Last weekend was not Mick Cronin’s definition of fun. The fifth-year coach – who spells “fun” as W-I-N – witnessed his team lose its six-game winning streak at the hands of a last-second shot from Utah. Read more...
Photo: Coach Mick Cronin (center) points toward freshman guard/forward Brandon Williams (left) during a game, while freshman forward Berke Buyuktuncel (right) stands with other members of UCLA men’s basketball. (Megan Cai/Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 19 at 9:28 p.m. A relatively uneventful first half preceded a 49-8 second-half run that helped the Utes embarrass the Bruins by 46 points Jan. Read more...
Photo: Junior Lazar Stefanovic dribbles past a Utah defender. The guard put up a season-high 19 points Sunday evening on 8-9 shooting from the charity stripe and snagged eight rebounds for the Bruins. (Megan Cai/Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 15 at 10:13 p.m. Two Bruins volleyed a sequence of electric plays in a nationally televised bout. Sophomore forward/center Adem Bona flew toward the basket to throw the ball down on the alley-oop. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Sebastian Mack rises above his defender with the ball. Mack put up 19 points against the Buffaloes on Thursday night, along with four rebounds and two steals. (Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 9:16 p.m. Coach Mick Cronin embarked on his first season with UCLA over four years ago. Cronin commenced the 2019-2020 campaign with four regular season home wins, after which his young team went 1-2 at the Maui Invitational. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard/forward Brandon Williams (left), coach Mick Cronin (middle) and sophomore guard Dylan Andrews (right) meet on the sideline during a game. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 11 at 10:56 p.m. The Bruins entered the halftime locker room up 11. But a first-half 46.2% shooting percentage became irrelevant when a different team emerged in the second. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward/center Adem Bona shouts during a game. Bona posted a team-high 13 points – seven of which came at the free throw line – against California on Saturday afternoon. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 8 at 8:57 p.m. The Bruins and Cardinal faced off inside Pauley Pavilion just over a month ago. UCLA scored 53 points in its first conference home loss in front of fans since January 2020. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Sebastian Mack eyes the court during UCLA men’s basketball’s matchup with UC Riverside. Against Stanford on Wednesday night, Mack tallied a game-high 21 points and was 4-for-7 from beyond the arc. (Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor)
The Pac-12 tournament is just over a month away, and no team has won more than eight conference games. No. 8 Arizona stands alone at the top with an 8-3 record, while Washington State and Oregon follow one game behind in a tie for second. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball junior guard Lazar Stefanovic dribbles past Oregon center Mahamadou Diawara during the game between the Bruins and Ducks last weekend. (Jake Greenberg-Bell/Daily Bruin staff)
