UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero held a press conference Tuesday following men’s basketball coach Steve Alford’s announcement that he would return the one-year contract extension granted to him in 2014. Read more...
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Despite recent uproar calling for the firing of Steve Alford, it appears the UCLA men’s basketball coach will return for a fourth season in Westwood. In an email message addressed to “UCLA Family, Friends, Alumni and Supporters” sent Sunday evening, Alford wrote that he decided to restructure his own contract, removing a one-year extension that he received after his first season in 2014. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Steve Alford and the Bruins finished the 2015-2016 season in 10th place in the Pac-12, falling in the first round of the conference tournament. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
This page includes a feature on Tony Parker and women’s basketball tournament preview. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA women’s basketball team will be a No. 3 seed in the Bridgeport, Connecticut, region in the NCAA Tournament this month. (Korbin Placet/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A small plane circled the sky above UCLA’s campus Monday, towing behind it a simple message: “UCLA deserves better. Fire Alford!” The emphatic message has been echoed around the internet recently, calling for the firing of men’s basketball coach Steve Alford in the days since the Bruins’ season ended prematurely in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament March 9. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Steve Alford led the Bruins to a 15-17 season, the squad’s worst record since former coach Ben Howland was fired in 2013. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Tony Parker slumped back into his seat on the bench with his long arms hanging over his knees. The lone senior on UCLA men’s basketball stared blankly up at the MGM Grand Garden Arena scoreboard hanging high above him. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward/center Tony Parker was moved to the bench 22 games into the season in favor of coach Steve Alford’s up-tempo style of play, but said he was not bothered by the decision. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
LAS VEGAS — There was nothing but silence in the UCLA locker room. Eventually, there was a voice. But it only came from the player speaking to the media. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore center Thomas Welsh started Wednesday and produced 12 points and six rebounds, but UCLA was knocked out of the Pac-12 tournament with a 95-71 blowout at the hands of USC. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There’s a lot to be said about UCLA men’s basketball’s record as the Bruins open Pac-12 tournament play Wednesday in Las Vegas. UCLA strung together four losses in a row to close out the season and finished conference play below .500 for the first time in coach Steve Alford’s tenure with the Bruins. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Bryce Alford and the rest of UCLA men’s basketball are looking forward to starting the Pac-12 tournament with a clean slate. (Hannah Ye/Assistant photo editor)
