After a sluggish first half in UCLA’s Pac-10 opener Friday night against Oregon State, there was one Bruin who left no question as to the abilities of this year’s squad. Janou Rubin, a walk-on junior guard who has spent four seasons in the shadows in Pauley Pavilion, had a break-out game on both ends of […]
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[Online exclusive] M. basketball: UCLA’s weak post defense leaves team “˜in a hole’
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After a shaky start, UCLA exuded confidence and an affinity for dunking during the first half of Saturday’s road game against at Michigan. But the Bruins’ play also brought about early foul trouble that was a considerable factor in UCLA’s first major road-game loss. Playing against the biggest team they’ve matched […]
[Online exclusive] M.basketball: Wooden honored with court dedication
In a touching ceremony before Saturday’s UCLA-Michigan State game, 60 former players and 12,000 spectators attended the unveiling of the Nell and John Wooden Court in Pauley Pavilion, named after UCLA’s legendary coach. A movie consisting of photo and video clips spanning Wooden’s childhood, his marriage to his late wife Nell, and his prolific career […]
[Online exclusive] M.basketball: Andre Patterson takes time out to watch former team play against the Gauchos
One familiar face stood out in the student section during Wednesday night’s game against Santa Barbara. Former Bruin Andre Patterson, who was dismissed from UCLA last year for academic reasons, returned to Pauley to watch his former teammates in their 61-60 loss to the Gauchos. Patterson now attends Tennessee, but because of NCAA transfer rules, […]
Basketball preview: Pauley’s student section moves closer to court
Call them fair-weather, call them finicky, call them loud. Either way, Bruin fans are getting closer to the floor this season in Pauley Pavilion. Whereas the previous student section on the arena, or floor, level was three sections wide and bordered by non-student seats, recent changes have moved the student section to stretch across the […]
M. basketball: Ariza to miss next 2 weeks while recovering from lung affliction
A CT scan and X-rays on freshman forward Trevor Ariza produced normal results, aside from his condition of spontaneous pneumothorax. Ariza, who experienced pain during practice last week, was diagnosed with the condition last Friday. Spontaneous pneumothorax is the presence of air in the pleural cavity of the lung which causes the lung to collapse. […]
M. basketball: Bruins struggle for win sans injured forward
He may have just arrived in Westwood, but the Bruins miss him already. Starting freshman forward Trevor Ariza did not play in the Bruins’ one-point victory over Vermont on Saturday night after being diagnosed with spontaneous pneumothorax this past Friday. “You can’t stop it, you can’t prevent it, it just happens,” Ariza said regarding his […]