No practice drill can ready a team for what the Bruins went through the last few days, and there is no way to measure how much adversity UCLA was dealt before beating Arizona on its home floor. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Tony Parker, in relief of Travis Wear, put the Bruins up eight with his fadeaway jumper. Parker played seven minutes in the second half.
Shabazz Muhammad sat in the media room at Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday knowing what kind of challenge awaited him and his teammates: A trip to Arizona to play one of the best teams in the nation. Read more...
Photo: A Freshman guard/forward Shabazz Muhammad led all Bruin scorers with 23 points on Thursday night, shooting 8-for-16 from the field. UCLA is 8-0 in games in which Muhammad has scored 20 or more points.
Having just snapped a 10-game winning streak courtesy of the first-place Oregon Ducks, the Bruins look to begin a new winning streak against the No. 6 Arizona Wildcats – the third-place team in the conference, whose only loss of the season stems from the Ducks. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Shabazz Muhammad, who started the team’s last game on the bench, will look to rebound with a big performance against Arizona.
1. Oregon (16-2, 5-0 Pac-12, Last week: No. 1) (No. 16) The Ducks left Westwood as the prohibitive favorite to win the conference. They are the only Pac-12 team still undefeated in conference play, and since they avoid Arizona and UCLA for the rest of the season, it’s fair to wonder if Oregon could run the table for the rest of Pac-12 play, a feat no Pac-10 team ever accomplished in the conference’s short history. Read more...
The repetitive sound of a camera’s shutter was a constant reminder of Metta World Peace’s celebrity status as he visited a group of adult patients in The Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
Photo: Lakers’ forward Metta World Peace and Larry King speak at an event at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Friday, where World Peace received the CICARE award. It was the first time the award was given to someone who is not a UCLA Health System employee.
If the country had inaugurated a new president this weekend, a “honeymoon” period would have started – the window of opportunity where the commander-in-chief can ride the coattails of victory to enact his or her rule and demonstrate to the country what the future holds. Read more...
Pauley Pavilion was practically shaking as the UCLA men’s basketball team scored to go up by six points, as time ran down in the first half against Oregon. Read more...
