M. basketball braces for Trojan squad Crosstown rival focuses on penetrating Bruin defense By Ross Bersot Daily Bruin Senior Staff Charlie Parker began his second season at the helm of the Southern California men’s basketball team with nowhere to go but up. Read more...

Sliding into season play Steady hurlers and lively bats prime Bruins for interleague lineup By Yoni Tamler The grass is cut, the leather oiled, the eye black moist and the Kodiak packed and ready. Read more...

M. tennis rolls over Boise State Wins easy for top players Gimelstob, Muskatirovic, Taino By Mark Shapiro With three straight victories already under its belt, the UCLA men’s tennis team figured to have little problem with Boise State in yesterday afternoon’s match. Read more...

Arizona’s outside shooting spree upsets UCLA men’s basketball By Ross Bersot Daily Bruin Senior Staff TUCSON, Ariz. — Several conditions may have started the Arizona storm which rained buckets, three-point buckets that is, all over the UCLA men’s basketball team in an 88-79 soaking of the Bruins at the McKale Center on Saturday. Read more...

Women’s gymnastics mashes Boise State By Esther Hui Daily Bruin Staff Inconsistency reared its ugly head for the UCLA women’s gymnastics team Friday night in its fifth straight defeat of Boise State (192.325-191.050). Read more...

Wildcats slash Bruin winning streak M. hoops loses battle of three-point shot against Arizona Saturday, 88-79 By Scott Yamaguchi Daily Bruin Staff TUCSON, Ariz. — With the University of Arizona’s leading scorer and rebounder sitting on the bench because of academic problems, the UCLA men’s basketball team was hoping to dominate the paint at the McKale Center on Saturday and come away with another pair of conference road victories. Read more...

Men’s tennis takes UNLV to net By Mark Shapiro Two matches into its 1996 campaign, the UCLA men’s tennis team had yet to deal with a pressure situation or a first-rate opponent standing on the other side of the net. Read more...