UCLA is a “basketball school,” USC is not. Or at least, that’s been the narrative for the past 50 or so years. “Everyone’s aware that (the Trojans) have a great class coming in,” said Daily Trojan Sports writer Julia Poe. Read more...
Photo: Freshman center Moses Brown was UCLA men’s basketball’s lone five-star recruit last season, a mark that USC matched. The Trojans now boast the nation’s No. 3 2019 class, while the Bruins’ is ranked No. 59. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
Leadership was always going to be a question mark for the Bruins this season. Aside from two redshirt juniors, UCLA men’s basketball’s rotation consists entirely of freshmen and sophomores. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior Alex Olesinski missed UCLA men’s basketball’s first 13 games of the season after suffering a foot injury in the offseason. Olesinski logged a season-high 19 minutes against Oregon on Saturday. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 23 at 10:37 p.m. With 13:25 left in the game, Pauley Pavilion got loud. There wasn’t really a reason why – the Bruins were down by nine and hadn’t been able to stop the Ducks all night. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Jaylen Hands (left) nailed seven 3-pointers to aid UCLA men’s basketball’s comeback effort over Oregon, with all 27 of his points coming in the second half. Fellow sophomore guard Kris Wilkes (right) made three 3s of his own in the second. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The 3s were falling in the first half. UCLA men’s basketball (14-13, 7-7 Pac-12) trails Oregon (15-11, 6-7) 44-28 at halftime. The Bruins bested the Ducks in the teams’ first meeting on Jan. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes scored seven first-half points for UCLA men’s basketball. All seven of his points came in the first 6:01 of the game. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Chris Smith hadn’t started a game in over a month. But the sophomore guard made two of the Bruins’ biggest plays Thursday night. UCLA men’s basketball (14-13, 7-7 Pac-12) staved off a late comeback from Oregon State (16-9, 8-5), winning 68-67. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Chris Smith scored the game-winner for UCLA men’s basketball in his first start since Jan. 19. Smith also rose up to dunk on 7-foot Oregon State forward Kylor Kelley in the second half to give the Bruins their largest lead of the night. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin senior staff)
David Singleton entered the game with the second-best offensive rating by a UCLA freshman guard this decade. In his first career start, the Bruins hit the ground running on the offensive end. Read more...
Photo: In his first career start, freshman guard David Singleton scored eight points in the first half on 2-of-2 shooting from deep. Singleton is UCLA men’s basketball’s leading 3-point shooter, owning a 44.2 percent mark from downtown. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin staff)
Men’s basketballSam Connon, assistant Sports editor With three weekends left on the Pac-12 slate, one team stands above the rest. Washington (21-5, 12-1 Pac-12) may have lost its bid at an undefeated conference season against Arizona State (18-8, 9-5) on Feb. Read more...
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