LONG BEACH, Calif. — Saturday afternoon unofficially marked the last time UCLA men’s basketball’s top two 2016 recruits – Lonzo Ball and T.J. Leaf – would play together before wearing Bruin blue and gold. The five-star guard – Ball – and the five-star power forward – Leaf – were part of Team Future at the […]
Category Archives: Men’s Basketball
Students react to continued demands to fire coach Steve Alford
Twitter is abuzz with infuriated UCLA basketball fans. Bruin Walk? Not so much. As mobile billboards calling for the firing of coach Steve Alford made appearances around campus Wednesday – continuing a string of actions demanding his release – the Daily Bruin set up shop at the newspaper stand outside of Ackerman Union to gauge […]
Dan Guerrero addresses state of men’s basketball, athletics program
UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero held a press conference Tuesday following men’s basketball coach Steve Alford’s announcement that he would return the one-year contract extension granted to him in 2014. Ever since the team’s early exit from the Pac-12 tournament in early March, UCLA fans have signed a petition requesting Alford’s firing and have flown […]
Steve Alford announces restructured contract set to end in 2020
Despite recent uproar calling for the firing of Steve Alford, it appears the UCLA men’s basketball coach will return for a fourth season in Westwood. In an email message addressed to “UCLA Family, Friends, Alumni and Supporters” sent Sunday evening, Alford wrote that he decided to restructure his own contract, removing a one-year extension that […]
UCLA Basketball: March update
This page includes a feature on Tony Parker and women’s basketball tournament preview.
Group demands termination of Steve Alford’s basketball coaching contract
A small plane circled the sky above UCLA’s campus Monday, towing behind it a simple message: “UCLA deserves better. Fire Alford!” The emphatic message has been echoed around the internet recently, calling for the firing of men’s basketball coach Steve Alford in the days since the Bruins’ season ended prematurely in the first round of […]
Tony Parker looks toward future after frustrating senior season
Tony Parker slumped back into his seat on the bench with his long arms hanging over his knees. The lone senior on UCLA men’s basketball stared blankly up at the MGM Grand Garden Arena scoreboard hanging high above him. “USC 81, UCLA 59,” read the display. Six minutes and 19 seconds slowly ticked off the […]