Author Archives: Seth Fast Glass

Sophomores Jordan Farmar and Arron Afflalo of the UCLA men’s basketball team submitted their names on Thursday for the 2006 NBA Draft, but left open the option to return to Westwood for their junior season. Both Afflalo and Farmar, the Bruins’ leading scorers this past season, indicated they will not hire an agent and will […]

Sophomore men’s basketball player Arron Afflalo is expected to hold a press conference some time this week to announce his future with the Bruin program, according to the UCLA Athletic Department. Sports Information Director Marc Dellins indicated the press conference would be held whether Afflalo declares for the NBA Draft or states his intention to […]

INDIANAPOLIS “”mdash; So the road ends for UCLA. Six rounds deep into the NCAA Tournament. Five months after the season began. Four weeks after clinching a Pac-10 title. Three years to the day after UCLA coach Ben Howland was hired. Two days after the team’s most impressive showing of the season in the Final Four. […]

INDIANAPOLIS “”mdash; As UCLA’s Jordan Farmar walked off the court Monday night at the RCA Dome, he put his arm around senior Ryan Hollins and pounded the center’s chest. The point guard was smiling and talking in Hollins’ ear all the way to the locker room. Minutes later, Farmar cried. Not because his team had […]

INDIANAPOLIS “”mdash; Prior to this season, UCLA’s Luc Richard Mbah a Moute had watched only one Final Four. That was in 2003, when some freshman named Carmelo Anthony led Syracuse to the national title. “I loved it,” said Mbah a Moute, the freshman forward. “I was thinking one day I could play there too. I […]

INDIANAPOLIS “”mdash; The families of UCLA’s Alfred Aboya and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute will watch the Bruin freshmen compete in Monday’s national championship game live back in their native Cameroon. And two days later, they’ll watch for the first time the Bruins beating Louisiana State (LSU) in the Final Four to get there. “No, […]

INDIANAPOLIS “”mdash; Of all the numbers UCLA coach Ben Howland ingested following his Bruins’ victory over LSU in the Final Four on Saturday, the one he may have been most pleased with was 30. That was the number of minutes logged by freshman Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, the most played by any Bruin on […]