Sophomore guard Bryce Alford spoke Tuesday about the necessity to get the ball to the bigs inside to break Oregon State’s disruptive zone defense, which forced UCLA into shooting just 30.6 percent in its loss to Oregon State last month. Read more...
Photo: Junior forward/center Tony Parker notched a double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Oregon State. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In his team’s first meeting with Oregon State in January, coach Steve Alford deemed the opening half “The Payton Show,” after the Beavers’ Gary Payton II took over the game in the period’s final few minutes. Read more...
Matt Barnes (SF) 45th overall, Memphis Grizzlies, 2002 After four years of solid, but not elite, play at UCLA, earning an All-Pac-10 honorable mention in 2001, Matt Barnes made a name for himself in the NBA as a scrapper – a solid defender, impressive rebounder for his size and sometimes streaky shooter. Read more...
With another week of Pac-12 men’s basketball in the books, Daily Bruin Sports returns with its weekly installment of Pac-12 power rankings. 1. No. 7 Arizona (20-3, 8-2) (Last week: 1) Well that wasn’t supposed to happen, was it? Read more...
Alfred Aboya had never seen snow. Clad in flip-flops and shorts, the 18-year-old unfolded his 6-foot-8 frame from the confines of the minivan that transported his life to the grounds of the Tilton School in New Hampshire, landing him on a prep school campus covered in a white blanket of winter weather. Read more...
Photo: Alfred Aboya played four seasons for UCLA, a pit stop in a journey that took him from his native Cameroon to prep school on the East Coast, college in Westwood and a professional career overseas. (Daily Bruin file photo)
In a season filled with problems, UCLA men’s basketball ran into a new one last week. In three of the four halves against Stanford and Cal, UCLA struggled to close the half, going several minutes without scoring and allowing its opponents back into the game all three times. Read more...
Photo: Forward/center Tony Parker missed the previous game against Oregon State with back spasms, but is healthy and back in the lineup for the rematch. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
I was ready to claim UCLA men’s basketball had a realistic shot at making the NCAA tournament, but then Cal had to come along and ruin it all. Read more...
Photo: With the loss to Cal, coach Steve Alford’s Bruins find themselves dangerously close to missing out on the NCAA Tournament. Realistically, UCLA will need to have 19 to 21 wins if it hopes to secure a bid. The Bruins will need to win five of their next seven to reach 19 heading into the Pac-12 tournament. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
