Be quick but don’t hurry. The John Wooden quip that UCLA football coach Chip Kelly dropped during his introductory press conference also fittingly applied to his first recruiting class. The Bruins started quietly by only signing eight players during the inaugural early signing period, which spanned from Dec. 20 to Dec. 22. But Kelly’s staff […]
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UCLA men’s basketball escapes with 82-79 victory over USC
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 6:20 p.m. The men of Troy were no match for the masked man. Senior center Thomas Welsh, still donning a fitted face mask after breaking his nose, hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with less than a minute remaining and two free throws to ice the game with 11 seconds […]
UCLA men’s basketball trails USC by 1 point entering halftime
USC barraged UCLA from long distance – hitting four of their first five 3-pointers – but the Bruins eventually buckled down on defense. The Trojans only made five of their last 16 shots, but entered halftime with a 41-40 lead. Both USC and UCLA sprinted out of the gate following the opening tip, shooting above […]
Four-guard lineup rejuvenates UCLA men’s basketball’s offense
For the first time in a while, UCLA men’s basketball returned to having fun. There was a Kris Wilkes fast-break windmill dunk – routine by his standards – and a between-the-legs alley-oop pass from Jaylen Hands to Wilkes in the same game, minutes apart from each other. The freshman guards riled up both the crowd […]
UCLA defeats Stanford 89-73 behind acrobatic transition play
This post was updated Jan. 27 at 10:55 p.m. This time the lead was large enough. UCLA raced out to a double-digit advantage for the second time against Stanford this season, but there would be no Cardinal comeback Saturday night. The Bruins (15-7, 6-4 Pac-12) relied on atorrid shooting night from beyond the arc – […]
UCLA men’s basketball’s losing streak attributed to weak defense
Bill Walton called his alma mater’s basketball team soft in the middle of a nationally televised drubbing last weekend. It was an assessment that UCLA coach Steve Alford agreed with. “Prior to the Colorado game, we were trending (upward), both in toughness and in what we want to do defensively,” Alford said. “And since the […]
Despite late comeback, UCLA men’s basketball falls to Oregon 94-91
Ball movement and ball security – one team exhibited both of those traits Saturday night, and it wasn’t UCLA. Oregon (13-7, 3-4 Pac-12) assisted on 19 of its 32 made field goals, including all but two of its 3-pointers, and held off a late UCLA comeback for a 94-91 win in Eugene, Oregon. Coach Steve […]