In an interview session Sunday, sophomore forward Andre Patterson said that his grades should be good enough to get back into UCLA. After earning two A’s and a C at Santa Monica City College, Patterson will give his grades to Mike Casillas, the director of Student-Athlete Counseling, tomorrow in order to regain a roster spot on the team. Read more...

About the only thing that plummeted further than Enron stock last year was the Pac-10’s reputation among women’s basketball fans across the nation. Typically one of the premier conferences, the Pac-10 managed to secure just two NCAA Tournament bids last season ““ the lowest total in the history of the league. Read more...

Lisa Willis has loved UCLA ever since she first picked up a basketball in the third grade. Although two of her prep teammates at Narbonne High School, juniors Jessica Cheeks and Ebony Hoffman, currently start for the USC women’s basketball team, Willis chose to come to Westwood. Read more...

Just how insane does it get inside of Oregon’s McArthur Court, aka The Pit, aka the house of horrors for visiting teams? Two years ago in a game against Top-10 Arizona, officials told head coach Ernie Kent that he needed to quiet the crowd while Arizona shot free throws or else face a technical foul. Read more...

UCLA basketball fans need to refamiliarize themselves with the name Walton. Thirty years ago Bill, the dad, helped make the Bruins one of the greatest basketball dynasties ever. Read more...

Only Miss Cleo, fully armed with tarot cards and a gigantic bottle of rum could have predicted last year’s Pac-10 season. UCLA was picked to finish first, and ended up sixth, its worst conference finish ever. Read more...

UCLA finally decided to press the issue. That is, they finally decided to use the much talked about but little used full court press defense in their 81-58 win over Long Beach State. Read more...