To say that Saturday’s conditions for No. 2 UCLA were less than ideal would probably be an understatement. The Bruins had flown cross-country for an early game and were playing a West Virginia team on the road in the middle of a tough Pac-10 conference slate. Add to the mix not having starting point guard […]
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Westbrook runs point in Collison’s absence
As West Virginia built a 19-point lead against UCLA, all sophomore Darren Collison could do was hold his head in his hands and watch his Bruins go down in defeat. The point guard was reduced to a spectator for the first time this season due to a left shoulder injury. The point guard was replaced […]
On College Basketball: It’s no easy road to the Final Four
After a sweep of the Oregon schools over the weekend, UCLA vaulted back up the polls to No. 2, its highest ranking since spending six weeks at No. 1 earlier in the season. Florida remains the top-ranked team in the land, and rightly was named unanimously so by The Associated Press. The Bruins were able […]
On College Basketball: East Coast teams slip into icy spell
It seems that basketball teams on the East Coast have been paralleling the weather, namely cooling down. Way down. In the NBA, no true contender has shown itself capable of being the Beast of the East and challenging a Western conference team in the finals, and the same has been true in the college game. […]
Texas freshman is the real deal
Many NBA fans across the nation have a secret: They’ve been rooting not for their favorite teams, but against them, in efforts to improve their chances at landing the pre-ordained next big thing in Greg Oden for next June’s draft. And yet, there is another freshman who is not only challenging Oden’s presumed status on […]
NCAA Tournament: Tar Heels stomp out championship hopes for women’s soccer
CARY, N.C. “”mdash; With the forecast calling for rain Friday night, the weather and sky held up but UCLA could not manage to do the same against North Carolina, as the Bruins fell 2-0 in the College Cup semifinals. In a tough, hard-fought game before a highly partisan crowd of 8,412, the Tar Heels got […]
Seniors’ legacy will live on for Bruins
CARY, N.C. “”mdash; Friday was not the Bruins’ day, as they fell just short of the national title for the fourth straight year, but UCLA’s seniors can leave Westwood proud of what they have accomplished as the most decorated class in school history. The current senior class has achieved many firsts for the Bruin program, […]