Illustration by ERICA PINTO/Daily Bruin By Dylan Hernandez Daily Bruin Senior Staff This isn’t how Billy Knight envisioned the season starting. Opponents, seeing UCLA’s preseason ranking, were supposed to tremble in their sneakers. Read more...

  DANIEL WONG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff UCLA forwards Jason Kapono (24) and Matt Barnes bring the ball upcourt. Both players took turns at the point during UCLA’s 79-57 win over Alabama. Read more...

By Greg Schain Daily Bruin Reporter The 2001 basketball champion is predicted by every major sports publication to repeat in 2002. And they’re not just referring to the Lakers. Read more...

CEDRIC BOZEMAN Freshman, G, 6-6 Bozeman has great quickness for his size, and his height gives him an advantage over defenders, allowing him to see over the press. Read more...

Point guard Cedric Bozeman ““ the most highly-regarded of the three true freshman recruits on the UCLA basketball team ““ surely has. Following the Bruins last game at the Maui Invitational, he sat in the back of the press room while a reporter, not aware that Bozeman was present, asked Bruin head coach Steve Lavin why Bozeman was progressing more slowly than the team’s other two freshmen ““ forward Andre Patterson and guard/forward Dijon Thompson. Read more...

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Malika Leatham has improved her ability to control the boards. By Adam Titcher Daily Bruin Contributor As a knee jabs into her stomach, her thigh is stepped on. Read more...

  BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Matt Barnes battles against the UCR defense in a match played Dec. 5. By Dylan Hernandez Daily Bruin Senior Staff This isn’t a Final Four team, that’s for sure. Read more...