A half-court heave and UCLA had done it. There would be no top-five showdown in Pauley Pavilion to crown the conference champion. No drama. No raucous celebration in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. (left) smiles at coach Mick Cronin (right) during a game at Pauley Pavilion. Jaquez and Cronin have led No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball to a regular-season Pac-12 championship for the first time since 2013. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor
In a sport in which height not only plays to one’s advantage but is also often considered a prerequisite, Londynn Jones – the 5-foot-3 number three for the Bruins – hasn’t let her stature stand in her way. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Londynn Jones is shown tossing a basketball. Jones was selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team alongside freshman guard Kiki Rice after the former had a standout offensive regular season. (Grace Wilson/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 8:34 p.m. There are a multitude of factors that have led to the Bruins’ current top-five standing. The influence of new head coach Janelle McDonald’s bars experience. Read more...
Photo: Coach Janelle McDonald cheers on one of her student-athletes during a meet. In her first year as head coach of UCLA gymnastics, McDonald has led the Bruins back into the top five of the national rankings. (Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 11:34 p.m. No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball (25-4, 16-2 Pac-12) has clinched the regular-season Pac-12 title without even playing its final two games of the campaign against Arizona State and No. Read more...
Photo: Pictured from left to right are junior guard Jaylen Clark, fifth-year guard David Singleton, senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. and freshman forward Adem Bona. (Left to right: Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor, Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff, Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin, Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin. Photo illustration by Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins will have a chance to reenter the win column in their second midweek contest of the campaign. After dropping its first series of the season against No. Read more...
Photo: Freshman right-hander Cody Delvecchio delivers a pitch in a game against Omaha. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 11:42 p.m. No. 19 UCLA women’s basketball (22-8, 11-7 Pac-12) finished fifth in the Pac-12 after an up-and-down conference stretch, but it still ended the regular season ranked in the AP Top 25 after beginning the season unranked. Read more...
Photo: Pictured from left to right are redshirt sophomore Emily Bessoir, freshman guard Kiki Rice, senior guard Charisma Osborne and freshman guard Londynn Jones. (Left to right: Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor, Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff, Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin, Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor. Photo illustration by Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 11:58 p.m. No. 5 seed UCLA women’s basketball (22-8, 11-7 Pac-12) will travel to Las Vegas to face off against Arizona State (8-19, 1-17) in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament and look to win out. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Camryn Brown celebrates with her teammates. The Bruins will head into the upcoming Pac-12 tournament with a 22-8 overall record and an 11-7 conference record. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)
