Author Archives: Sagar Parikh

INDIANAPOLIS “”mdash; Legendary Bruin coach John Wooden was sent to the hospital Sunday morning and spent Monday night watching the Bruins’ championship game from a hospital bed with his family. The 95-year old Hall of Fame coach was suffering from an attack of diverticulitis, an inflammation affecting the colon, according to the Los Angeles Times […]

INDIANAPOLIS “”mdash; It was the championship game. UCLA was the program with the tradition. Bruin legends Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were in the stands. It was meant to be. The Bruins had the magical run, a miracle game against Gonzaga and Bruin fans were predicting the beginning of a dynasty. But somebody forgot to […]

INDIANAPOLIS “”mdash; It had been a place of horrors. First-round NCAA Tournament losses to Princeton and Detroit. It was the location of the Bruins’ sole loss in a national championship game in 12 tries. Now, however, 26 years after that championship game, Indianapolis may become a place of destiny. The Bruins took the first step […]

INDIANAPOLIS “”mdash; Sitting in the stands of the Oakland Arena last Saturday, UCLA students Ryan Frontiera, Ben Clark and Jim Brandon all decided that they had to reach one destination if the Bruins were victorious against Memphis that day. Indianapolis. The three friends, two of them roommates, didn’t know how they were going to get […]

INDIANAPOLIS — 1980: The last year there was no No. 1 seed in the Final Four. Two: The number of times in the last 26 years the Bruins advanced to the Final Four. Zero: The combined number of national championships claimed by the other three teams in the Final Four. What does this all mean […]

The men’s volleyball team has struggled with many aspects of its game this season. However, these did not include its ability to win five-game matches. On Friday, the Bruins came back from a two-game deficit to defeat crosstown rival USC 30-32, 27-30, 30-27, 30-25, 15-7, improving their record to 4-1 in five-game matches this season. […]