Tuesday, May 5

Jaylen Hands announces entrance into 2019 NBA Draft, forgoing college eligibility

Another Bruin is headed to the NBA. UCLA men’s basketball sophomore guard Jaylen Hands announced via his Twitter account Sunday afternoon that he intends to forgo his final two years of college eligibility and enter the 2019 NBA Draft. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball sophomore guard Jaylen Hands will enter his name into the 2019 NBA Draft pool and forgo his final two years of college eligibility. Hands averaged 14.2 points and 6.1 assists per game this past season.


Women’s tennis celebrates Senior Day with weekend sweeps of Utah, Colorado

The seniors ended their home careers with back-to-back sweeps. No. 8 UCLA women’s tennis (14-5, 6-1 Pac-12) emerged victorious against No. 39 Utah (11-7, 2-4) on Friday, defeating the Utes 4-0 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

Photo: Senior Gabby Andrews – who her teammates call “the GOAT” – won her first singles match against Utah while her match against Colorado went unfinished. UCLA women’s tennis swept both teams in celebration of Senior Day. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)


Gymnastics springs into NCAA championships behind 3 perfect 10s from Kyla Ross

Kyla Ross is the first person in the history of NCAA gymnastics to complete two gym slams in one season. The junior finished her second one with perfect scores on three different events at the NCAA regionals. Read more...

Photo: Junior Kyla Ross became the first person in the history of NCAA gymnastics to complete two gym slams in one season. Ross earned three perfect 10s at the NCAA regionals in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this weekend. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)


No. 13 men’s tennis defeats No. 9 USC in home match spurred by crowd’s energy

UCLA wrote another chapter into its history books with a win over crosstown rival USC on Friday. No. 13 UCLA men’s tennis (11-4, 4-0 Pac-12) defeated No. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Patrick Zahraj clinched the dual match victory over USC with a win in a third set tie break over the Trojans’ Riley Smith at No. 4 singles. Zahraj has had four victories in singles play this season. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


Jamie Dixon reportedly out of consideration to be next UCLA men’s basketball coach

There will be no UCLA men’s basketball coach for the time being. The Los Angeles Times reported TCU coach Jamie Dixon is no longer in consideration for the Bruins’ coaching vacancy due to the two schools’ inability to reach an agreement on Dixon’s buyout. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball’s search for its next coach has gone on for over 90 days. Steve Alford was fired Dec. 31 and TCU’s Jamie Dixon is reportedly no longer an option for the Bruins. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Women’s water polo aims to snap losing streak to Stanford, remain unbeaten in MPSF

The Bruins are on the road for the final time in the regular season. The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s last two undefeated teams will duke it out when No. Read more...

Photo: Senior defender Rachel Whitelegge – who has 13 goals on the season – said the team was able to focus more on film for individual teams once the nonconference tournaments were over. No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo will face No. 1 Stanford and No. 18 San Jose State on the road this weekend. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)