Behind the highest-energy crowd of the season at Pauley Pavilion, both No. 3 UCLA and No. 14 Arizona played frantically out of the gates. After taking just five shots all game Thursday night in the rout over Arizona State, freshman guard Lonzo Ball came out swinging. He started 3-for-3, hitting two 3s and glided in […]
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Basketball predictions: UCLA vs. Arizona
UCLA men’s basketball will take on its rivals, the Arizona Wildcats, on Saturday night in a game chock-full of playoff implications. Both teams are ranked in the top 15 in the country, but Arizona is just ahead of UCLA in the conference standings. The Bruins and Wildcats both feature some of the best freshmen in […]
ASU the latest team to fall against men’s basketball’s fierce offense
Arizona State tried. The Sun Devils (9-10, 2-4 Pac-12) really did. The visitors, who are ninth in the conference, made it close with a late first-half run that extended into the second half to cut the lead to just seven points with 12 minutes left in the game. But then No. 3 UCLA (19-1, 6-1) […]
Humor, work ethic boost TJ Leaf to unexpected prominence
For two weeks, T.J. Leaf was the best-kept secret in college basketball, the forward’s dazzling play overshadowed by the wizardry of fellow freshman Lonzo Ball. Then UCLA played Kentucky, and Leaf exploded onto the national stage with 17 points and 13 rebounds in the Bruins’ victory. As Wildcat coach John Calipari put it afterward, Leaf […]
Elite men’s basketball freshmen to face off in Arizona showdown
Twelve national championship banners and 26 consensus first-team All-Americans later, UCLA and Arizona are still the flagship programs for Pac-12 men’s basketball. But even with 95 meetings between them, only one matters to both teams right now – Saturday night’s game. The No. 3 Bruins (19-1, 6-1 Pac-12) will host the No. 14 Wildcats (17-2, […]
UCLA men’s basketball cruises to 102-80 win over Arizona State
For a team that’s so fun and explosive, No. 3 UCLA is becoming awfully predictable. Jump out to quick double-digit leads behind sweet shooting at a breakneck pace and cruise into halftime sitting high and comfortable. There must be something in the snack at halftime because it’s as good of a bet as anything that […]
UCLA men’s basketball leads Arizona State 54-39 at halftime
Isaac Hamilton couldn’t beat Arizona State by himself. Sadly, despite holding a lead for the majority of the half, the Sun Devils finally caught up to the senior guard by halftime. Arizona State 39, Hamilton 25. He outscored the Sun Devils 25-23 with about four minutes left in the first half before Arizona State (9-9, […]