Mustafa Abdul-Hamid was never supposed to be the key to the UCLA basketball team’s success.
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Men’s basketball season preview
Over the last two seasons, the UCLA men’s basketball team has played three regular season games against nonconference opponents ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.
Honeycutt to miss exhibition
The UCLA men’s basketball team just can’t seem to catch a break.
Men’s team sees more setbacks
You can add poorly refrigerated pasta to the blame list of preseason misfortunes for the UCLA men’s basketball team.
Men’s basketball picked to finish third for upcoming season
For the first time in four seasons, the Pac-10 will open its men’s basketball season with UCLA neither defending its league title nor expected to win another.
Morgan trims up to prepare for season
When J’mison Morgan arrived at UCLA last fall, many expected the 6-foot-10 center to make an impact on the Bruin basketball team even as a freshman. UCLA had lost nearly 64 percent of their rebounding from a year before and they needed as many big men to step up as possible.
Team suffers injuries to top players
The task at hand just got a little more difficult for UCLA men’s hoops thanks to a rash of injuries incurred in just the season’s first week of practices.