Coach Mick Cronin didn’t pull any punches when he was asked about the Bruins’ defense against the Trojans on Saturday. “We’re not a good defensive team,” Cronin said. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior guard Prince Ali leads all active UCLA men’s basketball players in career steals with 90. Ali also shares the team lead in total steals this season with 21. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There were a half-dozen Bruin legends in the building Saturday night, but this year’s team was unable to replicate their successors’ winning ways. UCLA men’s basketball (8-8, 1-2 Pac-12) lost 74-63 to USC (13-3, 2-1) at home on Saturday, making this the first time the Bruins fell to the Trojans at Pauley Pavilion since Jan. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball lost to USC at Pauley Pavilion for the first time in over three years. Coach Mick Cronin’s squad fell to 1-2 in conference play with the loss, and he has now lost the first crosstown rivalry game of his career in Westwood. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s all hands on deck for the Bruins in their Saturday night matchup with the crosstown rival Trojans. In front of sold out Pauley Pavilion, eleven different Bruins have checked in for UCLA men’s basketball (8-7, 1-1 Pac-12) as it trails USC (12-3, 1-1) at the half 33-31. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith led UCLA men’s basketball in first-half points and rebounds Saturday night with 11 and seven, respectively. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Mick Cronin said he isn’t all too familiar with the UCLA-USC rivalry coming from the other side of the country, but he thinks he’s got the gist of it. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith is UCLA men’s baketball’s leading scorer this season with 12.2 points per game through 15 appearances. Smith averaged 6.3 points per game last season. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. is no stranger to tough love. “I was coached by my dad – he was always super blunt and straightforward with me, so that’s something I’m used to,” said the freshman guard/forward prior to Wednesday’s practice. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 10 total points and hauled in eight total rebounds across his first six appearances with UCLA men’s basketball. In the Bruins’ nine games since, Jaquez is averaging 11.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Men’s BasketballJack Perez, assistant Sports editor Parity in college basketball has reached the Pac-12. Eight Pac-12 teams are tied after the first weekend of conference play. Read more...
Photo: (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 8 at 10:19 p.m. Bruin fans have been told time and time again one thing when it comes to the men’s basketball team – this team is young and needs time to grow. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. (left) did not start in the first seven contests for UCLA men’s basketball but has seen his role steadily increase since the Maui Jim Maui Invitational in November. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
