This post was updated Feb. 25 at 8:31 p.m. The Bruins have won nine of their last 11 games, but the foundation was laid much earlier. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith leads UCLA men’s basketball with 13.2 points per game this season. Smith is averaging 15.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game against Pac-12 opponents. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins had staged a string of comebacks over the course of their five-game winning streak, but they just made one against a ranked team on the road. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman guard Tyger Campbell (right) registered his first career double-double Saturday afternoon against Colorado. Campbell posted an 11-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio in the game. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins continue to win on the back of their defense. UCLA men‘s basketball (16-11, 9-5 Pac-12) never trailed in a 69-58 victory over Utah (14-12, 5-9) on Thursday night as the Bruins secured their fourth consecutive win and eighth in their last 10 games. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Jules Bernard led UCLA men’s basketball with 16 points Thursday night against Utah, with 14 of those points coming in the opening half. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
UCLA men’s basketball defended its home court and has now won seven of its last nine games, so Sports editor Sam Connon, Daily Bruin senior staffer Ryan Smith and assistant Sports editor Jacqueline Dzwonczyk broke it all down on this week’s episode of “Out of Bounds.” Also on this episode, the staff talks about UCLA women’s basketball’s home split against the Oregon schools, the upcoming UCLA beach volleyball season opener and how UCLA baseball looked in its first series of the season. Read more...
The Bruins played at roughly 330 feet above sea level the last time they took the court at Pauley Pavilion. When they hit the road this weekend, however, they’ll be playing at a few thousand feet of elevation, something freshman guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. averaged 15.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game across UCLA men’s basketball’s two contests versus Utah and Colorado earlier this season. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
Mick Cronin said after Saturday’s win over the Huskies that 98% of college players shouldn’t go one-and-done. Junior guard Chris Smith, redshirt sophomore forward Cody Riley and sophomore guard David Singleton were waiting off camera when their coach made those remarks, but Cronin said he wasn’t trying to send any subliminal messages. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith leads UCLA men’s basketball with 13.3 points per game this season. Smith scored 20-plus points in each of the Bruins’ outings last weekend. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 15 at 10:22 p.m. The Bruins forced turnovers early and often. But when the defensive pressure didn’t show for itself in the first-half box score, their ability to again force turnovers in crunch time brought them back. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith led UCLA men’s basketball with 20 points, on 7-of-14 shooting. Smith has logged back-to-back games with 20 or more points, after scoring 23 against Washington State. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
