Jordan Farmar says he’s ready for postseason play. Arron Afflalo doesn’t expect it to be too tough of an adjustment. Yet, when the Bruins take the floor at Staples Center for their match-up with Oregon State in the first round of the Pac-10 Tournament this afternoon, it nonetheless will be the first taste of single-elimination play for UCLA’s prized freshmen this season. Read more...

As utility players, Krista Colburn and Kristen Dedmon are called upon to fill many roles. Pitching, though, usually isn’t one of them. But when starting pitcher Lisa Dodd hurt her throwing hand before last weekend’s Bulldog Classic, UCLA softball coach Sue Enquist called upon both Colburn and Dedmon to fill in for the injured sophomore. Read more...

Coming off perhaps his best effort of the season against Oregon on Saturday, freshman Josh Shipp will return to the role of spectator at practice this week. Read more...

As the basketball teams get set to head out to the Pac-10 Tournament tomorrow, there’s a growing perception that Washington State is the team to beat. Read more...

Upset at Gabrielle Domanic’s comments in Friday’s Daily Bruin, UCLA women’s water polo coach Adam Krikorian suspended the freshman driver for the Bruins’ next four games starting with today’s match-up with Cal State Northridge. Read more...

Outside the gates of Mike A. Myers Stadium last June, sheltered from the rowdy hometown Texas crowd, UCLA’s Dawn Harper stood with her parents, head down, teary-eyed, her mind a raging storm of doubt. Read more...

With its eyes set on the NCAA Tournament, the UCLA women’s basketball team will most likely decline an invitation, if presented, to play in the NIT. Read more...