Pauley Pavilion was sold out on Saturday night. NBA general managers and scouts dotted the crowd. ESPN2 had its cameras in place, with hordes of national media lining press row. Read more...

PULLMAN, Wash. “”mdash; The road to UCLA basketball normalcy must go through places like Washington State’s Friel Court. It’s the kind of place where banners celebrating NIT appearances hang, where 1,658 fans sit mostly idle for 40 minutes of hoops, save the occasional free T-shirt giveaway during TV time-outs. Read more...

Pac-10 Men’s Basketball STANDINGS TEAM W L W L Arizona 2 0 9 1 UCLA 2 0 4 5 California 1 0 8 2 Oregon 1 1 10 2 Arizona State 1 1 9 4 USC 1 1 5 4 Washington 1 1 6 5 Stanford 0 1 9 4 Oregon State 0 2 7 4 Washington St. Read more...

PULLMAN, Wash. “”mdash; Jason Kapono entered Saturday’s game against Washington State having one of the worst five-game stretches of his career, averaging just 11.1 points per game during the span, while seeing his team drop three out of its last five. Read more...

SEATTLE – Perhaps the only thing rarer than a basketball team committing 29 turnovers is seeing the team still win. Trapped in the tentacles of a suffocating full-court press Thursday night against Washington, seemingly inventing revolutionary ways to give up possession, the Bruins amazingly managed to do both. Read more...

SEATTLE — UCLA played perhaps its sloppiest game in a slop-filled season on Thursday night against Washington, committing a season-high 29 turnovers and 24 fouls. But the team also showed enough poise and intensity to overcome the plethora of mistakes, recording a 77-67 win to open up Pac-10 play at Bank of America Arena. Read more...

UCLA needed only to look at the unusual figure on the sideline to realize the significance of their Christmas Day Las Vegas Bowl matchup with the New Mexico Lobos. Read more...