UCLA men’s basketball is preparing for its final two regular-season games – including its last Pac-12 rivalry game against No. 5 Arizona – and No. 7 UCLA women’s basketball is heading to Las Vegas for its last Pac-12 tournament. Read more...
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
This post was updated Feb. 29 at 11:23 p.m. Leap Day is considered an unlucky day in some cultures. Four years ago, on Feb. 29, luck fell in UCLA’s favor as it took down Arizona by a five-point margin. Read more...
Photo: Coach Mick Cronin yells toward the floor during a game. Thursday, UCLA men’s basketball lost its third consecutive game as it fell to Washington in Seattle by 17 points. (Myka Fromm/Photo editor)
