Needing a win to move into a tie for third place in the Pac-12, UCLA men’s basketball faced the current third-place team, Oregon, Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion. At halftime, the Bruins set themselves up for a tightly contested second half, leading the Ducks 41-40. UCLA opened the game with perhaps its hottest start of […]
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Men’s basketball seeks to hit its stride against Oregon
Just who is UCLA? It seems a fair question to ask of a team that has won seven of its last 10 and before that, lost five straight. To ask of a team that is at times potent, sound and realized. And then at others underachieving, undermanned and outclassed. Is this the team that scored […]
Men’s basketball’s early lead secures win against Oregon State
Sophomore guard Bryce Alford spoke Tuesday about the necessity to get the ball to the bigs inside to break Oregon State’s disruptive zone defense, which forced UCLA into shooting just 30.6 percent in its loss to Oregon State last month. At the start of Wednesday night’s game at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins decided to cut […]
UCLA leads Oregon State 40-25 at the half
In his team’s first meeting with Oregon State in January, coach Steve Alford deemed the opening half “The Payton Show,” after the Beavers’ Gary Payton II took over the game in the period’s final few minutes. While Payton II delivered a fine follow-up, the Bruins’ sharp shooting stole the show in the first half of […]
From UCLA to the NBA: Former Bruins form coalition in pros
Matt Barnes (SF) 45th overall, Memphis Grizzlies, 2002 After four years of solid, but not elite, play at UCLA, earning an All-Pac-10 honorable mention in 2001, Matt Barnes made a name for himself in the NBA as a scrapper – a solid defender, impressive rebounder for his size and sometimes streaky shooter. It wasn’t easy […]
Pac-12 men’s basketball power rankings: Feb. 11
With another week of Pac-12 men’s basketball in the books, Daily Bruin Sports returns with its weekly installment of Pac-12 power rankings. 1. No. 7 Arizona (20-3, 8-2) (Last week: 1) Well that wasn’t supposed to happen, was it? Actually, the same could be said about all three of Arizona’s losses, not just the Wildcats’ […]
Cameroonian sensation circumnavigates globe in basketball conquest
Alfred Aboya had never seen snow. Clad in flip-flops and shorts, the 18-year-old unfolded his 6-foot-8 frame from the confines of the minivan that transported his life to the grounds of the Tilton School in New Hampshire, landing him on a prep school campus covered in a white blanket of winter weather. He took his […]