Not only are the Ducks still undefeated, but they’re the only Pac-12 team without two losses after they swept the Washington schools at home and Arizona and UCLA both lost this past week.
Category Archives: Men’s Basketball
USC is a must-win for UCLA basketball
UCLA’s season is more than half finished, yet freshman guard Jordan Adams was faced with the following question from a national columnist after Saturday’s loss to Arizona State.
Court Visions: Shooting for speed over strength
TEMPE, Ariz. — It doesn’t matter that the Bruins, despite having three forwards on the roster, are not a very tall team, or one that uses its height in an effective way. What’s more important is how they handle the bigs of the opposition. We saw a team that matched up well with UCLA last […]
Spread thinly, Bruins lose to Sun Devils 78-60
TEMPE, Ariz. — Before Saturday’s game, a UCLA coach warned the Bruins that the matchup with the unranked Arizona State Sun Devils should be treated as a trap game. After a thrilling yet exhausting win over a top-10 Arizona team on Thursday, UCLA traveled to Wells Fargo Arena missing a player from its already thin […]
With shortage of players, men’s basketball picks up the pace
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. MESA, Ariz. — UCLA made a plan to play a more up-tempo style this season. An influx of athletic freshmen and a new point guard meant the Bruins were going to run. When […]
Media question origins of Shabazz’s Gucci backpack
MESA, Ariz. — UCLA freshman Shabazz Muhammad led the Bruins to an 84-73 win over No. 6 Arizona on Thursday but one media member chose to focus on his fashion sense rather than his 23-point performance. Yahoo Sports’ Pat Forde made several comments about Muhammad’s Gucci backpack in his column from Thursday’s game at McKale Center. “I’m just saying a college […]
Court Visions: Basketball manages win over Arizona in impressive fashion
No practice drill can ready a team for what the Bruins went through the last few days, and there is no way to measure how much adversity UCLA was dealt before beating Arizona on its home floor.