Shaquille O’Neal, Baron Davis and Jerry West sat courtside at Pauley Pavilion Thursday night, but even their combined star power couldn’t outshine the UCLA players on the court. The NBA greats watched as the Bruins pieced together big play after big play en route to upsetting the No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats 87-77. Of all the show-stopping highlights, […]
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Tanner’s Take: Kentucky upset is a glimpse at what could be for UCLA
There will be a time to return to reality. But tonight is not that time. A stunning 87-77 upset over not-gonna-be-top-ranked-much-longer Kentucky Thursday gave UCLA its first win over a No. 1 team in over a decade and provided Bruin basketball fans with a night where everything went right. Just ask the guy who banked […]
UCLA upsets No. 1 Kentucky 87-77
There was no laughing or showboating for Kentucky this time. Nearly a year removed from their 83-44 shellacking of UCLA, the No. 1 Wildcats were punched in the mouth by the team they once bullied. They attempted highlight-reel alley oops, and threw the ball away. They attempted to scorch the Bruins again from beyond the […]
UCLA men’s basketball leads Kentucky 37-29 at halftime
A former nightmare has thus far turned into a dream for the UCLA men’s basketball team. At the end of the first half, UCLA leads No. 1 Kentucky 37-29. Yes, the Bruins are thoroughly outplaying the very team that bullied them into a 41-7 halftime deficit less than a year ago. Yes, they are overpowering […]
Men’s basketball prepares for rematch with top-ranked Kentucky
Forty-one to seven. That was what the scoreboard read at halftime the last time UCLA men’s basketball took on Kentucky. The Bruins trailed by 34 points heading into the locker room, having shot 8 percent from the field compared to the Wildcats’ 46. “Last year, obviously we got shocked right from the beginning, and I […]
Men’s basketball snaps losing streak in 77-45 win against CSUN
There’s a storm brewing on the horizon for UCLA men’s basketball, but on Sunday at Pauley Pavilion, it was smooth sailing – the team trounced Cal State Northridge 77-45. The nation’s best team – Kentucky – will arrive in Westwood on Thursday, sure to challenge a Bruin team still getting its sea legs. While Sunday […]
UCLA loses to Wake Forest 80-77 in Maui Invitational third-place game
UCLA both lived and died by the free-throw line at the 2015 Maui Jim Maui Invitational. In the first round of the tournament, the Bruins used their 23-for-24 performance at the charity stripe to carry them to a close win over the UNLV Rebels (5-1). On Wednesday night – in the third-place game – UCLA […]