Ben Howland didn’t make the schedule. But he wishes he did. The first-year UCLA men’s basketball coach has questioned several components of the Bruin schedule, including starting the season as late as Nov. 29. “I don’t like having just six games before Christmas,” Howland said. Before the season opener against Vermont, the Bruins were one […]
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BCS bumble excludes USC from Sugar Bowl
The biggest injustice ever committed by the Bowl Championship Series (and that’s saying something) occurred on Sunday. Wonderful. Excellent. Pure joy. With USC, the No. 1 team in both polls, being left out of the national championship game, the blueprint has been made for complete destruction of the BCS bowl system. A win by USC […]
Bruins need to win all the games they’re supposed to win
So who’s this Brian Morrison guy? Before last night, I thought he was merely part of a statistical anomaly or trivia lore. Then he goes and shoots the lights out at Pauley, scoring 28 points on an efficient 11-for-15 shooting and 6-for-8 three pointers. During his collegiate career, Morrison has been a part of two […]
W. volleyball: Waves defeat Bruins
The Bruins fought until the end, but came away empty handed, losing at Pepperdine 3-2 (32-34, 30-18, 32-34, 30-20, 15-7). The No. 7 UCLA women’s volleyball team was attempting to pull an upset in its last game of the season by beating the No. 4 Waves, and got off to a good start, but allowed […]
With recent stats, soccer's a notch above other sports
UCLA is a soccer school. Why a soccer school and not a basketball school? Steve Lavin might have had a lot to do with it, but UCLA hasn’t been able to call itself a basketball school since the Wooden era. Still though, why do I, in the modern spirit of classifying an entire school as […]
Bruin team following trend of 2001 Trojans
Pete Carroll knows what UCLA is going through. Two years ago, in his first year coaching at USC, his team struggled to a 6-5 regular season, needing a win against his cross-town rival to guarantee a bowl bid. Sound familiar? “Yeah, there’s some similarities there,” Carroll said. “Both of us were led by our defenses. […]
W. softball: Bush honors UCLA softball champions
Being a champion has its perks. The 2003 NCAA champion UCLA softball team was honored at the White House by President George W. Bush on Monday. The ceremony was part of the White House’s 2003 NCAA Spring Sports Championship Day. “We’ve got the UCLA softball team here with us,” Bush said in a speech given […]