Percy Allen from the Seattle Times joins the show to talk about Washington’s loss to Washington State on Sunday, and the upcoming game in Seattle during the Bruins’ final two games of the season. [7:23]
Author Archives: Eli Smukler
Overtime with Daily Bruin Sports: Bruin Locker Room ““ February 28, 2011
Sam Strong and Eli Smukler listen to snippets from Saturday’s emotional post-game press conference, after UCLA’s 71-49 upset of No. 18 Arizona in the final men’s basketball game at Pauley Pavilion before year-long renovations. [6:58]
UCLA shows up for first half of Pauley’s last
At halftime of the biggest UCLA men’s basketball game of the last two years and the last in Pauley Pavilion before its year-long restoration, this much was clear: the Bruins came to play.
_Pro-caliber talent worth the trade-off_
We’re all scared of the professional scouts in the college ranks these days.
Scoop Dreams: Pac-10 Power Rankings (Feb. 23)
Scoop Dreams columnist Eli Smukler checks in with this week’s Pac-10 men’s basketball Power Rankings (you can find last week’s rankings here):
1. No. 10 Arizona (23-4, 12-2 Pac-10)
The spoils of Arizona’s thrilling 87-86 victory over Washington are great. It marks the Wildcats’ eighth straight win, improves their NCAA Tournament résumé and puts them in a comfortable position to snag the Pac-10 title. The crown is clinched if Arizona sweeps the L.A. schools on the road this week, as they did at home last month.
2. Washington (19-8, 10-5)
The loss in Tucson hurts and it means the Huskies’ most likely won’t get the regular season title they were the original favorites to win, but all is not lost for Lorenzo Romar’s team. Washington gets to return to Seattle for the rest of its schedule where it is a perfect 13-0 this year. Winning out would mean a No. 2 seed in the Pac-10 Tournament and a lock to continue into March.
Men’s basketball misses out on the magic against Cal
BERKELEY “”mdash; Great teams have magic.
Or magic gets placed on them. Don’t ask me. I’m not really sure how it works.
On Sunday night, it almost looked like the UCLA men’s basketball team was getting a little of the coveted fairy dust.
When junior guard Malcolm Lee’s deep fade away 3 bounced off the front of the rim, the regulation horn sounded, then the ball fell back through the net, I thought that was the sign.
Consecutive wins from the UCLA men’s basketball team prove to be tiresome
Winning isn’t everything. Actually, it gets old.