Category Archives: Men’s Basketball

16-0 run after Welsh’s injury in Cal game David Gottlieb, Sports editor “Things looked bad.” Those were the first three words in our story about the California game, and they were apt. Not only was UCLA down 27-16, but senior center Thomas Welsh had to exit the game with a left knee sprain. It was […]

To get some inside information on the USC men’s basketball team, Daily Bruin Sports reached out to the Daily Trojan – USC’s student news publication – and asked its men’s basketball beat writer Keith Demolder a few questions about the Trojans before their upcoming game against the Bruins on Saturday. Daily Bruin: The buzz around […]

This post was updated Jan. 27 at 10:55 p.m. This time the lead was large enough. UCLA raced out to a double-digit advantage for the second time against Stanford this season, but there would be no Cardinal comeback Saturday night. The Bruins (15-7, 6-4 Pac-12) relied on atorrid shooting night from beyond the arc – […]

This story was updated Jan. 25 at 10:58 p.m. Things looked bad. Already in the midst of a three-game losing streak, UCLA men’s basketball (14-7, 5-4 Pac-12) was trailing by double digits midway through the first half against the Pac-12’s last-place team, California (7-14, 1-7), when senior center Thomas Welsh headed to the locker room […]

Bill Walton called his alma mater’s basketball team soft in the middle of a nationally televised drubbing last weekend. It was an assessment that UCLA coach Steve Alford agreed with. “Prior to the Colorado game, we were trending (upward), both in toughness and in what we want to do defensively,” Alford said. “And since the […]