UCLA is well aware of who it doesn’t have. Twenty days out from men’s basketball’s opening game against Montana State on Nov. 14, the Bruins are focused on figuring out who they do have. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Bryce Alford said he’s had experience being a leader all four years of his high school career, and that leadership is one of his strengths as a basketball player. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
If UCLA football’s last two games are any indication of how its season will play out, then – for UCLA fans at least – a new hope is on the horizon. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Norman Powell, the only remaining starter from last year’s team, was interviewed by various media outlets during UCLA men’s basketball’s first media availability of the season. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated on Oct. 7 at 9:30 p.m. UCLA men’s basketball coach Steve Alford signed a one-year contract extension that will keep him in Westwood through the 2020-2021 season, UCLA Athletics Director Dan Guerrero announced Friday. Read more...
UCLA Athletics announced a new seating plan for men’s basketball home games in Pauley Pavilion, vastly increasing the number of lower bowl student seats. The student section along the court’s full-length baseline will now fill the entire non-team bench sideline – sections 113-117 – rather than an estimated 60 percent as it had in the last two seasons. Read more...
UCLA basketball’s full 2014-2015 season schedule was released Monday night. In late July, the program released a tentative schedule but the pencil markings were traced over in ink Monday night. Read more...
Former Colorado State University point guard Jon Octeus has been denied admission at UCLA, Matt Stephens of the Coloradoan reported Monday. Octeus, a senior, first committed to transfer to UCLA in late June and would have been eligible to play immediately, providing the Bruins much-needed depth at point guard. Read more...
Baron Davis glanced out onto the playground from the window of Room 51 at South Park Elementary in Florence-Graham, Calif. About 25 years ago, as a young boy in the Los Angeles Unified School District, he stood in that same spot, looking out onto the basketball courts that he would practice on for hours each day, with hopes of one day being a professional basketball player. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA basketball point guard Baron Davis has found a new off-the-court passion in helping to provide new and renovated learning centers for children. (Courtesy of Jason Lewis)
