Mick Cronin has reeled in his first blue chip. Five-star guard Daishen Nix verbally committed to UCLA men’s basketball Tuesday morning, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported. Nix was rated as the nation’s No. Read more...
Photo: Daishen Nix, a five-star recruit who has been rated as the No. 1 point guard in the country, became UCLA men’s basketball’s first verbal commit under coach Mick Cronin, according to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. (Courtesy of Bart Young/USA Basketball)
Eight current and 10 former UCLA athletes represented teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Jamaica at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, from July 26 to Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Rising junior forward Michaela Onyenwere led Team USA to the women’s basketball final of the Pan American Games. Team USA won the silver medal, one of the overall 293 medals Team USA won in Lima. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
The last players representing UCLA at the Drew League have been eliminated. Rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal and rising sophomore forward Kenneth Nwuba, both playing for the Tuff Crowd, lost to Public Enemy by score of 93-76 in the first round of the Drew League playoffs Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal played for Tuff Crowd, a team of O’Neal’s family and friends. O’Neal’s Tuff Crowd lost to Public Enemy by 17 points after losing by only five points two weeks prior. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
NCAA transfer rules don’t work, and the NCAA has yet to properly fix them. The NCAA has worked to significantly alter the transfer system to give student-athletes more autonomy by introducing the transfer portal in 2018. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly came out in support of the NCAA’s transfer portal at Pac-12 Football Media Day. Other Pac-12 coaches argue it may hurt transfers’ chances of playing.(MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There was star power and exciting finishes everywhere at the Drew League on Sunday. UCLA men’s basketball rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal, rising sophomore forward Kenneth Nwuba and incoming freshman guard Jake Kyman all played in week nine of the 10-week Drew League regular season. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt freshman Shareef O’Neal led his Tuff Crowd team against division-leading Public Enemy on Sunday at the Drew League. O’Neal recorded 13 points, while teammate and Toronto Raptors forward Stanley Johnson chipped in 21 points and five rebounds in the losing effort. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Elijah Stewart slammed home a put-back dunk to end the game. The former Trojan’s two points secured an 87-85 victory over the UCLA alumni basketball team and reignited the crosstown rivalry for former Bruin guards Jordan Adams and Malcolm Lee. Read more...
Photo: Former Bruin guard Malcolm Lee was one of two returning players playing for the Sons of Westwood in the Salt Lake City Regional. Lee finished with 20 points in the effort, and fellow returning Bruin Jordan Adams poured in 37. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Sons of Westwood are back for the second straight year. The majority-UCLA alumni team will be competing in The Basketball Tournament for a $2 million prize awarded to the winner of the 64-team, single elimination tournament, which was started by Jonathan Mugar in 2014. Read more...
Photo: (Clara Vamvulescu/Daily Bruin)
