This post was updated Feb. 9 at 12:22 a.m. Bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish. Five seconds, four, three, two – shoot. Miss. Wolverine guard Syla Swords ran to the perimeter in the bright, magenta shoes every player was wearing as part of Michigan’s Pink Game on Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Kiki Rice launches the ball. Rice’s near-perfect free throw shooting off nine attempts contributed to her team-leading 20 points. (Zimo Li/Daily bruin senior staff)
The favorite, the underdog, the anti-hero and the villain. Expectations and perception shape archetypes. But what happens when the hype is so high that the best-case scenario is simply meeting expectations? Read more...
Photo: Freshman forward Sienna Betts eyes the basket. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 8 at 11:57 p.m. They will give you a foul for crying foul about a foul. They will even give you a foul for crying foul about a not-foul. Read more...
Photo: Coach Mick Cronin ventures onto the court to yell at a referee. Cronin was given a technical foul midway through the second half for yelling at an official. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
No. 2 UCLA women’s basketball (22-1, 12-0 Big Ten) will face No. 8 Michigan (20-3, 11-1) in a showdown between the conference’s top-two teams Sunday. UCLA is on a 16-game win streak – the team has not lost since its Nov. Read more...
UCLA men’s basketball (16-7, 8-4 Big Ten) will face a former Pac-12 foe for the second time this season when it battles Washington (12-11, 4-8) Saturday evening at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard/forward Eric Dailey Jr., senior forward Tyler Bilodeau, sophomore guard Trent Perry and junior forward forward/center Xavier Booker
This post was updated Feb. 8 at 11:30 p.m. Not many gymnasts achieve perfection. Especially two weeks in a row – and with two different routines. But senior Jordan Chiles performed her Prince-themed floor routine for the first time since December on Saturday and was deemed perfect once again. “There’s a sold out crowd that literally were giving her a standing ovation,” said coach Janelle McDonald. Read more...
Photo: Jordan Chiles dances during her floor routine. The senior logged her third consecutive perfect 10 on floor Saturday afternoon, after returning to her junior-year Prince routine in place of her senior-year Whitney Houston program. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff)
Familiar foes are few and far between in the current landscape of college athletics. But not only will the Bruins face a former Pac-12 rival Saturday, they will face them for the second time this season. Read more...
Photo: Junior forward/center Xavier Booker shoots a 3-pointer at Pauley Pavilion. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
