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One of the most highly anticipated matchups of the women's college basketball season is set for this Saturday, as No. 7 USC travels to Hartford, Connecticut, for a rematch against No. 4 UConn at 5 p.m. on Fox. The two powerhouse teams last met in the 2024 Elite Eight, and both enter this game with top 10 offenses and defenses. The Trojans are led by sophomore sensation JuJu Watkins, who is averaging 24.7 points, 3.7 assists, and 2.5 steals per game. Forward Kiki Iriafen has been a force in the...
The UCLA Bruins men's basketball team rallied to defeat the Arizona State University Sun Devils on Saturday Night, 59-47, in a critical victory heading into the men's Pac-12 basketball tournament in Las Vegas. The game was played at Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus in the final regular season game in the Pac-12 for both the Bruins and the Sun Devils. The Bruins are headed to the Big Ten conference next season and the Sun Devils will be a member of the Big 12 conference next season. ASU ended t...
The USC Trojans had lost nine of their last 11 games and were entering a packed house on the UCLA campus of their cross-town rival before a loud, rowdy crowd last Saturday night. The UCLA Bruins had handed the Trojans one of those nine conference losses, a 65-50 embarrassing defeat at the Galen Center, the Trojans home court, a few weeks ago. The Bruins had won eight of their last 10 games and the sellout crowd of 13,659 fans at Pauley Pavilion was expecting a victory from the Bruins. Despite...
The UCLA men's basketball team, coming off an impressive 65-50 victory over the USC Trojans, extended their winning streak to three games with a sweep of the Oregon State Beavers and the Oregon Ducks, winning both games by the identical score of 71-63. In the process, UCLA point guard Dylan Andrews continues to show that he is one of the best players on the team. In the current three game winning streak, Andrews has scored a total of 59 points and has 14 assists. During this three-game streak,...
ATLANTA – UCLA sophomore Adem Bona has been named to the 15-man watch list for this season's Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award, as announced on Thursday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Bona, a 6-foot-10 forward/center from the Ebonyi State in Nigeria, is the only player from the Pac-12 Conference listed among the 15 midseason candidates for the defensive award. This marks the second consecutive year in which UCLA has had the only Pac-12 player listed on the award's midseason watch list. La...
In one of the most important women's basketball games in history between the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans Juju Watkins and McKenzie Forbes fought out of jams and dug their team out of holes. Yet, despite their grit, the USC duo couldn't conjure that final surge to triumph in the packed and buzzing Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. Both of their schools rarely fill half their arenas but on December 30, 2023, UCLA packed the house. They all came to see No. 2 UCLA (12-0) battle No. 6 USC...
LOS ANGELES – UCLA guard Sebastian Mack has secured Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors for the second time this season, as announced on Tuesday afternoon by the Pac-12 Conference. Mack, a 6-foot-3 freshman from Chicago, Ill., averaged 22.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in the Bruins' two home games last week. He scored a team-leading 27 points in a loss to CSUN on Tuesday, Dec. 19, and followed that effort with a team-high 17 points against Maryland last Friday evening. Mack has scored i...
For the first time in a long time, the UCLA Bruins were on the verge of losing on their home court. The University of California at Riverside (UCR) Highlanders trailed 55-44 with 8:27 left at the TV timeout on Thursday, November 30. The Highlanders rallied, taking the lead in the last minute of the game and had a 65-64 lead with ten seconds remaining in the game. Bruin's sophomore guard Dylan Andrews then saved the day. With 9.5 seconds left in the game, Andrews took the in-bound pass and went c...
LOS ANGELES - She is a modern-day Rembrandt painting in vivid hues through a remarkable streak at the start of this season. JuJu Watkins is weaving a narrative that's turning heads. For the fifth time in seven games Watkins has scored 30 points or more for the 7-0 Lady Trojans basketball team. Last Sunday, the No. 6 ranked Southern California team cruised to an 89-58 victory over San Diego, led by the phenomenal Watkins. She's already etched her name in USC lore, surpassing the legendary Lisa...
UCLA women's basketball star Charisma Osborne announced last Tuesday that she is returning to UCLA to play her fifth season with the Bruins....
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...
The Lady Bruins basketball team is dancing their way into the Sweet 16 after they beat Sacramento State and Oklahoma last week at Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. Now they have a date with the No. 1 team in the nation, South Carolina at 11 a.m. on Saturday. South Carolina is 34-0 and UCLA is 27-9. On November 29, of last year South Carolina beat the Bruins by nine points but both teams have improved since that date. UCLA appears to be ready for the challenge against one of the best women's...
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....
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...
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 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...
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...
The UCLA men’s basketball program has received a signed National Letter of Intent (NLI) from high school senior Sebastian Mack, as announced on Wednesday by Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach. Mack, a 6-foot-3 combo guard from Las Vegas, Nev., becomes the third high school player during the early signing period to sign with the Bruins, joining 6-foot-8 guard/forward Brandon Williams from New York and 6-foot-10 forward/center Devin Williams (no relation) from Lake Elsinore, Calif. “Sebastian is an explo...
To the surprise of many, UCLA Bruins freshman basketball forward Peyton Watson was selected with the No. 30 overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft. Watson was the last pick of the first round of the NBA draft that was held last Thursday, June 23rd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Watson became the Bruins' 42nd all-time former player to get chosen in the NBA Draft's first round. UCLA leads the Pac-12 in total NBA Draft picks (122) and most first-round selections (42). Watson, a 6-foot-8...
