Category Archives: Men’s Basketball

UCLA fan makes yearly trip to NCAA tournament

While walking through Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, I ran into a number of UCLA fans who showed up for the Bruins’ second-round NCAA tournament game. One had an interesting story to tell about his yearly travels to the Big Dance. He also looked like Wilt Chamberlain (on the court) while he carried a […]

Court Visions: Basketball program in limbo following early NCAA Tournament exit

AUSTIN, Texas — The final buzzer of the year for UCLA men’s basketball rang here in the Lone Star State, marking the end of one season and the beginning of the next one. Taking inventory of the team that walked off the Frank Erwin Center court Friday night was a quick exercise. Not counting walk-ons, […]

Minnesota triumphs over UCLA, brings Bruins’ season to a close

AUSTIN, Texas — The stands emptied right along with UCLA’s hopes of continuing in the NCAA Tournament. The game clock, on the other hand, just kept ticking. The Bruins trailed the Minnesota Golden Gophers by 23 with more than four minutes left. It was abundantly clear to the few people left at Frank Erwin Center […]

UCLA ends season with 83-63 loss to Minnesota

The UCLA men’s basketball team’s season has come to an end following an 83-63 loss to Minnesota in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Austin, Texas. Early foul trouble plagued the No. 6-seeded Bruins, who saw very little production from a frontcourt rotation of redshirt junior forwards Travis Wear and David Wear and […]

UCLA trails Minnesota 35-25 at halftime

AUSTIN, Texas – If UCLA’s season is ending today, it is doing so in a most unspectacular fashion. The Bruins are struggling to make baskets, but they haven’t had the ball much anyway. Minnesota leads the second-round NCAA Tournament game, 35-25, at the half as the Golden Gophers have stymied the Bruins with a zone […]