This post was updated Feb. 14 at 2:31 p.m. It wasn’t pretty, but the Bruins are back in the win column. UCLA men’s basketball (13-12, 6-6 Pac-12) came back from a nine-point halftime deficit to California (5-19, 0-12) 75-67 in Berkeley on Wednesday night. With the win, the Bruins also moved up from tenth to […]
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UCLA men’s basketball trails conference-worst Cal seven points at the half
The Bruins couldn’t buy a basket, but neither could the Golden Bears. UCLA men’s basketball (12-12, 5-6 Pac-12) trails California (5-18, 0-11) 34-25 at halftime after the two teams combined to shoot 30.1 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes Wednesday night. The Bruins missed their first nine attempts from the floor, and […]
UCLA Athletics announces plans to build academic center for student-athletes
Student-athletes will have a new place to study. A plan to construct an on-campus academic facility designed for UCLA’s nearly 700 student-athletes is in the works, UCLA Athletics announced Wednesday. The facility will be known as the Mo Ostin Academic Center for Student-Athletes. Morris “Mo” Ostin, a music executive and UCLA alum, gifted $15 million […]
Women’s water polo’s 13-game win streak cut short in fifth-straight loss to USC
The gloomy and cold weather of the Triton Invitational title game matched the mood of the Bruins after another loss to the Trojans. No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo (13-1) was on the verge of its first 14-0 start since 2008 and its first win against No. 1 USC (12-0) in over two years on […]
UCLA men’s tennis switches to indoor competition as it takes on Illinois
Rain can’t bother the Bruins this week. No. 7 UCLA men’s tennis (3-0) will take on No. 14 Illinois (3-1) Wednesday at Midtown Athletic Club. After five of eight scheduled home matches were rained out to open the season, the switch to playing indoors in Chicago this week will mark a change in conditions for […]
UCLA, UCSB men’s volleyball both enter Wednesday matchup with win streaks to lose
A winning streak will end this week. No. 4 UCLA men’s volleyball (10-2, 2-0 MPSF) will face No. 6 UC Santa Barbara (11-3) Wednesday night at Robertson Gym in Isla Vista, California. The meeting marks the second matchup of the season between the Bruins and the Gauchos. UCSB has won eight consecutive games since its […]
Men’s basketball to play winless Cal in conference game
The Bruins are at risk of stringing together their second four-game losing streak of the season. But interim coach Murry Bartow said they’re done looking in the rearview mirror. “There’s just no time to sit around and whine about it,” Bartow said. “You’ve got to move to the next game.” UCLA men’s basketball (12-12, 5-6 […]