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The USC men's basketball team hopes the return of Bennie Boatwright will also help the Trojans return to the top 25 rankings in the nation. Victories over the Oregon schools this week should put them back into the conversation as one of the best teams in the nation. The Trojans played Oregon State last Thursday and they battle No. 5 Oregon on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Both games will be played at the Galen Center on the USC campus. The Trojans are currently 20-4 overall and 7-4 in Pac-12 play which...
The No. 10 UCLA men and the No. 15 Bruin women are looking to continue their elite play on the basketball court this week when they take on the Oregon schools. The men will be at home and the women will be on the road again after beating California and Stanford last week in the bay area. The UCLA men, who are currently 21-3 overall and 8-3 in the Pac-12 Conference, played No. 5 Oregon last Thursday and they face last place Oregon State on Sunday at 2 p.m. inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA...
Pac-12 basketball for men and women started this week and if the game between UCLA and Oregon men is any indication this season is going to be a great one. Eleven on the 12 men’s teams have winning records and the one team that is below .500, Oregon State is also a solid team. No. 21 Oregon men beat No. 2 UCLA 89-87 on a last second three point shot by Dillion Brooks last Wednesday to drop the Bruins to 13-1 and 0-1 in Pac-12 play. The game was played in front of a sellout crowd of 12,364 in E...
The Trojans and Bruins men's basketball teams are having dream seasons so far this year but the coaches realize college basketball has a lot of parity around the country. On any given day a team can play one of their best games and beat you. But so far this season both teams are unbeaten. The Bruins are 13-0 and ranked No. 2 in the nation and at press time the Trojans are 10-0 and ranked No. 24 and both teams are enjoying being in the national spotlight. "I am having a lot of fun coaching and...
Don't look now but the USC and UCLA women's basketball teams are duplicating what the men's teams are doing. The UCLA men are 11-0 and ranked No. 2 in the nation and the USC men are 9-0 and ranked No. 24. The USC women are 7-1 and the No. 9 UCLA women are 8-1. The UCLA women have a veteran team that can win games from the outside and inside. They are led by guards Kari Korver and Jordin Canada and forwards Monique Billings and Keli Hayes. Korver is an outstanding three point shooter and Canada...
The UCLA's men's basketball program is back according to the latest national basketball polls. The Bruins climbed nine spots to claim the No. 2 position after their surprising 97-92 victory over No. 1 Kentucky last Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky. The Bruins were led by six players who scored in double figures. Their next game is against Michigan on Saturday at 5 p.m. inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. UCLA will host UC Santa Barbara Wednesday night and will play Ohio State Saturday...
What does the USC men's basketball team have to do to be recognized? The answer is, keep winning. The Trojans are 8-0 and they are coming off a 91-84 victory over BYU last Saturday at Staples Center, yet they are still on the outside looking in college basketball's top 25 rankings. What's really surprising is USC is producing after six of their top players either transferred or left for the NBA before the 2016-17 season started. To add insult to injury one of their best players, sophomore...
The No. 11 UCLA Bruins will travel to play the No. 1 team in the country, the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. The game will be televised on Channel 2. The Bruins are 8-0 and the Wildcats are 7-0. Both teams play up tempo basketball. "This has all the makings of a good national television game," said UCLA head coach Steve Alford after his team ran past UC Riverside 98-56 last Wednesday night at Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The Bruins are averaging 97 points per game and...
How bad was the UCLA basketball team last season? When the season ended Coach Steve Alford returned the money he had been awarded for an additional year on his contract. Yes, the coach was taking the blame for a 15-17 season which included a 10th place finish in the Pac-12 Conference. Yes, we’re talking about UCLA, the school with all those NCAA championships. Crosstown rival USC beat UCLA twice and finished in sixth place. Oregon was the champion. Well, a new season is starting and it’s lik...
The USC men’s basketball team has announced its schedule for the 2016-17 season. Included are all of the nonconference games and the Pac-12 opponent and date windows for games. The Pac-12 schedule is expected to be finalized by early September when television assignments are determined. The 2016-17 Trojans are coming off a 21-13 season and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011. USC returns three starters from that team, including leading-scorer junior Jordan McLaughlin who a...
Former UCLA basketball star Ann Meyers Drysdale has been named Chair of the innovative “Hoops for Youth” program, which enables underprivileged children to attend UCLA basketball games at historic Pauley Pavilion. Meyers Drysdale was a member of the Bruins’ 1978 women’s national championship team. In 1993, she was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “UCLA basketball is in my blood. I know how magical it is to be part of the tradition of UCLA basketball and I want others to have the opportunity to experience that trad...
Third-year USC head men’s basketball coach Andy Enfield, who guided the Trojans to 21 wins and a berth in the NCAA Tournament this season, has had his contract extended through the 2021 season. “We are very excited about the direction of our men’s basketball program under Coach Enfield and the progress that has been made,” said USC athletic director Pat Haden. “We look forward to continued progress and we believe that with this contract extension Coach Enfield will bring stability and success to USC men’s basketball for the long term.” “The...
When the basketball season began last year all four teams from UCLA and USC had high hopes and great expectations. When the season ended last weekend for the UCLA women in third round of the NCAA Tournament two of the four teams felt like they could have accomplished a lot more. The USC men also made the NCAA Tournament but were beaten in the first round by Providence, 70-69. The USC women who started the season 13-0 ended with a record of 19-13 and the UCLA men ended their season at 15-17. The UCLA women and USC men can hold their heads up hig...
