UCLA football boasts a rich history along the offensive line. The program, which churned out three All-Americans on the line in the 1990’s, has seen at least one lineman selected in the NFL draft in three of the past four years. And another two, tackle Kolton Miller and center Scott Quessenberry, are expected to be […]
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Men’s basketball hopes to further Pac-12 prospects in USC game
When UCLA men’s basketball beat USC on Feb. 3, Reggie Miller joined the Bruins in the locker room afterward, everybody clapping and hooting and hollering about the exciting 82-79 win over the Trojans. Fast forward a month. If UCLA can once again conquer USC, the Bruins can likely take a sigh of relief. After suffering […]
Freshman guard Kris Wilkes talks Indiana roots, experiences at UCLA
Rarely had Kris Wilkes struggled to score. A five-star recruit who tore through Indiana high school basketball, the freshman guard started the year looking like he might do the same at the college level, averaging 16.8 points a game in his first four outings. Then the shots stopped falling. Over the next seven games, Wilkes […]
Dominant rebounding leads the way in UCLA win over Oregon State
Throughout the week leading up to Thursday night’s matchup against Oregon State, UCLA was focused on one thing above all: rebounding. It paid off, as the Bruins (18-8, 9-5 Pac-12) dominated the Beavers (13-12, 5-8) on the boards en route to a 75-68 home victory, avenging a Jan. 18 loss in which Oregon State snagged […]
Men’s basketball looks to continue win streak with away game at Arizona
At least on one side of the ball, the Bruins are playing the way coach Steve Alford wants them to, by riding a three-game winning streak built on strong offensive performances. That puts them in a better place than they were two weeks ago, when they lost three straight games while struggling on both ends. […]
USC provides UCLA men’s basketball with a formidable challenge
For most of the year, the most interesting storylines surrounding UCLA and USC men’s basketball have been off the court, with the Bruins’ season defined by the early-season incident in China and the Trojans’ by the stain of connections to the FBI’s investigation of bribery in college basketball. But as Saturday’s meeting between the teams […]
UCLA men’s basketball takes down Cal to snap 3-game losing streak
This story was updated Jan. 25 at 10:58 p.m. Things looked bad. Already in the midst of a three-game losing streak, UCLA men’s basketball (14-7, 5-4 Pac-12) was trailing by double digits midway through the first half against the Pac-12’s last-place team, California (7-14, 1-7), when senior center Thomas Welsh headed to the locker room […]