With UCLA out of the picture, I had no rooting interest in Selection Sunday. Still, I had to get my bracket fix and give the Bruins a chance to compete somehow. Read more...

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Say what you will about Steve Lavin, but he sure can make an exit. After months of dominating the local sports landscape, Lavin finally left our collective consciousness for good over the weekend when his latest Houdini act simply ran out of magic. Read more...

The most action the UCLA seniors saw in their final home meet was during the post-meet ceremony in their honor. Onnie Willis, Doni Thompson, Carly Raab, Kristin Parker and Malia Jones were honored in a memorable ceremony after Sunday’s meet. Read more...

How it happened is pretty clear. Why it had to happen, well, that’s the question that won’t go away for a long, long time. The Bruins had a Staples Center crowd of 16,689 completely stunned for the second day in a row. Read more...

The Ray Young story seems to never get old. The senior, who until seven games ago was headed for a UCLA career defined by disappointment, has emerged as the leader on a team which had played most of 2002-2003 like a bunch of followers. Read more...

It was two and a half hours that seemed more like a surreal rags-to-riches Hollywood movie than a basketball game. And at the end, when Ray Young jumped up and down, arms reaching to the sky, and T.J. Read more...