Friday, February 13

UCLA players eliminated from Drew League in weekend playoffs

The last players representing UCLA at the Drew League have been eliminated. Rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal and rising sophomore forward Kenneth Nwuba, both playing for the Tuff Crowd, lost to Public Enemy by score of 93-76 in the first round of the Drew League playoffs Saturday. Read more...

Photo: Rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal played for Tuff Crowd, a team of O’Neal’s family and friends. O’Neal’s Tuff Crowd lost to Public Enemy by 17 points after losing by only five points two weeks prior. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


Meet Your Maikis: Potential transfers aren’t getting any help from NCAA’s confusing new guidelines

NCAA transfer rules don’t work, and the NCAA has yet to properly fix them. The NCAA has worked to significantly alter the transfer system to give student-athletes more autonomy by introducing the transfer portal in 2018. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly came out in support of the NCAA’s transfer portal at Pac-12 Football Media Day. Other Pac-12 coaches argue it may hurt transfers’ chances of playing.(MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA basketball players hone skills in competitive Drew League matchups

There was star power and exciting finishes everywhere at the Drew League on Sunday. UCLA men’s basketball rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal, rising sophomore forward Kenneth Nwuba and incoming freshman guard Jake Kyman all played in week nine of the 10-week Drew League regular season. Read more...

Photo: Rising redshirt freshman Shareef O’Neal led his Tuff Crowd team against division-leading Public Enemy on Sunday at the Drew League. O’Neal recorded 13 points, while teammate and Toronto Raptors forward Stanley Johnson chipped in 21 points and five rebounds in the losing effort. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA alumni knocked out of The Basketball Tournament by former Trojan

Elijah Stewart slammed home a put-back dunk to end the game. The former Trojan’s two points secured an 87-85 victory over the UCLA alumni basketball team and reignited the crosstown rivalry for former Bruin guards Jordan Adams and Malcolm Lee. Read more...

Photo: Former Bruin guard Malcolm Lee was one of two returning players playing for the Sons of Westwood in the Salt Lake City Regional. Lee finished with 20 points in the effort, and fellow returning Bruin Jordan Adams poured in 37. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)



NBA Summer League seasons come to an end for former Bruins

Jaylen Hands made it onto an NBA highlight reel – just not the way he might have envisioned it. The former Bruin guard took a tumble to the floor in the second quarter of the Brooklyn Nets’ opening NBA Summer League playoff game Saturday after Detroit Pistons guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk stopped on a dime, broke Hands’ ankles and drained a 3-point shot from the wing. Read more...

Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Drew League supports community, bringing together all-star men’s basketball players

When four UCLA Bruins stepped onto the hardwood floor at King Drew Magnet High School in the Willowbrook community of Los Angeles, they were continuing an LA basketball tradition that began in 1973. Read more...

Photo: Rising sophomore forward Kenneth Nwuba played in the Drew League as a part of Tuff Crowd on Saturday. The Tuff Crowd team was organized by Nwuba’s UCLA teammate, rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal.(Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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