This post was updated Nov. 13 at 1:21 p.m. to include a new statement from Athletics Director Martin Jarmond. It may not be March yet, but many students reported experiences of madness outside of UCLA men’s basketball’s matchup against Villanova on Friday night. Ahead of the game, a mob of students formed outside Pauley Pavilion, creating a scene that left many feeling unsafe and unable to enter the game despite having waited in line for upward of five hours. Read more...
Photo: Thousands of UCLA students wait to enter Pauley Pavilion for UCLA men’s basketball’s matchup against Villanova on Friday night. (Courtesy of Sam Settleman)