In theory, Wednesday’s matchup with Washington should be a cakewalk for the UCLA men’s basketball team. The Bruins are simply better on both ends of the floor, and the Huskies’ star freshman point guard Markelle Fultz is questionable with a sore knee. Read more...
Photo: Freshman forward T.J. Leaf and UCLA outrebounded Arizona 35-28 in their road victory Saturday, representing a major turnaround from the teams’ previous matchup in January. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins have a busy week. Busier than usual. After taking two out of three games against Gonzaga last weekend, UCLA baseball (4-2) will play Cal State Northridge (3-4) on Tuesday and the Korea Baseball Organization’s NC Dinos on Wednesday in an exhibition game. Read more...
Photo: Justin Hooper will make his first start of the season Tuesday. The sophomore lefty has made two impressive relief appearances, holding opposing batters to a .111 average so far in 2017. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Men’s water polo After the first weekend of competition, two teams from USA Water Polo’s National League have jumped out to undefeated starts. Read more...
Photo: 2016 scoring leader Patrick Fellner led the Olympic Club in its game against the Los Angeles Athletic Club with three goals in regulation and the game-winning five-meter after the game went to penalty shots. USA Water Polo’s National League resumes play in Irvine two weeks from now. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ball-for-ball and stroke-for-stroke, No. 9 UCLA women’s tennis was right in the matches against No. 12 Pepperdine and No. 18 California this weekend. But each time, the Bruins (6-3) were unable to close out their games, dropping them 5-2 and 6-1 respectively. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Ena Shibahara dropped her first singles match in dual-play this season in a UCLA loss to Cal. Shibahara pinpointed her serving and aggressive playing as key to closing out future close matches. (Wesley Hardin/Daily Bruin)
After losing the doubles point against Stanford, coach Billy Martin had a lighthearted message for the team. “I really would have been worried about winning this match had we won the doubles point,” Martin told the players. Read more...
Photo: Junior Austin Rapp has lost his usual doubles partner, senior Joe Di Giulio, to an arm injury for the past four matches. Freshman Ben Goldberg took Di Giulio’s place, but the new duo has only won one match in four tries. (Erin Rice/Daily Bruin)
Few people have personalities that outsize a 6-foot-6-inch, 300-plus pound frame. LaVar Ball is one of them. Call him a loudmouth or a nuisance, but he’s still the root of freshman guard Lonzo Ball’s success. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Lonzo Ball is predicted to go within the first three picks in many mock NBA drafts, but his father’s recent comments comparing him to reigning NBA MVP Steph Curry have drawn criticism. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
With three podium finishes in three events, junior diver Maria Polyakova was named the Diver of the Meet at the Pac-12 championship. Polyakova was instrumental in helping the No. Read more...
Photo: No. 21 UCLA swimming and diving finished in fifth place at the Pac-12 championships. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
