Chip Kelly’s offenses at Oregon were known for their breakneck tempo between plays and for overwhelming defenses with blazing-fast athletes. In Philadelphia, he relied heavily on similar spread and run/pass option schemes while emphasizing tight ends in the passing game since NFL defenses were much speedier. UCLA’s wealth at tight end points to an offense […]
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Defensive back Quentin Lake looks to fill Jaleel Wadood’s shoes in starting lineup
Jaleel Wadood unmistakably brought flair to UCLA’s defensive backfield. The safety coined the Bruins’ “Fours Up” slogan, and on game days, he struck a pose or celebrated after each pass he broke up and nearly all of his tackles, regardless of field position or score. But Wadood exhausted his college eligibility and is now preparing […]
Men’s basketball’s poor offense, turnovers lead to NCAA Tournament loss
The Bruins could have opened a bakery in Dayton, Ohio, with the number of turnovers they dished out Tuesday night. No. 11 seed UCLA men’s basketball looked ill-prepared for the 48-hour turnaround between the NCAA Tournament selection show and its game Tuesday night as No. 11 seed St. Bonaventure’s lengthy zone defense swarmed all over […]
Loss of Rosen leads to vacuum for UCLA starting quarterback position
Josh Rosen tweeted that he had moved out of his apartment earlier this week, more than a month before the former UCLA quarterback expects to hear his name called during the first round of the NFL draft. His replacement might not even be in Westwood yet. Redshirt freshmen Devon Modster and Matt Lynch are the […]
UCLA men’s basketball to begin Pac-12 Tournament run against Stanford
Aaron Holiday can’t get a break, but he doesn’t want one either. The junior guard has played at least 40 minutes in 10 games, plus three additional games in which he’s played 39 minutes. He ranks within the top 20 nationally in minutes played per game, but there’s still plenty of juice in UCLA’s Energizer […]
UCLA men’s basketball sweeps USC with come-from-behind 83-72 victory
This post was updated March 3 at 10:44 p.m. UCLA sure looked like a team that desperately wanted to state its case for the NCAA Tournament. After falling behind by double digits, the Bruins went on an 11-0 run to pull ahead of USC. And with eight minutes left, a 12-2 run put UCLA (20-10, […]
UCLA men’s basketball trails USC 43-40 in halftime
UCLA men’s basketball trailed by double-digits, and then it started playing like a team whose NCAA Tournament hopes were on the line. A subsequent 11-0 run got the Bruins (19-10, 10-7 Pac-12) back in the game, although they still trail the USC Trojans (21-9, 12-5) heading into halftime. Freshman guard Kris Wilkes and junior guard […]