Star freshmen, meet seasoned veterans. The No. 4 Bruins (16-1, 3-1 Pac-12) hit the road to take on the Colorado Buffs (10-6, 0-3), a team stacked with upperclassmen, and the Utah Utes (11-4, 2-1) in their first road series of 2017. Read more...
Photo: UCLA has risen up the rankings and has a 16-1 record behind the play of not only freshmen TJ Leaf and Lonzo Ball, but also veterans like Aaron Holiday and Bryce Alford. (Michael Zshornack/Assistant photo editor)
After a quick scrimmage period early in Tuesday’s practice, UCLA men’s basketball moved into an intense rebounding drill, with assistant coach Duane Broussard firing up shot after shot as groups of Bruins jostled underneath the glass. Read more...
Photo: UCLA is one of the top offensive teams in the country, but the Bruins have struggled on the boards. Through four conference games, the team has a defensive rebounding percentage of just 65 percent. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
The No. 4 team in the country still thinks it is nowhere near reaching its full potential. That should scare the rest of NCAA men’s basketball. Read more...
Photo: Behind freshman guard Lonzo Ball, UCLA ranks third in the nation with 92.8 points per game, second in field goal percentage at 53.4 and second in 3-point shooting at 42.8 percent. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 8 at 7:51 p.m. No. 4 UCLA jumped on Stanford quickly, took a double-digit lead early and cruised the rest of the way. Read more...
Photo: Freshman forward TJ Leaf notched 15 points and 10 rebounds en route to his eighth double-double of the season. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
There goes Lonzo Ball again. By now, it’s becoming routine to see the freshman guard helm the dynamic No. 4 UCLA offense. Against the Stanford Cardinal (8-7, 0-3 Pac-12), Ball’s dialed-in first-half performance along with a suffocating Bruin defense give the Bruins a 48-30 lead heading into halftime. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Lonzo Ball gets it done on both sides of the court with 15 points as well as three steals and a block in a dominant first-half performance against Stanford. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
It’s been a year since the No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball team (15-1, 2-1 Pac-12) has won back-to-back conference games – beating Arizona and Arizona State at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin staff)
Everyone knows how explosive and dangerous No. 4 UCLA’s offense can be. Case in point: an 11-0 run in one minute and 45 seconds led by the freshmen duo of guard Lonzo Ball and forward TJ Leaf that busted open a 3-point UCLA lead. Read more...
Photo: It faltered down the stretch, but UCLA cites its defensive growth as key in Thursday night’s 81-71 win over Cal. The Bruins held the Golden Bears to just 30 percent shooting in the first half. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
