This post was updated April 16 at 11:53 a.m. Scoring was not the Bruins’ bread and butter last season. Finishing No. 328 nationally in scoring offense, they mustered 80 or more points only once and at least 70 in less than a third of their games. Read more...
Photo: Former Louisville guard Skyy Clark holds the ball during a game at the ACC tournament. Clark committed to UCLA men’s basketball Wednesday evening. (Courtesy of Adam Creech/Louisville Athletics)
This post was updated April 2 at 10:05 p.m. The Bruins have their first portal entrant of the 2024 offseason. UCLA men’s basketball freshman Ilane Fibleuil entered the transfer portal Tuesday, according to On3 senior national recruiting analyst Jamie Shaw. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball freshman guard Ilane Fibleuil (right) defends against a Lafayette player (left) during the Bruins’ game against the Leopards. Fibleuil entered the transfer portal Tuesday after appearing in 25 games for UCLA this season. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin staff)
The 2024 edition of March Madness is here, but only one UCLA team will be dancing. No. 2 seed UCLA women’s basketball picked up its highest seeding for the NCAA Tournament ever, while UCLA men’s basketball fell short of its last chance for a bid after falling in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals. Read more...
Photo: (Vivian Sun/Daily Bruin staff)
No. 2 seed UCLA women’s basketball is just days away from its Round of 64 contest against No. 15 seed California Baptist to start March Madness. Read more...
Photo: From left to right: UCLA women’s basketball sophomore guard Kiki Rice and graduate student guard Charisma Osborne and UCLA men’s basketball sophomore guard Dylan Andrews and sophomore forward/center Adem Bona are pictured. (Photos by Jeremy Chen/Photo editor, Myka Fromm/Photo editor and Brandon Morquecho/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Mia Tavares/Assistant Design director)
The fog of mediocrity was inescapable. It didn’t just approach and recede with season’s passing – it engulfed the Bruins from the moment it descended upon them. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Dylan Andrews (left) walks off the court as coach Mick Cronin (right) stands behind him. In his last 10 games, Andrews averaged 16.7 points per game, capped off by 31- and 24-point outings in the conference tournament. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated March 18 at 9:41 p.m. Endings give way to new beginnings. The Bruins’ middling season – in which they went 11-11 against Pac-12 opponents across the regular and postseasons – came to a close with a two-point loss in Las Vegas on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Dylan Andrews rises above members of both UCLA and Oregon men’s basketball on a shot attempt. Andrews confirmed his return to the Bruins for next season following their Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals loss to the Duck. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin staff)
LAS VEGAS – Heartbreak and Sin City. It’s a match made in Bruin hell. Last season, the occurrence was two-fold. Arizona ended UCLA’s Pac-12 tournament run two weeks before Gonzaga killed its national title hopes, both at T-Mobile Arena. Read more...
Photo: Coach Mick Cronin throws his hands in the air during No. 5 seed UCLA men’s basketball’s loss to No. 4 seed Oregon at the Pac-12 tournament. Cronin was visibly frustrated with officiating Thursday and resorted to laughing at multiple calls. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin staff)
