This post was updated Dec. 17 at 7:03 p.m.  NEW YORK —  Under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, a sea of Wildcat blue engulfed the arena.  The crowd roared, as what was once a double-digit lead for the Bruins shrunk to a tie with 15 minutes left in the game. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. looks to pass the ball. Jaquez paced No. 16 UCLA men’s basketball with 19 points in its win over No. 13 Kentucky on Saturday at Madison Square Garden.(Courtesy of Jan Kim Lim/UCLA Athletics)

This post was updated Dec. 4 at 5:34 p.m. The Bruins had not beaten the Ducks in three years entering Sunday.  But freshman guard Amari Bailey, playing in his first game against UCLA’s Pacific Northwest rivals, didn’t know that.  Behind a number of highlight-crunchtime plays for Bailey, who had a game-high 14 second half points, No. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Amari Bailey blocks a shot in transition in No. 21 UCLA men’s basketball’s win over Oregon on Sunday afternoon. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)