With their coach recovering from hernia surgery, their senior guard battling an array of injuries and their junior forward/center suffering from perhaps a bruised ego, the Bruins served up the perfect remedy Wednesday night. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Norman Powell scored a game-high 24 points. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Against Arizona Saturday, UCLA men’s basketball held Arizona scoreless for the first six minutes of the game but managed to score only seven points themselves during that stretch. Read more...
There are no As for effort in basketball. No “close but no cigars.” The horseshoes and hand grenades rule of thumb is in full effect. But what UCLA did against No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Bryce Alford led UCLA’s scoring against Arizona, a game in which the Bruins showed much promise in limiting the Wildcats’ opportunities and falling by only 10 points. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
April 17, 1948. The phone rang out in John Wooden’s Terre Haute, Ind. home, announcing the arrival of an anxiously awaited call. The former Indiana State coach expected the University of Minnesota to phone him with a job offer at 6 p.m. Read more...
Since the start of the Steve Alford era last year, UCLA men’s basketball has struggled mightily in weekend Pac-12 road games. In fact, the Bruins still have not swept a Pac-12 weekend road series under coach Steve Alford. Read more...
With the penultimate week of the Pac-12 men’s basketball regular season upon us, Daily Bruin Sports delivers a new installment of its Pac-12 power rankings. 1. Read more...
Tony Parker is the king of the press conference. After recent success at the free throw line, Parker, a 53.5 percent free throw shooter, likened himself to a hybrid mutation of NBA sharpshooting guards Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and added LeBron James to the mix as well for good measure. Read more...
Photo: Junior forward/center Tony Parker is coming into his own this season after struggling to adjust during his freshman and sophomore seasons. After winning the Georgia State championship all four years of high school, dealing with adversity in college is a new experience for Parker. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)
