UCLA men’s basketball was a no-show at the 2016 NBA draft this past Thursday. For the third time in the last seven years, the Bruins did not have one player chosen in the 60-pick selection process. Read more...
Photo: Utah center Jakob Poeltl was one of three Pac-12 men’s basketball players selected in the first 10 picks of the NBA draft Thursday. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Zero banners and zero national championships over the last 21 years haven’t stopped UCLA from producing NBA-level talent. Over the last 10 years, 11 Bruins have been selected in the first round of the NBA draft, the most of any Pac-12 school and the same as perennial powerhouse the North Carolina Tarheels. Read more...
Photo: Kevin Love, the 2008 Pac-10 Player of the Year, recently won the 2016 NBA Championships with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Love was the fifth overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA found a new play-by-play announcer for football and men’s basketball three weeks ago, and now another broadcast position is up for grabs. UCLA men’s basketball radio analyst Darrick Martin agreed to a deal Wednesday to become the head coach of the NBA Developmental League’s Reno Bighorns. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA point guard and radio analyst Darrick Martin signed a deal to become the head coach of the NBA Developmental League’s Reno Bighorns. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
Six national player of the year awards belong to the Bruins. Three incoming freshmen and three current athletes secured player of the year honors in basketball, softball, soccer, tennis, water polo and golf. Read more...
Photo: Rising senior Garrett Danner is one of the six incoming or current UCLA athletes to win a player of the year honor. The goalkeeper led the men’s water polo team to a 30-0 record and a second national championship. (Daily Bruin file photo)
In recent years, the Bruins have slipped from national relevance at the college basketball level. At the pro level, though, the impact of the UCLA program is as clear as ever, especially as the NBA playoffs reach their latter stages. Read more...
Photo: (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA men’s basketball player Noah Allen will transfer to the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, the university announced Tuesday afternoon. The junior guard/forward played in 24 of the Bruins’ 32 games this season, where he averaged 6.4 minutes, 1.0 points and 0.7 rebounds. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard/forward Noah Allen will transfer to play for the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors in his last season of NCAA eligibility. (Daily Bruin file photo)
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Saturday afternoon unofficially marked the last time UCLA men’s basketball’s top two 2016 recruits – Lonzo Ball and T.J. Leaf – would play together before wearing Bruin blue and gold. Read more...
Photo: Incoming UCLA basketball player Lonzo Ball posted a triple-double and took home the co-MVP award at the 2016 Ballislife All-American Game. Ball set a Ballislife All-American Game record with 15 assists. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)
