 percent from the field to earn a 43-40 halftime advantage.
UCLA leads Stanford 44-29 at halftime
UCLA made 10 of its first 16 field goal attempts to jump out to a 24-5 lead with 12:11 to play and leads 44-29 at the half in the second of two Pac-12 tournament semifinal games.
UCLA leads Oregon 37-35 at halftime
In the first half of a quarterfinal matchup with Oregon, UCLA shot 55.6 percent from the field and made its first three three-point attempts of the game, looking altogether more engaged with the task at hand. With 20 minutes left to play at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, UCLA leads Oregon 37-35.