Down to 10 players, the Bruins are ready for the season to start. Freshman center Ike Anigbogu and senior guard Bryce Alford are out with injuries, and a couple walk-ons suffered sprained ankles, but at Tuesday’s practice coach Steve Alford said he was still excited to test out his new team in real game situations. […]
Category Archives: Men’s Basketball
Freshman center Ike Anigbogu out with slight meniscus tear
Freshman center Ike Anigbogu will be out four to six weeks with a slight meniscus tear in his right knee, coach Steve Alford announced at Tuesday’s practice Anigbogu, one of the three members of the Bruin’s fifth-ranked recruiting class with freshmen guard Lonzo Ball and forward TJ Leaf, suffered the injury last week in practice […]
Four-star recruit Cody Riley announces commitment to UCLA basketball
Class of 2017 four-star power forward Cody Riley announced his commitment to UCLA Friday afternoon. A top-50 recruit according to both ESPN and 247Sports, Riley also received offers from Connecticut, Kansas, Oklahoma and USC. He averaged 12.5 points per game and 7.9 rebounds per game last year at Sierra Canyon High School. Before Riley’s commitment, […]
UCLA men’s basketball hopes to amp up gameplay with freshman trio
There were somewhere between 50 to 100 fans outside of the UCLA exhibition game waiting for Lonzo Ball’s autograph. In Australia. And this 18-year old freshman point guard hasn’t even played a college game yet. That’s what happens when you lead your high school team to a perfect record en route to winning the California […]
The Dam Truth: Coaches should not be defined only by their losses
For 58 minutes, Jim Mora was giving UCLA fans what they wanted – a physical football game that came down to the wire against a Pac-12 rival. The raucous cheering was deafening, but it quickly changed the moment Stanford scored the go-ahead touchdown with seconds left on the clock. The “I believe that we will […]
Kevin Love gives back to alma mater, pledges $1M
It has been a busy summer for Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love. After winning his first NBA championship in June, Love has decided to give back to his alma mater, where he played the 2007-2008 season. In an essay called “Bruin Walk” published in The Players’ Tribune, Love shared that he will be donating to […]
Olympians, five-star recruits to don blue and gold
Every year, Westwood eagerly anticipates its next wave of superstar athletes – a result of UCLA’s reputation as a top-notch academic and athletic institution. Here are some incoming freshmen that Daily Bruin Sports is most excited to see competing in the blue and gold. Lonzo Ball, men’s basketball Ball is by far coach Steve Alford’s […]