For the last few years, one of the hottest names in Southern California high school basketball has been guard Joshua Christopher. And for the last few decades, UCLA men’s basketball has been a titan of college hoops with an intense hold on recruiting in and around Los Angeles. Read more...
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The basketball record books are riddled with trios. Whether it’s Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman for the Chicago Bulls or Kalani Brown, Lauren Cox and Chloe Jackson for reigning NCAA champion Baylor – in basketball, good things come in threes. Read more...
Photo: Junior forward Lauryn Miller (left) and freshman guard Charisma Osborne (right) are two players who have proven their abilities as integral secondary options for UCLA women’s basketball this season. The two are averaging a combined 18 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 8 at 10:19 p.m. Bruin fans have been told time and time again one thing when it comes to the men’s basketball team – this team is young and needs time to grow. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. (left) did not start in the first seven contests for UCLA men’s basketball but has seen his role steadily increase since the Maui Jim Maui Invitational in November. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 7 at 4:25 p.m. 2020 vision: As a new calendar year begins, the Daily Bruin Sports editors give their hottest takes about what could go down in the world of UCLA Athletics in 2020 – from coaching changes to championship teams. Read more...
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Make no mistake, the Bruins’ matchup with the Trojans on Saturday is the most important game in Chip Kelly’s UCLA football coaching tenure. It has nothing to do with Kelly being on the hot seat – because he isn’t – but rather because he has a chance to prove himself in front of not only a fan base starved of success, but also a national audience that has placed him and his career on the back burner. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly has a 7-15 record since coming to Westwood, well below his 46-7 mark across four seasons with Oregon. One of Kelly’s seven wins as a Bruin came against crosstown rival USC on Nov. 17, 2018. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
The Bruins have just one game left in their Pac-12 schedule. But the game will come against an opponent who isn’t even a true member of the conference, illustrating the underlying problems of Pac-12 men’s soccer. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s soccer will face off against San Diego State for its last Pac-12 match of the 2019 season. SDSU is a full member of the Mountain West Conference, with the Aztecs’ men’s soccer team the only team from SDSU to compete in the Pac-12. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins’ success is going to revolve a lot around one position this season. When Jaylen Hands was drafted at the end of the 2018-2019 season, UCLA men’s basketball lost 31.2 minutes a game at the point guard position to the Brooklyn Nets. Read more...
Photo: In his first action returning from a torn ACL, redshirt freshman Tyger Campbell (left) commanded the point guard position for 27 minutes in UCLA men’s basketball’s 87-57 exhibition win over Stanislaus State, but junior guard Chris Smith (right) didn’t get any time running the point on Oct. 30. (Photo Illustration by Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
