Chris Smith will be testing the NBA waters after posting his best season yet. The junior guard for UCLA men’s basketball declared for the 2020 NBA Draft early Tuesday morning, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony reported. Read more...
Photo: Guard Chris Smith led UCLA men’s basketball with 13.1 points per game this season – a career high for the junior. Smith reportedly entered the NBA Draft on Tuesday. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Twenty-five years ago, Ed O’Bannon, Tyus Edney, Toby Bailey and the rest of the Bruins suited up for the 1995 national championship game in Seattle. Friday, they’ll be together again – albeit, not in person. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball has won 11 NCAA championships, with its last coming in 1995 against Arkansas. The Bruins finished the regular season 32-1 and also won the Pac-10 regular season title. (Daily Bruin file photo)
With the world screeching to a halt in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the loss of collegiate sports seems like just another drop in the bucket. Read more...
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This post was updated March 16 at 9:42 p.m. The Pac-12 has canceled all scheduled competitions, effective immediately, because of fear of a further coronavirus outbreak. Read more...
Coach Mick Cronin said there was only one positive thing he took from his team’s loss to USC on Saturday. It was the first time he noticed the culture change in his new program since he arrived in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. went 1-of-8 from the field in UCLA men’s basketball’s loss to USC last Saturday. Jaquez said the Bruins will need to limit their turnovers in order to find offensive success as the team competes in Las Vegas. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 11 at 7:39 p.m. This year’s March Madness is going to be quieter than usual. All men’s and women’s basketball NCAA tournament games will be held with essential staff and limited family members only because of the outbreak of COVID-19, meaning no fans will be in attendance to watch UCLA men’s and women’s basketball’s postseason runs this season. Read more...
Photo: Fans will not be permitted into men’s and women’s basketball national tournament games following an NCAA statement in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo illustration by Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
With the quarter winding down, UCLA men’s basketball’s season is preparing to play its most important games of the season. On this week’s episode of “Out of Bounds,” Sports editor Sam Connon, Daily Bruin senior staffer Ryan Smith and special guest assistant Sports editor Jack Perez break down the Bruins’ most recent loss to the Trojans on Saturday, as well as the path ahead of them in the Pac-12 and NCAA tournaments. Read more...
