A UCLA victory over top-ranked USC on Dec. 3 would, among other things, officially give the Bruins a claim to a share of the Pac-10 title. What it won’t do is guarantee the Bruins the Pac-10’s automatic bid for a BCS game, which now belongs to USC regardless of what happens at the Coliseum when […]
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Starters may soon be up and running
Reinforcements are on the way. Missing four of its potential starters in a 56-37 victory over Delaware State on Saturday night, No. 19 UCLA will welcome at least one of them back, as sophomore point guard Jordan Farmar will play against No. 12 Memphis in Wednesday’s semifinal of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament in New […]
UCLA advances to NIT semifinals
The UCLA men’s basketball team learned on Thursday night that it would be spending its Thanksgiving away from Southern California, exchanging a home-cooked feast for perhaps a fast-food run. And judging by the Bruins’ reaction as they headed toward the locker room after an impressive 54-47 victory over Temple at Pauley Pavilion, it was welcomed […]
Basketball hopes to elbow past Temple
Tonight’s game may be in Pauley Pavilion, but don’t blame the Bruins if part of their focus lies some 2,500 miles to the east. That’s where Madison Square Garden is located in the heart of New York City, exactly where the UCLA men’s basketball team wants to spend its Thanksgiving week for a chance to […]
Slow start gives way to career high
His team needing a slight nudge in spirit and a go-to outlet on offense, Arron Afflalo provided both Tuesday night. The Bruin sophomore used the first game of the season to record the best-scoring game of his career, wasting no time in establishing a new career high, with a 23-point performance in UCLA’s 83-70 victory […]
[Basketball Preview]: Looking forward
When Cedric Bozeman first stepped onto the UCLA campus as a freshman, he may as well have been greeted with a ticker-tape parade. One of the best high school players in the country in 2001, the Santa Ana product chose Westwood as his final launching pad to inevitable stardom and a Bruin roster filled with […]
[Football Preview]: Season hinges on the outcome of this game
For a team full of history students, the Bruins haven’t shown a real passion for examining their recent past. And they might not want to start. This year’s No. 14 UCLA team has made fourth-quarter comebacks, which for three years were out of the realm of possibility for the Bruins, look easy. The task of […]