Chris Smith would be lucky to get selected in this year’s NBA Draft. That’s not a slight on his game – the UCLA men’s basketball junior won Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year and earned a spot on the First Team All-Pac-12 this season. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith averaged career highs in points and rebounds per game with UCLA men’s basketball last season. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
When redshirt senior guard Japreece Dean took the court in No. 10 UCLA women’s basketball’s 67-51 Pac-12 tournament loss against No. 7 Stanford, she didn’t know that contest would be her last as a Bruin. Read more...
Photo: After having her final season with UCLA women’s basketball cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic, redshirt senior guard Japreece Dean looks to the 2020 WNBA Draft. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)
Mick Cronin’s first recruiting cycle ended in the same place it started – with Johnny Juzang. The newly hired coach met with the then-high school junior guard in April 2019 before he reclassified and committed to Kentucky. Read more...
Photo: Coach Mick Cronin led UCLA men’s basketball to a 19-12 record in his first season with the Bruins, breaking his nine-year streak of 20-plus wins. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A month on from the unexpected early end to the Bruins’ season, coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said she will never forget the uncertainty she felt when the team found out the year was over. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior outfielder Aaliyah Jordan hit for a team-high .435 batting average in No. 1 UCLA softball’s abridged 2020 season. The Bruins had been playing for a chance to repeat as NCAA champions before the cancellation of winter and spring sports. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Kyla Ross finished her record-breaking collegiate career with a Honda Sport Award. UCLA gymnastics senior Kyla Ross was presented with the 2020 Honda Sport Award for gymnastics Wednesday afternoon. Read more...
Photo: UCLA gymnastics senior Kyla Ross finished off her career as a Bruin by winning the Honda Sport Award for gymnastics, presented to the top female collegiate athlete of the season. (Mackenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Chris Smith is hoping to take his talents to the NBA. The 6-foot-9, 215-pound junior wing is coming off a breakout season in which he notched career-highs in every major traditional box-score statistic, including 13.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.4 blocks per game. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith declared for the 2020 NBA Draft on April 7. Smith was named the Pac-12 Most Improved Player after leading UCLA men’s basketball with 13.1 points per game this season. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
The Bruins were set to begin their Pac-12 campaign on March 13, with a chance to defend the conference title they won a season ago. But like all other sports at UCLA and across the nation, their season was cut short. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore shortstop Matt McLain led UCLA baseball with a .397 batting average and three home runs through the team’s first 15 games before the season was canceled. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin)
