At least on one side of the ball, the Bruins are playing the way coach Steve Alford wants them to, by riding a three-game winning streak built on strong offensive performances. Read more...
Photo: When UCLA visited the McKale Center last season, the Bruins fought to a 77-72 victory, in part thanks to a 12-point performance from then-sophomore guard Aaron Holiday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Conference play has not exactly gone according to plan for the Bruins this season. Back in July, I wrote about why UCLA men’s basketball (16-7, 7-4 Pac-12) was in better position to make noise within the Pac-12 than they were a year ago – and I still think I was right – but the Bruins are doing their best to prove me wrong. Read more...
Photo: Although the UCLA men’s basketball team earned a No.3 seed in the NCAA Tournament last year, a three-game loss this season has UCLA in a desperate position to gain ground. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 6:20 p.m. The men of Troy were no match for the masked man. Senior center Thomas Welsh, still donning a fitted face mask after breaking his nose, hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with less than a minute remaining and two free throws to ice the game with 11 seconds left. Read more...
Photo: Senior center Thomas Welsh scored UCLA’s last 5 points in a come-from-behind 82-79 win over USC. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
USC barraged UCLA from long distance – hitting four of their first five 3-pointers – but the Bruins eventually buckled down on defense. The Trojans only made five of their last 16 shots, but entered halftime with a 41-40 lead. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Aaron Holiday led UCLA with 10 points and four assists as the Bruins head into halftime with a 1-point deficit versus USC. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA men’s basketball has traversed an up-and-down season in coach Steve Alford’s fifth year in Westwood – from suspending three freshmen for shoplifting in China to defeating Kentucky for the third consecutive year. Read more...
Photo: (Jae Su and Claire Sun/Daily Bruin)
For most of the year, the most interesting storylines surrounding UCLA and USC men’s basketball have been off the court, with the Bruins’ season defined by the early-season incident in China and the Trojans’ by the stain of connections to the FBI’s investigation of bribery in college basketball. Read more...
Photo: In three games against USC last season, then-junior center Thomas Welsh scored 40 total points on 19-of-27 field goal shooting. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
For the first time in a while, UCLA men’s basketball returned to having fun. There was a Kris Wilkes fast-break windmill dunk – routine by his standards – and a between-the-legs alley-oop pass from Jaylen Hands to Wilkes in the same game, minutes apart from each other. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Jaylen Hands has recently re-entered the starting rotation and injected some life back into UCLA men’s basketball. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
