Consensus five-star men's basketball recruit Kevon Looney committed to UCLA today, becoming the second 2014 recruit to commit to coach Steve Alford's program. The 6-foot-8 power forward out of Milwaukee, Wis. is rated No. 13 in the nation by Rivals.com, No. 14 by Scout.com and No. 11 by ESPN.com, making him the highest profile recruit Alford has acquired as UCLA's coach. Read more...
Photo: Five-star power forward recruit Kevon Looney announced his decision to attend UCLA on Thursday.
It has been a common theme for the UCLA women’s volleyball team this year – start strong, hang with teams, then fade in the final few points, giving away winnable sets. Read more...
Steve Alford’s UCLA basketball coaching career began with an exhibition winover Cal State San Bernardino Wednesday night, but it occasionally lacked brightness. To start with, Pauley Pavilion’s overhead lights wouldn’t turn back on after the starting lineups were announced. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Zach LaVine will participate in a dunk contest during tonight’s Bruin Hoops Madness.
The UCLA women’s soccer team will have the luxury of finishing the home stretch of the regular season, appropriately enough, at home. The team has spent the season traveling to Northern California, the Rocky Mountains and even embarking on a 12-day cross-country road trip stopping by Indiana and North Carolina. Read more...
Photo: Strengthened by a team first approach, UCLA has yet to lose a conference match this season.
Editor’s note: This is the first story of a monthly series featuring common sports injuries. Every month, Dr. Dena Florczyk from the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, will discuss a specific common sports injury – how it occurs, the diagnosis and treatment options. Read more...
Not even a mother could love Noel Mazzone’s playcalling. UCLA’s offensive coordinator joked after Wednesday’s football practice that only his mom and dog currently like him at moment, presumably referring to the criticisms that figure to be leveled at the playcaller behind an offense that has scored 24 points in two weeks. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s playmakers like sophomore wide receiver Devin Fuller have been limited in recent weeks, hindered by the conservative playcalling of offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone.
With three games remaining on the schedule, the UCLA men’s soccer team finds itself third in the Pac-12, with the goal of a third straight Pac-12 championship beginning to show cracks – cracks that could shatter a goal that the team had set for itself since the very beginning of the season. Read more...
Photo: As the season approaches its end, the UCLA men’s soccer team is confident it can compete for a Pac-12 title.
