Just as the Bruins were sure that Brian Morrison would spark a comeback to their ailing season, the flicker of hope was gone. During the last 10 minutes of Wednesday afternoon’s practice, Morrison landed on Janou Rubin’s foot, rolling his ankle and thereby necessitating yet another night on the bench. “He had his best practice […]
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M.Basketball: Injury handicaps starting lineup
For Ben Howland, defeating Washington State tonight only means one thing. “It’s everything,” he said. “We need to get a win. We’re desperate for a win.” Desperation turned into disbelief Wednesday in practice when guard Brian Morrison rolled his right ankle contesting a Janou Rubin shot. Morrison, who Howland had tentatively penciled into the starting […]
M. basketball: Back to basics
There are only so many holes of golf in Florida. For Dick Bennett, they weren’t enough. “You have to be equipped for retirement ““ all I liked to do is golf, and I did my share of that,” the 60-year-old coach said. “Something was missing.” That something was coaching college basketball ““ not only Bennett’s […]
M. basketball: Bruins head to Big Apple
New York is about as far as UCLA can get from the Pac-10 conference. And, after succumbing to USC on Wednesday and stretching their conference losing streak to four games, escape might be exactly what the Bruins need right now. UCLA faces off against St. John’s tomorrow at Madison Square Garden in the Big Apple. […]
M. basketball: Fey’s slump chips away his minutes, confidence
After a winless weekend in Northern California, the questions surrounding the Bruin center spot still linger without answers. Michael Fey, who coach Ben Howland replaced with Ryan Hollins in UCLA’s starting line-up Thursday night against Stanford, was reinstated before Saturday’s loss to Cal on a hunch of Howland’s. Unfortunately, Fey still seems mired in a […]
The stuff that fans are made of
Larry Davis is, quite simply, a fan of the past. A fan who didn’t miss a UCLA home football or basketball game for nine years. A fan who slept out 42 days one season for seats in Pauley Pavilion’s then 4,600-seat student section. A fan who invented a cheer that’s still alive and well at […]
High school friends share jokes, college basketball success
The year was 2001, and they were freshmen ““ but the hair was 1970s disco. Go back two years in Pacific 10 Conference basketball history and there they were: Josh Childress at Stanford; Cedric Bozeman at UCLA; Jamal Sampson at California. They all had afros, putting them closer in time to Julius Erving than their […]