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SAN FRANCISCO – Aaliyah Jordan was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week and Megan Faraimo hauled in Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors for the third straight week, the conference office announced Monday afternoon. The No. 3 UCLA softball team has now received a Pac-12-leading nine weekly awards so far this season. Six different Bruins (32-4, 8-3) have been recognized which is tied for the most in a single season for UCLA (2008, 1997). This marks Jordan's second Pac-12 Player of the Week award o...
UCLA senior pitcher Megan Faramino is 15-2 this season with 136 strike-outs and a stingy ERA of 1.36 in 92.2 innings pitched. The Lady Bruins are currently 29-4 overall and 6-3 in the Pac-12 Conference. They face a very good Stanford team at home on Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. They also play Oregon State at home on April 6, at 5 p.m., April 7, at 6 p.m. and April 8, at 1 p.m...
HOUSTON – UCLA senior Jaime Jaquez Jr. has been honored as the Lute Olson National Player of the Year, as announced on Thursday by CollegeInsider.com. Jaquez Jr. was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year earlier this month, having finished his senior season with averages of 17.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. He ranked second in the Pac-12 in scoring (17.8 ppg), fourth in steals per game (1.5) and fifth in rebounding (8.2 rpg). Jaquez Jr., a 6-foot-7 guard/forward from Camarillo, Calif., has b...
LOS ANGELES-Greg Brown, an accomplished defensive mind who has coached in the NFL, Pac-12, SEC and Big Ten, has been named a senior defensive analyst, head coach Lincoln Riley announced today (March 22). "We're thrilled to bring Coach Brown onto our staff," said Riley. "With a coaching career that has spanned five decades and experience in both college football and the NFL, he will bring a wealth of knowledge to our program." Throughout his collegiate coaching career, he has been a part of 12...
The UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, behind 24 points from forward Jaime Jaquez Jr., held on to defeat the Northwestern Wildcats, 68-63, to clinch a berth in the West Region Semi-finals of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The Bruins will meet the Gonzaga Bulldogs on Thursday, March 23rd in Las Vegas. This is the third consecutive appearance for the Bruins in the Sweet 16 and improves their overall record for the season to 31-5. The Bruins easily defeated their first-round opponent, UNC As...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Redshirt senior Megan Faraimo on the No. 3 UCLA softball team has been named NFCA National Pitcher of the Week, the organization announced Tuesday morning. This marks the second time in Faraimo's career she has received the major weekly award (first: Feb. 18, 2020). Faraimo, who was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week on Monday, led UCLA (27-3, 4-2) in the circle to both of its wins over No. 10 Washington last weekend. The Oceanside, Calif. native totaled 10 strikeouts and 1...
The UCLA men's basketball team, despite a tough loss in the Pac-12 Tournament final, has earned a No. 2 seed in the West Region of the 68-team NCAA Men's basketball tournament. The Bruins, winners of eleven national championships, are in pursuit of a 12th title. No school in the country has won more NCAA men's basketball championships than the storied Bruin basketball program. The Bruins won the regular season title in the Pac-12, but injuries to defensive stars Jaylen Clark and Adem Bona left...
In what felt more like a celebration in Westwood, the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team defeated the Arizona Wildcats last Saturday night at Pauley Pavilion, 82-73. The victory completed a weekend sweep of the Arizona schools. Last Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins defeated the Arizona State Sun Devils, 79-61. The victory over the Wildcats was the 10th consecutive win for the Bruins and their 24th win in the last 26 games. The Bruins won the Pac-12 regular season conference title...
Boogie Ellis, USC's leading scorer will be in action along with the rest of the Trojans when they in the Pac-12 Tournament this week in Las Vegas....
UCLA junior Jaylen Clark has been selected as one of 10 semifinalists for this season's Naismith Men's Defensive Player of the Year Award, as announced on Tuesday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Clark, a 6-foot-5 guard from Riverside, Calif., is the only player from the Pac-12 Conference listed among the 10 semifinalist candidates for the defensive award. Clark has been a vital part of the Bruins' Pac-12 Championship team this season, averaging 13.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and a Pac-12-leading 2.57 steals per game. He has played in 28 of the Bruins'...
For the first time in a decade, the storied UCLA Bruins men's basketball team has won the Pac-12 regular season conference title after they defeated the Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder, 60-56 last Sunday. The victory gave the Bruins a three-game lead over the second place Arizona Wildcats with two games left to play. The Wildcats were upset on Saturday by the Arizona State Sun Devils on a 60-foot buzzer beater, 89-88. The Bruins were led by star forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. who scored 17 points and...
It is long overdue. The UCLA Bruins men's basketball team continued closing in on their first regular season conference title since the 2012-2013, sweeping the Stanford Cardinal and the California Golden Bears at Pauley Pavilion this past weekend. The first place Bruins lead the second place Arizona Wildcats by 1.5 games and two games in the loss column, with four games remaining. The Bruins defeated the Cardinal on Thursday night, 73-64, behind 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists from star...
Today, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the 15 members of the Werner Ladder Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year late season watch list. For seven of this year's candidates, this isn't the first time they've vied for the award. Chris Collins (Northwestern), Mick Cronin (UCLA), Sean Miller (Xavier), Nate Oats (Alabama), Matt Painter (Purdue), Kelvin Sampson (Houston) and Shaka Smart (Marquette) are all previous candidates, with Sampson and Smart making the late-season list just last year. Ca...
