If UCLA football’s last two games are any indication of how its season will play out, then – for UCLA fans at least – a new hope is on the horizon. UCLA men’s basketball begins its season in less than a month, on Nov. 14 against Montana State. Unlike UCLA football, the basketball team starts […]
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Men’s basketball coach Steve Alford signs one-year contract extension
This post was updated on Oct. 7 at 9:30 p.m. UCLA men’s basketball coach Steve Alford signed a one-year contract extension that will keep him in Westwood through the 2020-2021 season, UCLA Athletics Director Dan Guerrero announced Friday. UCLA initially hired Alford on March 30, 2013 to a seven-year, $18.2 million contract which included a […]
New plan increases student seating for men’s basketball in Pauley
UCLA Athletics announced a new seating plan for men’s basketball home games in Pauley Pavilion, vastly increasing the number of lower bowl student seats. The student section along the court’s full-length baseline will now fill the entire non-team bench sideline – sections 113-117 – rather than an estimated 60 percent as it had in the […]
UCLA men’s basketball releases official schedule for 2014-2015 season
UCLA basketball’s full 2014-2015 season schedule was released Monday night. In late July, the program released a tentative schedule but the pencil markings were traced over in ink Monday night. For the upcoming season, some dates to circle on the calendar are: Nov. 14: UCLA tips off its season versus Montana State on a Friday […]
Transfer point guard Jon Octeus denied admission to UCLA
Former Colorado State University point guard Jon Octeus has been denied admission at UCLA, Matt Stephens of the Coloradoan reported Monday. Octeus, a senior, first committed to transfer to UCLA in late June and would have been eligible to play immediately, providing the Bruins much-needed depth at point guard. Having played almost 34 minutes per […]
UCLA alumnus unveils learning center as gift to former school
Baron Davis glanced out onto the playground from the window of Room 51 at South Park Elementary in Florence-Graham, Calif. About 25 years ago, as a young boy in the Los Angeles Unified School District, he stood in that same spot, looking out onto the basketball courts that he would practice on for hours each […]
Four-star recruit Prince Ali commits to UCLA basketball for 2015
UCLA men’s basketball may have lost some key members of last year’s backcourt to the NBA, but it got some good news regarding the future of those positions with four-star 2015 shooting guard recruit Prince Ali announcing his commitment to the Bruins Saturday. The 6-foot-4, 180-pound shooting guard from Pembroke Pines, Fla., is described by […]