Sam Connon Sports editor Final record: 21-10 Season finish: Pac-12 semifinals Team MVP: Jalen Hill Where most Bruin teams have the burden of expectations, this year’s squad does not. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore forward Jalen Hill appeared in all 33 of UCLA men’s basketball’s games last season. Hill averaged 4.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in his first full season with the Bruins. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s the start of a new chapter for Bruin basketball. UCLA men’s basketball will host Long Beach State in its season opener Wednesday night in Pauley Pavilion, where the Bruins will be going for their sixth consecutive win over the Beach in the past eight years. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal scored six points in UCLA men’s basketball’s preseason exhibition against Stanislaus State on Oct. 30. O’Neal was a four-star recruit at Crossroads School before committing to the Bruins in 2018. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
Ten minutes before Monday’s practice, Mick Cronin was on his phone. The first-year UCLA men’s basketball coach wasn’t drawing up plays or calling five-star recruits – he was checking showtimes for “The Irishman” at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball hired coach Mick Cronin in April, and he has only been able to go to the movies once since. Cronin has used his love for cinema to bond with his assistant coaches and confuse his players in practice. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
This post was updated Oct. 31 at 6:57 p.m. Tyger Campbell didn’t register a single point in the second half, but the Pauley Pavilion crowd gave the redshirt freshman guard a standing ovation when he subbed out of the game for the final time. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman guard Tyger Campbell scored 14 points – all of which came in the first half – in UCLA men’s basketball’s exhibition game against Stanislaus State on Wednesday. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins are back on the hardwood. UCLA men’s basketball will host Stanislaus State for an exhibition game Wednesday at Pauley Pavilion, one week before the Bruins open their regular season schedule against Long Beach State on Nov. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman guard Tyger Campbell missed the entire 2018-2019 season with a torn ACL. Campbell left high school as a four-star recruit who was the No. 91 prospect in his class. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
The Den ran out of free Papa John’s Pizza before the scrimmage even started. But when coach Mick Cronin took the microphone before tip off at UCLA men’s basketball’s preseason showcase, he promised students there was more pizza on the way. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith (right) and redshirt senior forward Alex Olesinski (left) were two Bruins participating in the Team Blue and Team Gold scrimmage – as part of the preseason showcase – UCLA basketball held Wednesday. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
The Bruins may have played behind closed doors Saturday, but they’ll be in the spotlight come Wednesday night. UCLA men’s basketball will be hosting its first-ever preseason showcase at Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday, consisting of a 5-on-5 scrimmage and several player-versus-student events. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. was a four-star recruit coming out of high school. Coach Mick Cronin attempted to convince Jaquez Jr. to play for him at Cincinnati before the wing committed to UCLA in May 2018 – 11 months before Cronin came to Westwood himself. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
