This post was updated Nov. 9 at 3:17 p.m. When Moses Brown got to campus in June, he measured in at 7-foot-1-inch. Then he grew another inch. “I don’t think he’s ever stopped, to be honest with you,” said Brown’s high school coach, Michael McCleary. Brown has been the tallest player on the court ever […]
Category Archives: Men’s Basketball
Men’s basketball scores first win of season against Purdue Fort Wayne
The Bruins ran by the competition in their season-opener – literally. UCLA men’s basketball (1-0) defeated Purdue Fort Wayne (0-1) 96-71 at Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday night for its seventh straight season-opening victory, and did so with a pace rating that would have been good for second in the country last season. The Bruins recorded 85 […]
Men’s basketball hones defense for season-opener against Purdue Fort Wayne
The Bruins will have to pick up the pace Tuesday. After winning by 52 points in its exhibition against NYIT, No. 21 UCLA men’s basketball will open its season hosting Purdue Fort Wayne. The Bruins ranked third in their conference in pace last season, but the Mastodons ranked higher than any Pac-12 team at 75.5 […]
Exhibition victory shows off men’s basketball’s solid team chemistry, depth
David Singleton came off the bench – and he put up a perfect stat line. The freshman guard shot 4-of-4 from behind the arc, 2-of-2 from the free throw line, and had four assists and zero turnovers while backing up sophomore guard Jaylen Hands at the point in UCLA men’s basketball’s exhibition game Saturday night. […]
Young players feature as men’s basketball hammers NYIT in exhibition game rout
Moses Brown lit up Pauley Pavilion less than five minutes into the game with a fast-break dunk. Then he did it five more times. “(Having a guy like Brown) makes (my job) a lot easier because he can just go up to the rim and dunk it,” said sophomore guard Jaylen Hands. “Even if he […]
Preparing for season, the young men’s basketball team stresses defensive skills
Steve Alford and Murry Bartow go way back. Bartow – a UCLA men’s basketball assistant coach who replaced David Grace in April – served as Alford’s graduate assistant coach when Alford was a player at Indiana. But all history aside, Alford said Bartow brings in a new emphasis on defense that the Bruins were missing […]
The Rundown: Oct. 23
Men’s basketball Sam Connon, assistant Sports editor The first AP rankings for the 2018-2019 men’s basketball season are out. UCLA will enter the season ranked No. 21 in the country after making the preseason top 25 for the third consecutive year. In 2017, the Bruins also started at No. 21, and they were ranked No. […]