Having just snapped a 10-game winning streak courtesy of the first-place Oregon Ducks, the Bruins look to begin a new winning streak against the No. 6 Arizona Wildcats – the third-place team in the conference, whose only loss of the season stems from the Ducks. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Shabazz Muhammad, who started the team’s last game on the bench, will look to rebound with a big performance against Arizona.
1. Oregon (16-2, 5-0 Pac-12, Last week: No. 1) (No. 16) The Ducks left Westwood as the prohibitive favorite to win the conference. They are the only Pac-12 team still undefeated in conference play, and since they avoid Arizona and UCLA for the rest of the season, it’s fair to wonder if Oregon could run the table for the rest of Pac-12 play, a feat no Pac-10 team ever accomplished in the conference’s short history. Read more...
The repetitive sound of a camera’s shutter was a constant reminder of Metta World Peace’s celebrity status as he visited a group of adult patients in The Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
Photo: Lakers’ forward Metta World Peace and Larry King speak at an event at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Friday, where World Peace received the CICARE award. It was the first time the award was given to someone who is not a UCLA Health System employee.
If the country had inaugurated a new president this weekend, a “honeymoon” period would have started – the window of opportunity where the commander-in-chief can ride the coattails of victory to enact his or her rule and demonstrate to the country what the future holds. Read more...
Pauley Pavilion was practically shaking as the UCLA men’s basketball team scored to go up by six points, as time ran down in the first half against Oregon. Read more...
UCLA and Oregon have been busy, but Pauley Pavilion’s scoreboard operators have been even busier. The Bruins went into halftime up 40-37 on the Ducks in a showdown between two teams still undefeated in conference play. Read more...
UCLA fans braced themselves for deja vu. Against both Utah and Colorado, UCLA built up seemingly insurmountable leads in the second half after sluggish starts to the game. Read more...
Photo: After struggling from the field in UCLA’s two road games against Utah and Colorado, freshman forward Shabazz Muhammad rebounded in a big way Thursday night with a game-high 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting.
