SPOKANE, Wash. – There are these red T-shirts popular among Gonzaga students that have the words “Official Sixth Man” stamped prominently across the back. The first time I saw them was walking around campus with my sister during her freshman year in Spokane six years ago. Read more...

Photo: After camping out the night leading up to the game against UCLA, Gonzaga’s student section was in full force an hour before tipoff. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)

SPOKANE, Wash. — UCLA has done its best not to let the raucous crowd take control of this game.  Playing in front of their toughest road environment all year, the Bruins (6-3) got out to a 13-5 lead by the 16:37 mark in the first half, silencing a sell-out Kennel crowd that was literally shaking the floor before the game started. Read more...

Photo: UCLA didn’t let Gonzaga’s raucous student section distract them from keeping the game competitive, entering the locker room down two at half time. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)

SPOKANE, Wash. – It’s 30 degrees in Eastern Washington, but over at McCarthey Athletic Center the UCLA men’s basketball season is heating up. The Bruins are riding a three-game winning streak into their matchup with the No. Read more...

Photo: Then-junior forward/center Tony Parker drives on Domantas Sabonis in the Bruins’ last matchup with the Zags – a 74-62 loss in last year’s Sweet Sixteen. Parker is averaging a double-double heading into Saturday’s matchup. (Daily Bruin file photo)