SACRAMENTO — If experience matters during March Madness, it didn’t appear that way in the first half of UCLA’s opening-round game against Kent State on Friday night. Read more...
Photo: T.J. Leaf roared out of the gates in his first NCAA tournament, scoring 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
The UCLA men’s tennis team loves playing at home. The No. 10 Bruins beat the unranked Duke Blue Devils (8-6) at home Thursday afternoon 4-3, extending their seven-match winning streak at home and putting their overall record at 10-4. Read more...
Photo: Junior Logan Staggs improved his singles record to 9-2 in dual-match play, including five wins and no losses at court four. He defeated Duke’s T.J. Pura in three sets as UCLA men’s tennis won 4-3. (Hannah Johnson/Daily Bruin)
As UCLA men’s volleyball enters its penultimate week of regular-season play, the Bruins are riding their first win streak since January. No. 6 UCLA (13-7, 8-6 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will take on unranked Sacred Heart (12-3, 5-2 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) Friday and unranked Concordia (11-7) Saturday, in the John Wooden Center. Read more...
Photo: Senior middle blocker Mitch Stahl has notched 10 kills, five service aces and three blocks during his two games back since injury. (Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)
Few people saw this coming – UCLA becoming one of the favorites in the NCAA Tournament this quickly. Not after what happened last year when the Bruins went 15-17 and missed out on the Big Dance. Read more...
Photo: The Bruins will need the best out of not just their star freshmen, like forward T.J. Leaf (left), but also veterans like junior center Thomas Welsh (right), to make a deep run in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Three years ago: a first-round Pac-12 Tournament exit. Two years ago: a Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship. Last year: a Sweet 16 loss to Texas. This year, if the trend were to continue, one would guess that UCLA women’s basketball would surpass the Sweet 16. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball has one of the toughest roads to the NCAA championship, most likely needing to overcome teams such as top-seeded Uconn, Duke or Maryland to just get out of the Bridgeport region. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
UCLA is back in the Big Dance for the first time since 2015, and the No. 3 Bruins will begin their quest for a 12th NCAA championship Friday against No. Read more...
Photo: Five editors, five different predictions on how the Bruins will do in the NCAA Tournament. UCLA will tip off Friday night against Kent State in Sacramento. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
As illustrious as the history of UCLA basketball is, most of the pennants in Pauley Pavilion are a distant memory, hung over a generation before the stars of this year’s team were even born. Read more...
Photo: Tyus Edney, who was a point guard on UCLA’s last national championship team, is now a director of operations for the Bruins. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
