Shaquille O’Neal, Baron Davis and Jerry West sat courtside at Pauley Pavilion Thursday night, but even their combined star power couldn’t outshine the UCLA players on the court. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Bryce Alford’s runner capped a play in which he made an out-of-bounds save to sophomore center Thomas Welsh before getting the ball back for a score. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin staff)
There will be a time to return to reality. But tonight is not that time. A stunning 87-77 upset over not-gonna-be-top-ranked-much-longer Kentucky Thursday gave UCLA its first win over a No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA fans celebrate after the Bruins’ 87-77 upset victory over No. 1 Kentucky Thursday night. It was the team’s first win over a top-ranked opponent in over a decade. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There was no laughing or showboating for Kentucky this time. Nearly a year removed from their 83-44 shellacking of UCLA, the No. 1 Wildcats were punched in the mouth by the team they once bullied. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Prince Ali posterizes Kentucky’s Alex Poythress to put UCLA ahead 61-47. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A former nightmare has thus far turned into a dream for the UCLA men’s basketball team. At the end of the first half, UCLA leads No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s defense held Kentucky to 29 points in the first half, the Wildcats’ lowest total of the season. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin staff)
Forty-one to seven. That was what the scoreboard read at halftime the last time UCLA men’s basketball took on Kentucky. The Bruins trailed by 34 points heading into the locker room, having shot 8 percent from the field compared to the Wildcats’ 46. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Bryce Alford said that the UCLA men’s basketball team tried to hype up last year’s Kentucky game too much. The Bruins fell by 39 points, and failed to score a point until the Wildcats had already taken a 24-point lead. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There’s a storm brewing on the horizon for UCLA men’s basketball, but on Sunday at Pauley Pavilion, it was smooth sailing – the team trounced Cal State Northridge 77-45. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward/center Tony Parker contributed a double-double to lift the Bruins above the visiting CSUN Matadors. UCLA won by its largest margin of the season so far. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA both lived and died by the free-throw line at the 2015 Maui Jim Maui Invitational. In the first round of the tournament, the Bruins used their 23-for-24 performance at the charity stripe to carry them to a close win over the UNLV Rebels (5-1). Read more...
