Friday, August 7


Alumni basketball team Sons of Westwood advances to second round after 90-65 win

Tyrone Nash was lounging at home when he received a last-minute phone call to join the team. “I was like, ‘Yeah definitely, I’ll come support, just don’t tell Notre Dame,’” said the former forward of the Fighting Irish. Read more...

Photo: Former Notre Dame forward Tyrone Nash logged 17 points on 8-of-8 shooting. Nash was previously on the Notre Dame alumni team, which was the championship team of The Basketball Tournament in 2014. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Bruin alumni reunite as ‘Sons of Westwood,’ shoot for $2M prize in TBT 2018

It didn’t take long for Grant Kitani to miss Bruin basketball. “I just missed being part of the UCLA family and being around UCLA basketball in general,” said Kitani, the former UCLA men’s basketball manager. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA guard Malcolm Lee averaged 13.1 points and 3.1 points his senior season. Lee will join six other UCLA alumni on Sons of Westwood in The Basketball Tournament on Saturday. (Courtesy of Robert Casillas/SCNG)



Hong’s Huddle: Men’s water polo team will need to fill in gaps left by graduated seniors

As temperatures shoot up, the Bruins are ready to heat up too. The heat wave of Los Angeles County hit 117 degrees Friday – a warm welcome for UCLA men’s water polo, which will be striving for UCLA’s 117th NCAA championship this fall. Read more...

Photo: Coach Adam Wright will be working with another young squad this upcoming season. UCLA men’s water polo had 10 freshmen on last year’s roster and graduated seven seniors. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)



Former Bruin players take the court in NBA Summer League

The Bruins are well-represented in the NBA Summer League this July. Three members of UCLA men’s basketball’s 2017 Sweet Sixteen squad played together for the first time in over a year Friday, this time with the Indiana Pacers. Read more...

Photo: Former Bruins T.J. Leaf and Bryce Alford – along with Aaron Holiday – are playing for the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Summer League, while Thomas Welsh is suiting up for the Denver Nuggets. (Daily Bruin file photo)