By Christina Teller Daily Bruin Senior Staff Welcome to “Bruin Bandwagon 2002,” one of the wildest rides around. Before the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, about 15 members of the media showed up to interview the UCLA men’s basketball team. Read more...

By Dylan Hernandez Daily Bruin Senior Staff PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The kid, once so timid, so passive, was driving to the basket. He was calling for — or, rather, demanding — the ball. Read more...

By Christina Teller Daily Bruin Senior Staff PITTSBURGH, Pa – The UCLA Bruins never stopped chugging along. Not when Cincinnati stretched its lead to seven for the umpteenth time. Read more...

By Christina Teller Daily Bruin Senior Staff PITTSBURGH – Memo from Mellon Arena: Billy Knight is back. The corner is his again. In the Bruins’ 80-58 first-round victory over Ole Miss, Knight went for 21 points, 7-for-13 from the field, including 5-for-7 from downtown. Read more...

By Dylan Hernandez Daily Bruin Senior Staff PITTSBURGH – Finally, some progress. OK, so the UCLA men’s basketball team didn’t suddenly go from being an unranked team to a Final Four contender after beating Ole Miss 80-58 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Mellon Arena in front of 17,015 Friday night. Read more...

By Greg Schain Daily Bruin Reporter UCLA was ranked No. 3 in the preseason and had high expectations on them from Day 1. With four returning starters, all upperclassmen, the Bruins seemed to have more than enough experience to win the Pac-10. Read more...

By Hannah Gordon Daily Bruin Reporter Jeff Grau did not have to bench press. His snail-pace 40 times of 4.98 and 5.10 were just fine by him. Read more...