Chances are No. 11 UCLA won’t upset No. 1 Kentucky for the second year in a row – It might even be a blowout loss. And you know what? Read more...
Photo: UCLA and freshman guard Lonzo Ball will take on the best team in the country this weekend, but win or lose, the Bruins still have the ingredients to have a successful season. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ike Anigbogu was pumped. Last year, the five-star recruit from Centennial High School had just watched UCLA upset then-No. 1 Kentucky in front of a packed Pauley Pavilion before the student section stormed the court. Read more...
Photo: (Valeree Catangay/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 30 at 10:30 p.m. Sandwiched in between winning the Wooden Legacy championship and a date with No. 1 Kentucky, No. 11 UCLA men’s basketball (8-0) still had to take care of business at home. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Isaac Hamilton paced the Bruins with 27 points, including shooting 7-for-12 from beyond the arc. UCLA finished the game shooting 48 percent from 3-point range. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Steve Alford was worried that UCLA would let its guard down to UC Riverside. The Bruins came out and immediately alleviated any of Alford’s concern about the men’s basketball team’s focus with a 42-27 lead over the Highlanders at halftime. Read more...
Photo: Junior center Thomas Welsh led the Bruins with 10 points and eight rebounds, including eight of the team’s first 13 points. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The next test for undefeated UCLA will be to avoid the classic trap game. The men’s basketball team just played three games in four days to win the Wooden Legacy championship this past Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Before senior guard Isaac Hamilton and the UCLA team face off against Kentucky, they’ll take on UC Riverside on Wednesday night. The Bruins are coming off a win against Texas A&M to clinch the Wooden Legacy championship. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 27 at 9.13 p.m. ANAHEIM, Calif. — Back and forth it went. Aggies on top, then the Bruins – each team putting together runs before the other responded. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Lonzo Ball made a late block and big 3-pointer to put the game away for the Bruins. The guard finished six-of-14 from the field and four-of-9 from beyond the arc. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Another cold start, another grind-it-out half for No. 14 UCLA (6-0). The Bruins took a 35-34 lead into halftime against the Texas A&M Aggies in the finals of the Wooden Legacy tournament, behind the play of senior guard Isaac Hamilton. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Isaac Hamilton paced the team with 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting to help the Bruins take the one point lead at halftime. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