The UCLA women’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 bracket of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999 when they beat the University of South Florida 72-67. The game took place last Monday in Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. Last Saturday the Bruins beat Hawaii 66-50 in a first round game that was also played at UCLA. On Monday the Bruins unleashed a pressing defense that held the South Florida Bulls to 34 percent shooting. The Bruins also had a poor shooting night (39 percent) so their defense was the key to the victory. T...
The UCLA women's basketball team will battle the University of Hawaii in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday inside Pauley Pavilion at 3:30 p.m. on the UCLA campus. The Bruins finished the regular season 24-8 and Hawaii is 21-10. UCLA placed fourth in their conference with a record of 14-4 while Hawaii was 12-4 in conference play. Both teams recorded four wins in their last five games but the Bruins appear to be a better offensive team. The Bruins offense is led guards sophomore...
The UCLA women’s basketball team is moving in the right direction at the right time. They have won 11 out of their last 13 games, went undefeated at home and they are the No. 3 seeded team in the Women’s Pac-12 Tournament that started yesterday in Seattle. The lady Bruins will play the winner of the Oregon versus Arizona game at 2 p.m. on Friday. If the Bruins win they will probably face No. 2 seeded Arizona State on Saturday at 6 p.m. in the semi-finals. If they win their semi-final game they will play for the championship on Sunday at 6 p.m...
When the 2015-16 basketball season started both the USC men’s and women’s teams were winning games and their hopes were high. A few months later hope has turned to desperation now that both teams have started losing games. Now they find themselves in must win situations if they expect to make the NCAA Tournament. The women played their first game in Pac-12 Tournament Thursday, March 3 and if they win that game they will face No. 1 seeded Oregon State on Friday. If they advance pass Oregon State they will play a semi-final game on Saturday and...
The No. 14 UCLA women's basketball team will play their final two home games of the regular season this weekend when they host Arizona on Friday at 8 p.m. and No. 9 Arizona State on Sunday at 11 a.m. Both games will be played inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The lady Bruins are 20-7 overall and 12-4 in the Pac-12. If they expect to stay in the top bracket of the Pac-12 and get a high seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament they need to win one of the two games against the Arizona...
The No. 14 UCLA women's basketball team will play their final two home games of the regular season this weekend when they host Arizona on Friday at 8 p.m. and No. 9 Arizona State on Sunday at 11 a.m. Both games will be played inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The lady Bruins are 20-7 overall and 12-4 in the Pac-12. If they expect to stay in the top bracket of the Pac-12 and get a high seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament they need to win one of the two games against the Arizona...
The USC men’s basketball team has come to that NCAA fork in the road. If they win least four or five more games they will make the NCAA Tournament. If they lose four or five games their tournament dreams will probably disappear. They lost their first home game of the year last Sunday, to Utah 80-69. Utah was led by its 7-foot center Jakob Poeltl from Vienna, Austria. He dominated the Trojans in the paint. USC is now 15-1 at home. “I am proud of the team’s effort,” said USC head coach Andy Enfield after the loss to Utah. “Our effort level is...
The UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team is flirting with NCAA Tournament qualifying failure as they travel to Arizona to face the University of Arizona on Friday, February 12, at 6 p.m. on ESPN and Arizona State this Sunday at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU. UCLA is 13-10 overall and 4-6 in the Pac-12. Against Washington State last month and USC on February 4 the Bruins changed their starting lineup hoping to provide a defensive spark. They inserted Jonah Bolden, a 6-10 guard/forward into the lineup to replace senior Tony Parker and the experiment was s...
USC’s men’s basketball team’s 80-61 win over cross town rival UCLA last week proved that the Trojans are for real. For the past few months everyone has been waiting the Trojans to fall back down to earth, but they continue to reach for the sky. They are currently ranked No. 23 in the nation and have an overall record of 18-5, good for second place in the Pac-12 with a record of 7-3. They face another tough test this weekend when they travel to play Arizona State on Friday at 5 p.m. and Arizona at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Trojans need to win both...
USC and UCLA men’s and women’s basketball teams have reached the half way mark in the super competitive Pac-12 Conference. All four teams are keeping their NCAA tournament hopes alive. The USC men are 17-5 overall and are tied for second with four other teams with a 6-3 conference record. The USC women are 16-6 overall and tied for fifth place with 4-6 record in the Pac-12. By next weekend the USC men could be in first place. “We are just trying to get better,” said USC coach Andy Enfield after his win over first place Washington last week. ...
Sports Reporter There are several ways to look at the UCLA men's basketball season. If you look at the Pac-12 standings the Bruins are listed as the 10th place team in the league but if you look at the records of the teams they are actually tied for third. That's how competitive the Pac-12 is this season. UCLA is has an overall record of 12-8 and is 3-4 in the Pac-12. If they expect to keep up with the top teams in the league they must beat Washington and Washington State this weekend on their h...
The USC men’s basketball team is tied for second place with six other Pac-12 teams and they are hoping that a sweep of the Washington schools this weekend will put them back in first place. USC played Washington State on Thursday and will battle Washington Saturday at noon in the Galen Center on the USC campus. The Trojans are 15-5 overall and 4-3 in the Pac-12. Other teams that are 4-3 in the Pac-12 are Arizona, California, Colorado, Stanford and Utah and UCLA and Oregon State are 3-4. Right now there are 10 teams in the league with an o...
