In his first two exhibition games, junior Ryan Hollins seemed to be drifting. He attempted only one field goal and scored a total of four points in those games, and coach Ben Howland admitted that Hollins was still adjusting to basketball after missing nearly the entire offseason while recovering from knee surgery. Read more...

At the beginning of the year, the Bruins were acclaimed for their senior-laden starting lineup. For much of the season, however, that lineup never came to fruition due to injuries and suspensions. Read more...

If dropping its season opener Friday night didn’t put a scare into the UCLA women’s basketball team, the scene in the locker room after the game certainly did. Read more...

When former UCLA All-American Maylana Martin came back to UCLA as an assistant coach this past summer, she was hired for one reason. “My job is the post,” Martin said. Read more...

Using very different instruments, Ben Howland has orchestrated similarly successful turn-around symphonies at two very different schools. In his second season at UCLA, he is looking to arrange yet another. Read more...

They say the third time’s the charm for everything, and basketball is no exception. Ben Howland’s reputation as a coach who can rebuild a program helped him attain his current position at UCLA, and his history shows that the third year is when Howland turns things around. Read more...

If Nikki Blue wasn’t such a risk taker, she would be at Connecticut right now, rubbing elbows with All-Americans and signing autographs by the dozen. She would have two national championships, one from both her freshman and sophomore seasons. Read more...