CARY, N.C. “”mdash; It’s one thing when an opponent is just better. It’s something entirely different when they’re just lucky. And it’s downright scary when they’re both. Read more...

ANAHEIM “”mdash; At least for one half, reality set in for UCLA as it reverted to last-season form for a national television audience and former coach John Wooden to see. Read more...

What do you expect from this UCLA basketball team? For the past few seasons, the answer was: Expect anything. A few victories over No. 1 teams, and a few losses to the EA Sports All-Stars. Read more...

Chris Roberts, the so-called “Voice of the Bruins,” grew up in the very same area where his voice echoes throughout each UCLA football and basketball game.    “I’m a Southern California guy,” Roberts said. Read more...

Trying to prognosticate the future of Bruin men’s basketball two games into the season is always a little dicey, but especially for this team. Who would have guessed, after two games, that last year’s squad would end up losing 19 games and missing the NCAA tournament? Read more...

Much has been made of the 2003-2004 UCLA men’s basketball team. Los Angeles-area writers, talk show hosts and television personalities have made a head coaching position in Westwood look about as appealing as extracting teeth from a lion or being Jabba the Hutt’s dinner. Read more...

Ben Howland walked into the post-game press conference beaming. But it wasn’t so much because he had just coached the UCLA basketball team to an exhibition win, judging from his opening comment to the media. Read more...