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23-point grand canyon separates UCLA men’s basketball from Arizona in home loss

The missing part of Mick Cronin’s formula has lain in Adem Bona’s hands all season. Keeping the sophomore forward/center – who averages 3.6 fouls per game – on the floor to catalyze the offense has been a repeated area of import for the fifth-year coach. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore forward/center Adem Bona attempts a dunk during the first half of No. 5 Arizona’s victory over UCLA men’s basketball at Pauley Pavilion on Thursday night. Bona led all players with five blocks. (Eden Yu/Daily Bruin staff)



Unanswered questions: The final stretch of Pac-12 UCLA basketball

Question marks have surrounded both UCLA men’s basketball and No. 7 UCLA women’s basketball since before either of their seasons started. As the former enters the last two games of its regular season and the latter prepares for a conference tournament featuring five other ranked teams, some of those questions still linger. Read more...

Photo: Images of UCLA men’s and women’s basketball players fill the silhouettes of coaches Cori Close (left) and Mick Cronin (right). (Helen Quach/Design director)


Students camp out for UCLA men’s basketball’s rivalry game, pack Bruin Walk

This post was updated March 5 at 9:54 p.m. Guardians of the Galaxy puzzle in hand, Isabella Natarelli lined up inside the barricades on Bruin Walk for students seeking entrance to UCLA men’s basketball’s home game against USC. Read more...

Photo: Students gather inside barricades on Bruin Walk in order to receive a wristband for UCLA men’s basketball’s game against USC on Feb. 24. The line stretched from near Pauley Pavilion around the west side of campus to the Meyer and Renee Luskin Center. (Myka Fromm/Photo editor)


‘We don’t back down’: UCLA men’s basketball looks for redemption at end of season

This post was updated March 5 at 10:14 p.m. The Bruins were projected to finish in third place in the Pac-12 preseason media poll. With two games remaining in conference play and two games behind the pair of teams tied for third, that ship has likely sailed. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball freshman guard Sebastian Mack drives toward the basket while being defended by Oregon State forward Thomas Ndong. Mack leads the Bruins in scoring with 12.8 points per game. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin)


Q&A: Daily Wildcat Sports editors talk final men’s basketball Pac-12 battle

This post was updated March 5 at 10:07 p.m. UCLA men’s basketball (14-15, 9-9 Pac-12) is hosting No. 5 Arizona (23-6, 14-4) for the final time as Pac-12 rivals Thursday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin (left) and Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd (right) are pictured. Cronin is 2-5 against Lloyd across seven regular season and postseason meetings. (Left to right: Myka Fromm/Photo editor, Courtesy of Mike Christy/Arizona Athletics)


UCLA men’s basketball falls to Washington State in foul-ridden road loss

This post was updated March 3 at 10:57 p.m. Mick Cronin said he intended to file a report with the NCAA after a flurry of foul calls mere seconds into his team’s game against Washington two days ago.  But it appears his complaint has not yet reached the right desk.  Frequent and lopsided whistles continued to characterize the Bruins’ Pacific Northwest visit in a contest featuring 24 fouls to the Cougars’ 13. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore guard Dylan Andrews (right) shoots while contested by Colorado guard KJ Simpson (left) is pictured. Andrews scored a team-high 21 points on the road against No. 19 Washington State on Saturday evening. (Julia Zhou/Photo editor)



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