This post was updated Nov. 5 at 12:30 a.m. Additions like senior guard Donovan Dent created expectations for the Bruins – a top-15 team, according to the Associated Press’ preseason poll. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Donovan Dent dunks the ball. The Riverside, California, local led the Bruins with 21 points and 9 assists in the Monday night victory. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
The Joker Donovan Dent is the wildcard that can help the Bruins win any hand. The senior guard averaged 20.4 points and 6.4 assists per game at New Mexico last year, earning him Mountain West Player of the Year and an AP All-American honorable mention. Read more...
Photo: (Photos by Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor and courtesy of UCLA Athletics. Design by Helen Juwon Park/Daily Bruin senior staff and Crystal Tompkins/Design director)
Collegiate athletics is now the victim of consistent ridicule – a punching bag for old-school sports fans who criticize the “professional league” that the NCAA is becoming. Read more...
Photo: Fifth-year guard Jamar Brown prepares to shoot the ball at Pauley Pavilion. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
Eighth grade is hard. Most adolescents struggle to fit in with their peers while dealing with the awkward social hurdles that tend to plague the age group. Read more...
Photo: Assistant coach David Singleton holds a clipboard at Pauley Pavilion. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 3 at 1:57 a.m. Short attention spans. Fast trends. Information overload. Together, they define the fast-paced news cycle that dominates today’s media scene. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Skyy Clark holds the ball in his hands at Pauley Pavilion. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 3 at 12:45 a.m. It’s been four years since the Bruins’ First Four to Final Four run. The program’s only appearance past the Sweet Sixteen since 2008 lives more in YouTube clips than memories – at least for most of the undergraduates in Westwood now. Read more...
Photo: Coach Mick Cronin gestures to the court from the sideline. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 3 at 12:26 a.m. While this iteration of coach Mick Cronin’s squad features a formidable group of returners – including three starters, two of whom are on the Karl Malone Award and Julius Erving Award watch lists – six of the Bruins’ 15 players are in their first years under the seventh-year head coach. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Tyler Bilodeau (left), senior guard Skyy Clark (center) and junior guard/forward Eric Dailey Jr. (right) are featured. (Photos by Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor. Design by Rae Jameson/Daily Bruin.)