The USC men's basketball team has five game remaining on their regular season schedule to try to improve their record in the Pac-12 and move closer to the top. At press time, (Wednesday) the 9-5 Trojans were in fourth place behind first place UCLA (11-2), second place Arizona (11-4) and third place Utah (10-5). They face Stanford on Saturday at 7 p.m. at home at the Galen Center. The Trojans have relied on their senior duo of Boogie Ellis and Drew Peterson but if they want to move up in the...
UCLA redshirt junior Maya Brady has been selected as the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I NFCA Player of the Week for her performances at the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament last week. The organization announced the honor Tuesday morning. Brady opened her 2023 season going 13-for-16 with 13 RBI and four home runs in her first six games to help the Bruins to a 6-0 start to the year. In that stretch, Brady tied a 24-year-old UCLA record with 10 consecutive base hits after going 4-for-4 with...
The USC men’s basketball team has five game remaining on their regular season schedule to try to improve their record in the Pac-12 and move closer to the top. At press time, (Wednesday) the 9-5 Trojans were in fourth place behind first place UCLA (11-2), second place Arizona (11-4) and third place Utah (10-5). They face Stanford on Saturday at 7 p.m. at home at the Galen Center. The Trojans have relied on their senior duo of Boogie Ellis and Drew Peterson but if they want to move up in the Pac-...
Fourth-year UCLA head coach Mick Cronin has been named as one of 15 candidates for the 2023 Werner Ladder Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year Award, as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Cronin, the Michael Price Family UCLA Men's Head Basketball Coach, has guided No. 4-ranked UCLA to a 22-4 overall record and a 13-2 Pac-12 record, through 26 games. The Bruins have won five consecutive games, including a 73-64 victory against Stanford on Thursday night. UCLA won 14 consecutive games...
The USC women’s volleyball team has hired Spencer McLachlin as an assistant coach, head coach Brad Keller announced on Wednesday, Feb. 8. “I am excited for the addition of Spencer to our volleyball family,” said Keller. “I truly believe that he will have an immediate impact with our program on multiple levels and that he will help elevate us to the next level. He is a proven coach, an amazing mentor to young student- athletes, and one of the most innovative minds we have in the sport of volleyball. I’m excited to have him on our side of the ne...
The UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team got just what they needed this past weekend. After back-to back losses on the road to Arizona and USC, the Bruins returned home for games at Pauley Pavilion against the Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars, bouncing back from the losses with a much-needed sweep of the visitors to hold on to first place in the Pac-12. The Bruins defeated the Huskies on February 2, 70-61, using a stiff first-half defense to build a lead that they never r...
Ever since the announcement that UCLA and USC were leaving for the Big Ten Conference, the rumors of the possible demise of the Pac-12 have swirled around the conference. Well, it appears that the reports of the death of the Pac-12 have been greatly exaggerated. The Pac-12 conference is very much alive and they are attracting some of the best quarterbacks in the nation. According to the 247sports.com football recruiting rankings, the Pac-12 ended up with six of the top 30 football schools in...
Freshman sensation Adem Bona and the UCLA men's basketball team are beginning to look like a group that will be playing deep into March. The Bruins extended their winning streak to 13 games after back-to-back home wins over the Utah Utes and the Colorado Buffs. With the two victories, the Bruins moved to No. 5 in the nation in the AP rankings. The Bruins are 16-2 for the season and 7-0 in the Pac-12 conference. The Bruins defeated the Utah Utes, 68-49 on Thursday Night at Pauley Pavilion in...
In a game that matched a Big Ten power, the Penn State Nittany Lions, against the Pac-12 conference champions, the Utah Utes, the Nittany Lions used big plays on offense to defeat the Utes 35-21 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The Rose Bowl game, which is traditionally played on January 1 of each year, was moved to January 2nd to accommodate the NFL and for people who go to church on Sunday. The Nittany Lions used six big plays of 20 yards or more to win the game. On their first scoring drive...
The long-awaited official seal of approval finally arrived on Wednesday, with the UC Board of Regents approval of the move of UCLA athletics to the Big Ten Conference in the fall of 2024. The UCLA Bruins athletic teams will spend the 2023-2024 season in the Pac-12 and that will be their last season in the Pac-12. The vote was 11-5 to allow the Bruins to move to the Big Ten. UCLA Athletic Director Martin Jarmond released a statement after the Board’s decision: “We’re excited to join the Big T...
USC quarterback Caleb Williams has been named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, the award presented annually to college football's most outstanding player, today (Dec. 5). Williams hopes to join the impressive fraternity of Trojan greats who have earned the award before him: Mike Garrett (1965), O.J. Simpson (1968), Charles White (1979), Marcus Allen (1981), Carson Palmer (2002), Matt Leinart (2004) and Reggie Bush (2005, later vacated). In addition to USC's six official Heisman winners,...
UCLA guard Amari Bailey has earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors for the second consecutive week, as announced on Monday by the Pac-12 Conference office. Bailey, a 6-foot-5 guard from Chicago, Ill., averaged 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in UCLA's two Pac-12 wins last week. In addition, he shot 66.7 percent from the field through both contests (14-for-21) and connected on 2 of 3 attempts from 3-point territory. Bailey scored a team-leading 19 points, including 15 in the first...
