UCLA Athletics inducted eight former Bruins into its Athletic Hall of Fame on June 6. The 2018 Hall of Fame class garnered a total of 12 NCAA championships earned either as players or coaches. The eight will be officially inducted on Oct. 5, and then honored at the UCLA-Washington football game the following day. Nikki […]
Category Archives: Men’s Basketball
Former Bruins Aaron Holiday, Thomas Welsh selected in NBA Draft
This post was updated June 21 at 9:20 p.m. The Indiana Pacers selected former Bruins guard Aaron Holiday with the 23rd pick in the 2018 NBA Draft on Thursday night. Holiday played three seasons for UCLA men’s basketball and decided to forgo his senior year to enter the draft after starting all 33 games and […]
Favorite Moments: Daily Bruin Sports picks top eight moments from 2017-2018 seasons
UCLA Athletics had an eventful year, winning multiple national championships and staging several miraculous comebacks. Looking back on the year that was, the Daily Bruin Sports staff got together and picked eight of the Bruins’ most memorable moments of the year. Football comeback vs. Texas A&M – Sept. 3, 2017 Cassidy Hunt, Daily Bruin contributor […]
Superlatives: Daily Bruin Sports hands out awards to 2017-2018 athletes
A number of athletes and teams on campus deserve recognition for their achievements over the past year. The Daily Bruin Sports staff joined heads and came up with a handful of serious – and not so serious – awards to hand out to the most deserving candidates. Best Social Media Game: Jaylen Hands, men’s basketball […]
Senior signoffs: Thomas Welsh reminisces on his experiences at UCLA and how they have shaped him
It’s difficult to put into words just how much my time at UCLA has meant to me. To try to capture all of the memories and experiences from these past four years and compact it into an article like this is nearly impossible. But I’ll do my best to express what this experience has meant […]
The Rundown: May 31
Men’s basketballGabriel McCarthy, Daily Bruin reporter Former UCLA men’s basketball’s point guard Lonzo Ball was named to the NBA All-Rookie second team for the 2017-2018 season. Ball played in 52 out of the 82 regular season games and started 50. He averaged 10.2 points, 7.2 assists and 6.9 rebounds in 34.2 minutes played per game. […]
Hands, Riley pull out of NBA Draft, follow Wilkes back to UCLA men’s basketball
It’s all hands on deck for the Bruins next season. One day after rising sophomore guard Kris Wilkes announced his return to UCLA men’s basketball, rising sophomores guard Jaylen Hands and forward Cody Riley followed suit and withdrew from the 2018 NBA Draft. The two did not sign agents when they entered the draft in […]