Author Archives: Greg Schain

CORVALLIS, Ore. “”mdash; Sometimes being blind turns out to be a natural advantage. Any vision-deprived basketball fans were spared witnessing a treacherously sloppy performance, even by UCLA standards. Between the Bruins and Oregon State, the game saw 30 turnovers, 25 fouls and sparse scoring. But to their credit, UCLA (7-17, 4-11 Pac-10) found a way […]

Who says big men don’t cry? On the final weekend of Pac-10 play last season, a UCLA victory over Oregon State officially knocked the Beavers out of conference title contention. After the game, several OSU players, including 253-pound Phillip Ricci, were weeping over their lost hopes. This year, the Bruins tend to have the opposite […]

Last night’s game against Cal started out familiar enough. UCLA hung with the Bears throughout the first half, showing signs of organization and motivation en route to building up a 38-33 halftime lead. But all of the 8,061 in attendance at Pauley Pavilion yesterday remembered previous Bruin teases, where the team would excite its fans […]

Steve Lavin will either have to come up with a new hairdo or buy cheaper gel. Affording top-of-the-line hair products might be difficult if he is fired as expected at the end of the season. At this point, Lavin’s future isn’t just speculation; the coach is clearly resigned to a lame duck role. When former […]

TEMPE, Ariz. “”mdash; At Arizona State football games, the sea of red in the bleachers of Sun Devil Stadium signifies the thousands of Sun Devil fans showing up to cheer for their historically decent team. On Saturday, the sea of red at Wells Fargo Arena was a snapshot of all the empty seats, as fans […]

TUCSON ““ The Debacle in the Desert. The Arizona Ambush. Whatever you call it, however you look at it, last night’s dreadful 106-70 loss to Arizona marked a new low ““ even for a Bruin team that already drilled through rock bottom several weeks ago. “We fell apart,” said guard Ray Young. “We straight fell […]

What has seemed an impossible feat during the past five weeks ““ a Bruin two-game winning streak ““ is now only one win away. Yet accomplishing this feat still seems unlikely. For UCLA (5-14, 2-8 Pac-10) to match its longest winning streak of the season, it must overcome No. 1 Arizona (18-2, 10-1 Pac-10), a […]