Author Archives: Jeff Agase

Just how insane does it get inside of Oregon’s McArthur Court, aka The Pit, aka the house of horrors for visiting teams? Two years ago in a game against Top-10 Arizona, officials told head coach Ernie Kent that he needed to quiet the crowd while Arizona shot free throws or else face a technical foul. […]

Contrary to popular perception, Steve Lavin’s Bruins actually do run an offense. When UCLA players are swinging the ball around the three-point arc for what seems like an eternity, they’re actually looking for favorable passing lanes. When Bruins run the floor in seemingly haphazard patterns, they’re actually assuring themselves necessary floor spacing. And when it […]

Duke has McDonald’s All-Americans. So does UCLA. Duke has national titles. UCLA has more. Teams get up to play Duke. They do the same against UCLA. Duke lost three superstars from last year. So did UCLA. Duke has Mike Krzyzewski, the can-do-no-wrong demigod, the man with a home court named after him. UCLA has Steve […]

The single player who made the single biggest difference in UCLA’s 86-81 overtime loss wasn’t Jason Kapono. It wasn’t Cedric Bozeman. In fact, it wasn’t any of the Bruins’ assorted All-American, all-league, all-everything superstars. No, it was a 6-foot-10-inch, 280-pound center named Jason Keep. Jason Keep? Yep, the senior center singlehandedly dictated the pace of […]

Ugh. Shrug. Is there anything else to say? Or do? After suffering through seven touchdowns, four turnovers and four straight years of losing? It’s that two-part reaction that’s become a Bruin fan’s way of life in this rivalry. There’s the frustration (ugh) and then the apathy (shrug), and the only thing that made Saturday any […]

I had a feeling this would be, by far, the most difficult column to write in my four years at UCLA. It’s not for a lack of things to say ““ I’ve been known this week to talk at length with complete strangers about UCLA’s chances tomorrow at the Rose Bowl, even when they don’t […]

Precautionary x-rays performed yesterday afternoon on the right thumb of forward Jason Kapono revealed a sprained tendon. The injury, feared to be a hairline fracture, kept Kapono out of Tuesday’s exhibition loss to EA Sports. “He would’ve played on Tuesday if it were a real game. I expect him to play against San Diego (next […]