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Mick Cronin is familiar with improbable postseason runs. The Bruins’ coach is just three years removed from following a first-round exit in the Pac-12 tournament with the second First Four to Final Four run in March Madness history ..read more
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21h ago
This post was updated March 13 at 9:50 p.m. LAS VEGAS – Dylan Andrews entered this season with a whole new weight of expectations. The guard is a freshman learner turned veteran leader, quickly assuming point guard duties from longtime facilitator Tyger Campbell ..read more
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21h ago
LAS VEGAS – Heartbreak and Sin City. It’s a match made in Bruin hell. Last season, the occurrence was two-fold. Arizona ended UCLA’s Pac-12 tournament run two weeks before Gonzaga killed its national title hopes, both at T-Mobile Arena ..read more
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This post was updated March 18 at 9:41 p.m. Endings give way to new beginnings. The Bruins’ middling season – in which they went 11-11 against Pac-12 opponents across the regular and postseasons – came to a close with a two-point loss in Las Vegas on Thursday ..read more
Daily Bruin » Men's Basketball
1w ago
UCLA men’s basketball is preparing for its final two regular-season games – including its last Pac-12 rivalry game against No. 5 Arizona – and No. 7 UCLA women’s basketball is heading to Las Vegas for its last Pac-12 tournament ..read more
Daily Bruin » Men's Basketball
1w ago
Question marks have surrounded both UCLA men’s basketball and No. 7 UCLA women’s basketball since before either of their seasons started. As the former enters the last two games of its regular season and the latter prepares for a conference tournament featuring five other ranked teams, some of those questions still linger ..read more
Daily Bruin » Men's Basketball
1w ago
The missing part of Mick Cronin’s formula has lain in Adem Bona’s hands all season. Keeping the sophomore forward/center – who averages 3.6 fouls per game – on the floor to catalyze the offense has been a repeated area of import for the fifth-year coach ..read more
Daily Bruin » Men's Basketball
1w ago
This post was updated March 10 at 10:27 p.m. “Go,” Mick Cronin yelled from the bench, attempting to spark the offense. Brick after brick, the Bruins only scored six points – one 3-pointer from junior guard Lazar Stefanovic – across the first 10 minutes of the second half ..read more
Daily Bruin » Men's Basketball
1w ago
The multiverse is a theory that explains the existence of other universes beyond the observable one. In another universe, guard Sebastian Mack is playing at Florida State ..read more
Daily Bruin » Men's Basketball
1w ago
This post was updated March 13 at 10:04 p.m. The conference’s best defender resides in Westwood, again. UCLA men’s basketball sophomore forward/center Adem Bona won Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year on Tuesday morning, marking his second conference award after earning Freshman of the Year last season ..read more