PHOENIX ““ UCLA routed Xavier 76-57 on Saturday night to win the NCAA Tournament’s West Regional final and advance to the Final Four for the third year in a row.
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Guards fight way around Hilltopper defense
UCLA won another close game, and this time no one should be crediting the refs.
Bruins able to fight through offensive struggles
On UCLA’s second to last possession, after Texas A&M’s Donald Sloan had tied the game at 49 with a jumper with 43 seconds left in the game, Darren Collison took the ball past mid-court, then dribbled left and waited as time ran off the clock.
Bruins stomp Delta Devils in NCAA Tournament opener
Heading into its first round NCAA Tournament game, top-seeded UCLA was trying to avoid making history. No 1-seed has ever lost to a 16-seed, and the Bruins didn’t want to be the first.
Adjustments may be key to winning
Despite winning 10 straight games, not to mention the Pac-10 regular season and tournament championships, the UCLA men’s basketball team has looked far from invulnerable the past few weeks.
Two down, one more to go
At the beginning of the year, the UCLA men’s basketball team set three goals for the season.
UCLA stomps Cal in Pac-10 quarterfinals
This time, no late-game heroics were necessary.
The top-seeded UCLA men’s basketball team relied on accurate outside shooting ““ led by 19 points from Darren Collison and 18 from Josh Shipp ““ and tough defense to bury California, 88-66, in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 Tournament.