The Bruins may have just turned their season around. UCLA baseball entered its series against California with a 3-8 record in March, already in a hole in conference play. Read more...
Photo: Although Friday’s game didn’t start well for UCLA, the Bruins recovered and led the momentum to victories in all three matches against California Golden Bears. (Michael Zshornack/Assistant Photo editor)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Women’s college basketball is a different world in Connecticut. During the No. 4-seeded Bruins’ (25-9, 13-5 Pac-12) 86-71 loss to the No. 1 overall seed UConn Huskies (35-0, 16-0 American Athletic Conference) in the Sweet 16, the team didn’t want the atmosphere and situation to affect them. Read more...
Photo: UCLA had the early lead, but ultimately fell 86-71 to UConn, the four-time defending NCAA champions, in the Sweet 16. Junior forward Monique Billings had 17 points and 16 boards for the Bruins. (Jackson Haigis/The Daily Campus)
T.J. Leaf un-tucked his jersey as he walked toward the UCLA bench and brought it up to his eyes. “It sucked,” the freshman forward said after the Bruins were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Kentucky on Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s season ended with a loss in the Sweet 16. Freshman forward T.J. Leaf, who many predict will join Lonzo Ball in the NBA draft, choked up after the game. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — UCLA freshman point guard Lonzo Ball announced Friday that he will enter the NBA draft. “That was my final game for UCLA,” Ball said in the locker room after UCLA was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Kentucky. Read more...
Photo: UCLA freshman point guard Lonzo Ball announced after Friday’s loss to Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament that he will enter the NBA draft. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated March 24 at 10:31 p.m. MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ball till you fall. UCLA’s season ended Friday night in Memphis, falling in the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Lonzo Ball scored 10 points in what is likely his last game for UCLA. The point guard is a projected No. 2 pick in the upcoming NBA draft. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The first half of Friday’s Sweet 16 matchup between UCLA and Kentucky was as good as advertised. With a heavily pro-Wildcat crowd on hand at FedExForum, No. Read more...
Photo: Freshman forward T.J. Leaf had 13 points for UCLA in the first half. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA men’s basketball will take on its rivals, the Kentucky Wildcats, on Friday night with a spot in the Elite Eight on the line. The teams met back in December with that game going to the Bruins, but there’s more on the line this time. Read more...
Photo: T.J. Leaf was a big part of UCLA’s December win over Kentucky with Wildcats coach John Calipari saying the freshman forward dominated the game. Now Leaf and the Bruins will have a rematch against the Wildcats for a spot in the Elite Eight.
