It may have been snowing in Columbus, Ohio, but it was raining threes inside Value City Arena. UCLA was just as much a spectator as the crowd, as there was little it could do but watch as Oklahoma drained a barrage of three-pointers en route to an 85-72 victory, ousting the Bruins from the NCAA […]
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Oklahoma bounces UCLA women’s basketball from NCAA Tournament, 85-72
Unable to keep pace with a sharpshooting Oklahoma team, UCLA women’s basketball lost 85-72 on Monday, and was thus eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. Both teams were locked-in from the tip-off, each hitting their first few shots and trading baskets. But while the Bruins cooled off after the quick start, the Sooners only got hotter, […]
Analyzing the Bruins’ second-round defeat
Senior staff writer Sam Strong and Court Visions columnist Ryan Menezes of the Daily Bruin do a postmortem on UCLA’s season after the Bruins’ season ended in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. No. 11 seed Minnesota blew out No. 6 UCLA 83-63, in what could have been the last game […]
UCLA fan makes yearly trip to NCAA tournament
While walking through Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, I ran into a number of UCLA fans who showed up for the Bruins’ second-round NCAA tournament game. One had an interesting story to tell about his yearly travels to the Big Dance. He also looked like Wilt Chamberlain (on the court) while he carried a […]
UCLA women’s basketball rolls past Stetson in first round of NCAA tournament
An early surge proved to be all No. 3 seed UCLA needed in its first-round NCAA tournament game against No. 14 seed Stetson, a 66-49 win. Ten minutes in, UCLA (26-7) had already more than tripled Stetson’s score. The Bruins applied tight on-the-ball pressure, missed few defensive rotations and hammered their physical presence inside. In […]
Court Visions: Basketball program in limbo following early NCAA Tournament exit
AUSTIN, Texas — The final buzzer of the year for UCLA men’s basketball rang here in the Lone Star State, marking the end of one season and the beginning of the next one. Taking inventory of the team that walked off the Frank Erwin Center court Friday night was a quick exercise. Not counting walk-ons, […]
Minnesota triumphs over UCLA, brings Bruins’ season to a close
AUSTIN, Texas — The stands emptied right along with UCLA’s hopes of continuing in the NCAA Tournament. The game clock, on the other hand, just kept ticking. The Bruins trailed the Minnesota Golden Gophers by 23 with more than four minutes left. It was abundantly clear to the few people left at Frank Erwin Center […]