The UCLA men’s basketball team has now played USC twice this year. Neither game has really been close. The first time around – Jan. 13 – UCLA’s lackluster defense was the story. Read more...
Photo: USC held senior forward/center Tony Parker and UCLA to 34.8 percent shooting in Thursday night’s 80-61 Trojan win at the Galen Center. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
March holds the monopoly on college basketball drama, but UCLA coach Steve Alford would attest that it’s February when teams truly distinguish themselves. Heading into its second matchup of the season with USC on Thursday – its first game in February – UCLA will hope that’s true. Read more...
Photo: Forward Jonah Bolden, who was inserted into the lineup on Saturday against Washington State to provide more athleticism, is expected to start again Thursday at USC. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Back in 2008, the iPhone was just one year old, Twitter was starting to gain momentum in the social networking world and Hulu was invented. Eight years ago was also the last time Duke men’s basketball fell out of the AP Top 25 rankings. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA men’s basketball team is on the bubble of not making the NCAA Tournament. If the Bruins are left out by the selection committee, it would be the first time since 2005. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA men’s basketball team has one clear weakness at this point in the season. It’s not bench production or team defense, though those are areas of prime concern. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore small forward Jonah Bolden has changed UCLA’s dynamic on both ends of the floor – allowing the Bruins to be more athletic on defense and open the lanes up on offense. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Steve Alford walked into the UCLA men’s basketball locker room following his team’s 83-50 blowout of Washington State and wrote a simple sentence on the whiteboard. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward/center Tony Parker didn’t start Saturday’s game for UCLA men’s basketball. Parker scored 11 points and the Bruins won by 33 over the Washington State Cougars. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)
Both Alfords took the blame for the first 20 minutes of UCLA’s game against Washington Thursday night. By halftime, it seemed like the game was all but over. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Bryce Alford took responsibility for failing to get his team focused for the game Thursday. Alford’s late-game heroics weren’t enough to save the Bruins from themselves, as UCLA fell by two points to Washington. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
After UCLA’s 86-84 loss to Washington Thursday, coach Steve Alford said something that he refrained from saying before the season started. The UCLA coach called his starting lineup “slow.” Alford was specifically referring to the “big-big” starting lineup that the Bruins have featured all year – the one that features a 7-foot, 245-pound center and a 6-foot-9, 260-pound power forward. Read more...
Photo: Coach Steve Alford talks to senior power forward Tony Parker on the bench during the second half. Parker had his playing time reduced significantly in the second half, as UCLA tried to play with a smaller, quicker lineup. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
