Wednesday, May 14

Felicia’s Findings: Underclassmen have the quality to take UCLA women’s water polo all the way

This post was updated April 9 at 9:54 p.m. UCLA women’s water polo won its last national championship 15 years ago. For 15 years, Stanford and USC have traded titles as UCLA has fallen short of that elusive final victory. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s water polo coach Adam Wright points to his right as he instructs his team during a timeout. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Candid Carlson: Cori Close’s latest Sweet 16 defeat is her most disappointing loss yet

This post was updated April 2 at 10:10 p.m. ALBANY, N.Y. – During UCLA women’s basketball’s season opener Nov. 6, the Pauley Pavilion jumbotron played what was meant to be a simple, fun video. Read more...

Photo: Coach Cori Close walks on the court. Throughout her 13-year tenure, Close has not won a championship. (Brandon Morquecho/Photo editor)


Bull and Bear March: The opposite seasons of UCLA men’s, women’s basketball

No. 2 seed UCLA women’s basketball is just days away from its Round of 64 contest against No. 15 seed California Baptist to start March Madness. Read more...

Photo: From left to right: UCLA women’s basketball sophomore guard Kiki Rice and graduate student guard Charisma Osborne and UCLA men’s basketball sophomore guard Dylan Andrews and sophomore forward/center Adem Bona are pictured. (Photos by Jeremy Chen/Photo editor, Myka Fromm/Photo editor and Brandon Morquecho/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Mia Tavares/Assistant Design director)


The LOW Down: Second by second, UCLA women’s basketball recalibrates for March Madness

One dribble per second is the consensus. For every pair of steps a player strides down the court, they get one dribble, and it takes one second. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student guard Charisma Osborne calls a play while dribbling the ball down the court. The 2024 NCAA Tournament will be Osborne’s fifth and last tournament of her career. (Brandon Morquecho/Photo editor)


Nelson’s Noggin: Dylan Andrews will be anchor of the future for UCLA men’s basketball

The fog of mediocrity was inescapable. It didn’t just approach and recede with season’s passing – it engulfed the Bruins from the moment it descended upon them. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore guard Dylan Andrews (left) walks off the court as coach Mick Cronin (right) stands behind him. In his last 10 games, Andrews averaged 16.7 points per game, capped off by 31- and 24-point outings in the conference tournament. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin staff)


Five Things: UCLA men’s basketball’s conference slate

Waving a final farewell to its longtime conference, No. 5 seed UCLA men’s basketball (15-16, 10-10 Pac-12) will battle No. 12 seed Oregon State (13-18, 5-15) in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament Wednesday afternoon. Read more...

Photo: Members of UCLA men’s basketball line up before a game. The Bruins’ finished their regular season .500 in conference play, handing them the No. 5 seed in the upcoming Pac-12 tournament. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)


Unanswered questions: The final stretch of Pac-12 UCLA basketball

Question marks have surrounded both UCLA men’s basketball and No. 7 UCLA women’s basketball since before either of their seasons started. As the former enters the last two games of its regular season and the latter prepares for a conference tournament featuring five other ranked teams, some of those questions still linger. Read more...

Photo: Images of UCLA men’s and women’s basketball players fill the silhouettes of coaches Cori Close (left) and Mick Cronin (right). (Helen Quach/Design director)



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