SPOKANE, Wash. – There are these red T-shirts popular among Gonzaga students that have the words “Official Sixth Man” stamped prominently across the back. The first time I saw them was walking around campus with my sister during her freshman year in Spokane six years ago. Read more...
Photo: After camping out the night leading up to the game against UCLA, Gonzaga’s student section was in full force an hour before tipoff. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
SPOKANE, Wash. – When UCLA upset then-No.1 Kentucky just over a week ago, there was raucous celebration in the locker room. When the Bruins topped the No. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward/center Tony Parker had 12 second-half points on 8-of-8 field goal shooting to lead UCLA past No. 20 Gonzaga Saturday. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
SPOKANE, Wash. — UCLA has done its best not to let the raucous crowd take control of this game. Playing in front of their toughest road environment all year, the Bruins (6-3) got out to a 13-5 lead by the 16:37 mark in the first half, silencing a sell-out Kennel crowd that was literally shaking the floor before the game started. Read more...
Photo: UCLA didn’t let Gonzaga’s raucous student section distract them from keeping the game competitive, entering the locker room down two at half time. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
SPOKANE, Wash. – It’s 30 degrees in Eastern Washington, but over at McCarthey Athletic Center the UCLA men’s basketball season is heating up. The Bruins are riding a three-game winning streak into their matchup with the No. Read more...
Photo: Then-junior forward/center Tony Parker drives on Domantas Sabonis in the Bruins’ last matchup with the Zags – a 74-62 loss in last year’s Sweet Sixteen. Parker is averaging a double-double heading into Saturday’s matchup. (Daily Bruin file photo)
They say everything is bigger in Texas. UCLA’s No. 14-seed women’s volleyball team (25-7) will attempt to pull off a win, of appropriate Texas magnitude, against the host No. Read more...
Photo: Junior outside hitter Jordan Anderson and the No. 14-seed UCLA women’s volleyball team will need to pull off an upset in Texas on Friday night to continue their 2015 season.
The most impressive part of UCLA women’s basketball’s 82-68 win over Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday did not happen on the court. During a timeout in the first quarter, several players appeared on the jumbotron in a prerecorded segment in which they were asked who the best singer on the team was. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Jordin Canada posted 25 points in the game against CSU Bakersfield. She shot 10 for 12 from the field. (Korbin Placet/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sometimes Claire Felix is okay not getting the ball. Saturday night was not one of those times. With her team down 2-0 to Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the junior middle blocker adopted a new mentality: “You know what, set me the ball, I’m going to put it away,” she said. Read more...
Photo: The women’s volleyball team was fired up Saturday night as it came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Michigan in five sets in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins will face No. 3 Texas in the Sweet Sixteen on Friday night in Austin. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
