M. Basketball: Mourning Morrison’s malady, Bruins hope to race past Huskies

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 […]

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: 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 […]

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 […]