UCLA men’s basketball coach Ben Howland warned his players that Tuesday’s practice would be “very, very competitive” as a result of the Bruins’ loss to USC on Sunday. The practice could potentially be remembered as very, very costly. Alfred Aboya, already nursing a strained left groin he suffered during practice last week, re-injured the same […]
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Bruins stay at hotel to focus
Following losses to California, Washington and West Virginia at Pauley Pavilion earlier this season, UCLA men’s basketball coach Ben Howland decided his team needed a home away from home for Saturday home games. The compromise? On Friday nights before home games, the Bruins will stay in a Westwood area hotel. The practice, which was most […]
So close, yet so far away
SEATTLE, Wash. “”mdash; Bruin freshman Darren Collison had a chance on Saturday to tie the game with two free throws with 9.2 seconds remaining. The first one rimmed out. Sophomore Jordan Farmar had a chance to tie the game and send it into overtime with a last-second 3-pointer. The shot couldn’t get over the outstretched […]
Cougars coach can’t account for low intensity
PULLMAN, Wash. “”mdash; Washington State coach Dick Bennett has coached 788 games during his 27 seasons on the bench. He hasn’t seen many like the one played out in front of him Thursday night at Friel Court. “I feared what happened,” said Bennett, whose teams are known for their low scoring outputs. “(My players) won’t […]
Cameroon calling
At a recent press conference, a reporter asked UCLA coach Ben Howland to somehow explain Luc Richard Mbah a Moute’s ability as a rebounder. Howland, who only seconds earlier had been praising the recent play of freshman Alfred Aboya, sat up in his chair and held his arms to out to his side. He was […]
Foul trouble can’t stop Mbah a Moute
On Saturday, UCLA’s Luc Richard Mbah a Moute registered the fewest minutes played of his career (19), fouled out for only the second time this season, and only snatched six rebounds, his lowest total in the last 10 games. So naturally, he scored 11 points, his fifth double-digit scoring output in seven games, led all […]
Top prospects to visit Pauley Pavilion
When the UCLA men’s basketball team takes on Arizona this Saturday at Pauley Pavilion, it could be a ceremonial passing of the torch from the Pac-10’s elite team for the past several years ““ the Wildcats ““ to the conference’s elite team of the present year ““ the Bruins. Watching in the stands may be […]