Author Archives: Sagar Parikh

Scott Duncan has never lived in Los Angeles or California. But after getting the Bruins’ assistant coach job on Wednesday, he certainly didn’t need any introduction to the basketball legacy in Westwood. Duncan, who has spent the last seven years as an assistant coach at Oregon, fulfilled a lifelong dream by coming to the Bruins. […]

NEW YORK “”mdash; Thirteen years ago, there stood a 6-foot-9-inch rangy kid from Artesia who held a national press conference at UCLA. Bruin fans may remember the day, as it was the start of one of the most memorable seasons in UCLA basketball history. That was the day that Ed O’Bannon, the face of UCLA’s […]

NEW YORK “”mdash; Assistant men’s basketball coach Kerry Keating, who has been honored multiple times as one of the top recruiters in the country, was named as one of the finalists for the Long Beach State and Santa Clara men’s basketball coaching jobs earlier this week, according to multiple sources. Keating, who has spent the […]

ATLANTA “”mdash; Even college basketball’s most intimidating post presence in 20 years, Greg Oden, couldn’t stop Florida from its goal on Monday night. The Gators’ four juniors, Corey Brewer, Joakim Noah, Al Horford and Taurean Green, passed up the riches of the NBA to become the first team in over a decade to win consecutive […]

ATLANTA “”mdash; Dejected, disheartened and out of answers, All-American Arron Afflalo sat in front of his Georgia Dome locker, trying to understand what went wrong. Since the Bruins had lost the title game to Florida 361 days earlier, Afflalo had taken it as his role to be the leader and the heart and soul of […]

ATLANTA “”mdash; The Bruins were down six. Florida’s vaunted frontline of Chris Richard, Joakim Noah and Al Horford had combined for only six points. Florida had zero offensive rebounds, and the Gators, who came in averaging 79.8 points per game, scored 29 first-half points. Then the second half came. “We had them going according to […]