A matchup with No. 7 Arizona might not have come at a better time for an unranked UCLA team that dropped two straight games to begin Pac-12 conference play. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Isaac Hamilton said that limiting Arizona’s transition play and second chance opportunities will help UCLA upset the Pac-12’s top team. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA men’s basketball gives itself a lot of chances for success. The program recruits well, develops its players, competes against elite talent successfully – but then throws it away. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Isaac Hamilton’s offensive production during UCLA’s Washington road trip wasn’t enough to combat the team’s errors, such as turnovers. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
PULLMAN, Wash. — With 43 seconds to go, coach Steve Alford put his right palm completely over his face, as if to shield himself from the jarring reality at hand. Read more...
Photo: UCLA coach Steve Alford experienced the low point of a month-long emotional roller coaster Sunday, witnessing his team fall to Washington State after upsetting Kentucky in December. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
PULLMAN, Wash. – This isn’t the same UCLA men’s basketball team that toppled then-No. 1 Kentucky and then-No. 20 Gonzaga. That team might have been left back in 2015. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Isaac Hamilton led all scorers Sunday with 27 points. Hamilton shot 12-for-22 from the field, but his offensive production wasn’t enough to inspire the Bruins, who dropped their second road game in a row. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
SEATTLE — UCLA came out not with a bang, but with a whimper on New Year’s Day. It was nine days since the Bruins last played a game – coupled with a winter break – and it showed Friday night on the road. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Steve Alford (left) said it was the lack of consistency on both ends of the court that spelled doom for the Bruins as they fell to the Washington Huskies in their Pac-12 conference opener. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
SEATTLE — Bryce Alford limped into the UCLA locker room, 48 minutes of game action wearing the soles of his shoes thin. The junior guard gave it all he had – two 3-pointers in the final 22 seconds of regulation, another game-tying 3-pointer at the end of the first overtime, and 17 made free throws. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Bryce Alford rises up for a game-tying 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds to go in regulation. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s been a season of surprises thus far for the UCLA men’s basketball team. The Bruins lost their season opener on their home floor to a mid-major team – Monmouth (8-3) – but then came back to beat then-No. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Isaac Hamilton finished with 18 points on nine made field goals on Tuesday, doing all of his work inside the 3-point line and in transition sets. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
