He’s so easy to hate. The smile, the upside down headband, the swagger. But for USC’s Desmon Farmer, it’s all just part of his game. “I just love the game of basketball,” he said. “I’m not trying to be cocky, it’s just how I enjoy myself on the floor. … It’s just how I express […]
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M. basketball: Crispin takes loss at home personally
It didn’t matter that his opponent was one of only two unbeaten teams in the country and at the top of the national rankings. When Jon Crispin finally got a chance to play significant minutes Saturday afternoon, he simply wasn’t pleased with his penultimate starting performance. “I’m really disappointed we lost and I take a […]
M. basketball: Crispin earns start in final home games
Coach Ben Howland’s latest strategy in reviving the team in the last games of the season paid dividends Thursday night. Senior guard Jon Crispin played a season-high 17 minutes and scored six points on two three-pointers. More important for the departing senior, Howland named Crispin to the starting lineup for his two final home games […]
M.basketball: Who’s afraid of the big, bad Bears?
It seems the end of the men’s basketball season has come a little faster than some would have liked. The Bruins, who began conference play 5-0, have gone from hopes of leading the Pac-10 to concerns about making the conference tournament. Coach Ben Howland’s goals have also been abridged considerably. “We have to be trying […]
M.basketball: “˜Anybody can beat anybody,’ coach says
It might as well be the refrain of the Pac-10 theme song around this time in the season. “Anybody can beat anybody on a given night,” UCLA coach Ben Howland said. Case in point: Last weekend, UCLA fell to lowly Washington State for the first time ever in Los Angeles on Feb. 6, only to […]
Marathon dancers moved by good cause
I say with certainty that I am the best dancer in the Daily Bruin sports section. Dave Regan might beat me out on a bad night ““ the kid is whiter than Wonder Bread but apparently loves DMX ““ but the others are more inclined to look up fantasy basketball stats than “shake it like […]
M. basketball: Hollins split over two-sport status
Ryan Hollins, one of just a handful of two-sport athletes at UCLA, is still weighing whether or not to compete in track and field again this year. Now the starting center for the men’s basketball team, Hollins knows competing in the high jump and long jump again this season would put him several months behind […]