For the first months of the 2015-2016 men’s basketball season, Pac-12 teams will play nonconference schools across the country, with each schedule varying in difficulty. Using Ken Pomeroy’s 2016 College Basketball Rankings, Daily Bruin Sports analyzed each team’s scheduled opponents and ranked the Pac-12 schools by their strength of schedule. These rankings don’t include tournament […]
Category Archives: Men’s Basketball
Aaron Holiday forges own path following siblings’ footsteps
Aaron Holiday stood in the middle of an office in the J.D. Morgan Center, his 6-foot-1 frame cloaked in a grey Adidas tracksuit. The freshman guard pored over the UCLA men’s basketball media guide, studying the Bruins’ past season statistics as well as the scouting report on UCLA’s first season opponent: Monmouth. His eyes widened […]
Men’s basketball to test lineup transition in Monmouth season opener
Heading into a season, a popular question to ask a team is, “What’s your identity?” UCLA men’s basketball coach Steve Alford has already heard that question a few times this year, and still doesn’t have a concrete answer. “We don’t know our identity yet,” Alford said on Tuesday. “That’s what makes (season) openers a lot […]
Prince Ali jumps from Bronx blacktop to Pauley Pavilion hardwood
Prince Ali never thought he’d make it to UCLA. He started out as just another face in the crowd, playing basketball in a borough loaded with basketball aspirants – the Bronx, New York. “I was in a neighborhood where all of my friends played basketball. My brothers played basketball, just everybody around me played basketball,” […]
Men’s basketball gains second top-15 recruit with T.J. Leaf commitment
The best incoming basketball class in the Pac-12 just got better. Foothills Christian High senior T.J. Leaf, a five-star recruit ranked No. 13 nationally by ESPN, announced that he would be joining UCLA basketball’s 2016 class in a live show on ESPNU Thursday afternoon. The 6-foot-9 power forward had narrowed his list of final schools […]
The Rundown: Nov. 3
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. What kickers live for New Orleans Saints kicker Kai Forbath had just tied the game at 49 with his seventh extra point of the day. With 36 seconds left and the New York Giants receiving the ball on the kickoff, […]
Men’s basketball win brings promise of strong upcoming season
UCLA men’s basketball showed glimpses of potential last season, particularly during the Bruins’ deep postseason run to the Sweet 16. While two of the cornerstones of that program – guard Norman Powell and freshman forward Kevon Looney – have since departed for the NBA, new talent has arrived to make UCLA as promising as last […]