Now that UCLA is on a three-game losing streak, Ben Howland is having trouble sleeping at night. “If you’re really sacrificing, if you really care, if you’re really working your hardest, when you lose, it should be something that bothers you and therefore motivates you to not allow that to happen again,” Howland said Tuesday. […]
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M. volleyball: Volleyball preserves No. 3 rank
The UCLA men’s volleyball team retained its No. 3 ranking in the newest USA Today/AVCA poll released Tuesday. The stage is now set for the Bruins (6-1, 2-1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation), who received one first-place vote, to take on top-ranked Pepperdine (5-0, 1-0) at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday. “I suspect the Pepperdine coach (Marv […]
Cal win another blow to Bruins
BERKELEY “”mdash; Certainly UCLA’s feelings of warmth and fuzziness following an undefeated start in the Pac-10 are gone. Instead, the Bruins must be feeling a throbbing sensation after being pounded inside and on the boards against Cal, leading to a 76-62 loss at Haas Pavilion on Saturday for their third straight setback. Then again, who […]
M. basketball: Centers continue to be UCLA’s soft spot
PALO ALTO “”mdash; It came as no surprise that Stanford was mentally stronger than UCLA. So during the Cardinal’s 67-52 win Thursday, naturally Stanford was smart enough to identify and exploit the Bruins’ main weakness ““ their strength. It turned out that 7-foot softies Ryan Hollins and Michael Fey were targeted from the minute Stanford […]
M. basketball: Bruins next go up against Cal, star forward Powe
PALO ALTO “”mdash; The road doesn’t get any easier for UCLA as the Bruins play California at Haas Pavilion on Saturday. The Golden Bears beat USC 63-62 Thursday behind two last-second free throws from point guard Ayinde Ubaka. Cal improved to 7-8 overall and 3-3 in the Pac-10. Cal is led by star freshman forward […]
M. basketball: Rising son
Before every basketball game he plays, Trevor Ariza closes his eyes, bows his head, and prays for Tajh. Ariza knows his brother, in turn, prays for him. It says so on Ariza’s right arm in a tattoo of hands in prayer, his brother’s name and the years 1990-1996. “My little brother that passed ““ he’s […]
M. basketball: UCLA turned to Stanford for coach
PALO ALTO “”mdash; UCLA basketball fans know Stanford coach Mike Montgomery as the guy who takes subtle shots at Steve Lavin. What many of them don’t know is that Montgomery, who will lead his No. 2″“ranked and 14-0 Cardinal against the Bruins at Maples Pavilion on Thursday, conceivably could have been Lavin’s replacement. UCLA officials […]