Saturday, June 21

Jaime Jaquez Jr. dunks all over Sun Devils, leads UCLA men’s basketball to victory

Minutes into their penultimate regular-season contest, the Bruins’ unblemished home record was already in jeopardy. After scoring the opening bucket, the blue and gold allowed a 12-0 run from the visitors, missing five shots and turning the ball over four times in the next four minutes. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. throws down a dunk. Jaquez poured in 19 first-half points to keep No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball in the game before the Bruins ran away with the win in the second half. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA men’s basketball to battle Arizona schools in final regular-season matchups

This post was updated Mar. 1 at 3:17 p.m. March has arrived. But the Bruins still have a pair of regular-season matchups before the madness begins. Fresh off clinching its first Pac-12 regular-season title in a decade, No. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. puts up a jumper. Jaquez has paced UCLA men’s basketball this season with 17 points per game and eight rebounds per contest. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)


Pac-12 regular-season title ends decadelong drought for UCLA men’s basketball

When a win clinches a championship, it’s easy to focus on the end result and ignore what actually transpired. In the final moments of UCLA’s comeback victory over Colorado on Sunday, the Buffaloes tested freshman forward Adem Bona with a game-tying floater attempt. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior guard Tyger Campbell dribbles around an Oregon defender. Campbell combined for 32 points in a pair of wins for UCLA men’s basketball last weekend. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)


Sam Settles It: Despite Pac-12 regular-season title, UCLA men’s basketball has much left to prove

A half-court heave and UCLA had done it. There would be no top-five showdown in Pauley Pavilion to crown the conference champion. No drama. No raucous celebration in Westwood. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. (left) smiles at coach Mick Cronin (right) during a game at Pauley Pavilion. Jaquez and Cronin have led No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball to a regular-season Pac-12 championship for the first time since 2013. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor


Spotlighting the most valuable contributors for UCLA men’s basketball

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 11:34 p.m. No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball (25-4, 16-2 Pac-12) has clinched the regular-season Pac-12 title without even playing its final two games of the campaign against Arizona State and No. Read more...

Photo: Pictured from left to right are junior guard Jaylen Clark, fifth-year guard David Singleton, senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. and freshman forward Adem Bona. (Left to right: Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor, Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff, Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin, Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin. Photo illustration by Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)


Comeback win over Colorado earns UCLA men’s basketball Pac-12 regular-season title

This post was updated Feb. 26 at 9:31 p.m. With less than a minute to play, the Bruins were one defensive stop away from sole possession of their first Pac-12 regular-season title since 2013.  The Buffaloes had given the blue and gold trouble all afternoon in front of their raucous home crowd, and after a UCLA miss, Colorado raced down the floor with a chance to tie or take the lead late in its valiant upset bid. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. celebrates during a home game against Colorado in January. No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball came back in the second half to take down Colorado in Boulder on Sunday afternoon. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA men’s basketball survives late-game surge from Utah in Salt Lake City

Running out on a fast break, Tyger Campbell pulled up from several feet beyond the 3-point line.  After the redshirt senior guard nailed the long-distance try, freshman forward Adem Bona followed it up by finishing an alley-oop from freshman guard Amari Bailey. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior guard Tyger Campbell dribbles the ball up the floor in a game against USC. Campbell paced No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball in the first half as the Bruins took down Utah in Salt Lake City on Thursday night. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)



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