Tag Archives: Basketball Season Preview 2015-2016

Pac-12 nonconference strength of schedules

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 […]

Quiet freshman guard brings loud game to women’s basketball team

A custom-designed horse trail in Chatsworth, California leads up to Sierra Canyon School, a private institution graced by hundreds of trees and, more notably, the children of celebrities like Britney Spears, Alec Baldwin and Will Smith. In one of the classrooms, Kennedy Burke attended class with Kylie Jenner. Despite the school’s history of celebrated alumni, […]

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 […]

Bruins to face first true test of season in Red Storm

During women’s basketball’s first exhibition game last week, the Bruins pummeled Vanguard to a degree not seen in years. When the team plays St. John’s on Friday evening, it should not be as easy. The two teams will be looking to assert themselves as contenders, as both received votes for a top-25 ranking in the […]

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,” […]