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)
On this week’s episode of “Out of Bounds,” Sports editor Sam Connon and Daily Bruin senior staff Ryan Smith break down UCLA men’s basketball’s up and down weekend and what could lie ahead for the Bruins in the back half of Pac-12 play. Read more...
Shareef O’Neal will become a Tiger. The former Bruin revealed in an interview Friday that he is heading to LSU to continue his basketball career after leaving UCLA men’s basketball earlier this season. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA men’s basketball redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal announced during an interview at NBA All-Star Weekend that he intends to transfer to LSU. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 14 at 12:22 a.m. Cody Riley finished regulation with eight points in 17 minutes. In overtime alone, however, the redshirt sophomore forward put up 11 points that lifted the Bruins to a comeback victory. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore forward Cody Riley shot 9-of-10 from the field for 19 points Thursday night, making him UCLA men’s basketball’s second-leading scorer in its overtime win against Washington State. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins will come home to a few familiar opponents. UCLA men’s basketball (13-11, 6-5 Pac-12) will play Washington State (14-10, 5-6) on Thursday and Washington (12-12, 2-9) on Saturday in Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith scored a total of 39 points in UCLA men’s basketball’s games against Washington and Washington State in early January. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin staff)
