With every errant pass, every wayward jumper and every chorus of boos, it has become increasingly clear. Dan Guerrero cannot allow the Steve Lavin era to endure any longer. Although Saturday’s demoralizing loss to St. John’s may have sealed Lavin’s fate, it is not enough that he be replaced at the end of the season. […]
Author Archives: Jeff Eisenberg
Bruins top Trojans
Not to say the UCLA student body was starved for a victory against USC, but not even the Donner Party was this hungry. After four consecutive football losses at the hands of the Trojans and Wednesday’s deflating defeat in men’s basketball, the UCLA women’s basketball team enacted a measure of revenge, defeating USC at Pauley […]
Team shoots to topple Trojans
USC’s Ebony Hoffman isn’t throwing any punches this year. Instead, she is throwing down a challenge. After playing a central role in an ugly skirmish last season at Pauley Pavilion, Hoffman has appealed to her teammates to play with more grit and determination then they have showed thus far this season when the Women of […]
UCLA’s most recent defeat leaves team at a loss
Not to say yesterday’s UCLA-USC showdown lacked the aesthetic value of Billy Knight’s buzzer-beating heroics last February, but the ’03 version of the rivalry seemed about as watered down as a keg of Keystone Light. After last year’s Bruin victory featured a finish that was tighter than the skin across Jerry Jones’ surgically-enhanced forehead, yesterday’s […]
Women’s basketball hits its stride
Not since the tale of the frog prince has there been a more stunning reversal of fortune than that of the UCLA women’s basketball team. Thanks to a stingy defense that has not allowed opponents to generate any rhythm offensively, the Bruins (9-4, 4-0 Pac-10) have been able to vanquish the memory of a pair […]
Pac-10 looking for redemption
About the only thing that plummeted further than Enron stock last year was the Pac-10’s reputation among women’s basketball fans across the nation. Typically one of the premier conferences, the Pac-10 managed to secure just two NCAA Tournament bids last season ““ the lowest total in the history of the league. “We just didn’t get […]
Scheduling difficult for mid-major teams
Not even Santa Claus was as efficient as the Pepperdine men’s basketball team last December. In the course of a week, the Waves upset local rivals UCLA and USC, staking their claim as the premier basketball team in the greater L.A. area. Nearly a year later, Pepperdine will not have the chance to defend their […]