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It has been reported that Clippers forward Blake Griffin suffered a broken hand from punching a member of the team's training staff in a restaurant in Toronto on the team's current trip. The following is a joint statement from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and President of Basketball Operations and Head Coach Doc Rivers: L.A. Clippers forward Blake Griffin suffered a spiral fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his right hand throwing a punch on Jan. 23 in Toronto. This conduct has no place in...
The USC men’s basketball team moved into a tie for first place in the Pac-12 when they beat UCLA 89-75 last week at UCLA. One of the main reasons they were able to defeat the Bruins was the play of freshman Chimezie Metu. Against the Bruins Metu, who played for Lawndale high school last year, made eight out of 10 shots while scoring 21 points. Some of the moves he made against the Bruins would make an NBA scout smile. He also recorded eight rebounds and he leads the team in block shots this season with 32. “He is learning the college gam...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The UCLA men's and women's basketball teams are playing competitive basketball in leagues where on any given night the last place team can beat a top team. The league is that competitive. The UCLA men found that out during their first weekend of Pac-12 play when they lost to Washington and Washington State. After starting 0-2 in the Pac-12 the Bruin men turned their fortunes around when they swept the Arizona schools last week. Their 87-84 thrilling victory over...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The USC men’s and women’s basketball teams are a combined 28-5 at press time. For any school that’s a great record but for USC it’s surprising. The men are 14-3 and the women’s record is 14-2. Known as a football school, this year it looks like the Trojans can add basketball to that label. In Pac-12 play the men are 3-1 which is good enough for second place and the women are 2-2 and in seventh place but only one game away from being in second place. Both teams are coming off impressive wins last weekend....
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The UCLA Bruins and USC Trojan men’s basketball teams hope their home courts will provide that extra push into the victory circle this week when they take on the Arizona schools. Last weekend their trips to the University of Washington and Washington State proved to be a disaster for both schools. The Bruins played Arizona last Thursday and will face Arizona State on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The Trojans played Arizona State last Thursday and will battle Arizona on Saturday at 4...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The season is still early but the USC men and women basketball teams are a combined 18-3 to start the 2015-16 season. The women are 9-0 and the men have a record of 9-3 but the biggest hurdle the Trojans face will be when Pac-12 play starts in a few weeks. All of the men and women teams in the Pac-12 are very competitive this season. The women, who are coached by former USC star Cynthia Cooper, host their own holiday tournament this weekend starting tonight when they face Florida A&M at 6 p.m. at the Galen...
Guards Jonah Mathews and De’Anthony Melton and forward Harrison Henderson have signed National Letters of Intent (NLIs) to play basketball at USC it was announced by head coach Andy Enfield. Mathews, of Santa Monica High, is ranked the No. 70 recruit in his class by ESPN. He was also ranked the No. 72 overall prospect and the No. 1 shooting guard in California by Scout.com. The 6-3, 180-pound guard led Santa Monica to the CIF Southern Section playoffs with his outstanding shooting and all-around game. Mathews comes from a basketball family a...
Point guard Lonzo Ball of Chino Hills High, regarded as the No. 1 basketball recruit in California, has chosen UCLA. Some professional scouts believe Ball is likely to enter the NBA draft after one season with the Bruins. He is the most heralded of several players who are coming to UCLA next season....
DATE DAY OPPONENT TV INFO SITE TIME (PT) Nov. 13 Friday San Diego PAC-12 Galen Center 5:00 P.M. Nov. 16 Monday ^Monmouth PAC-12 Galen Center 7:00 P.M. Nov. 21 Saturday New Mexico PAC-12 Galen Center TBD Nov. 23 Monday CSUN PAC-12 Galen Center 6:00 P.M. Nov. 26 Thursday vs. Wichita State (^AdvoCare Invitational) ESPN2 Orlando, Fla. (HP Fieldhouse) 11:00 A.M. Nov. 27 Friday vs. Alabama/Xavier (^AdvoCare Invitational) ESPNU/ESPN3 Orlando, Fla. (HP Fieldhouse) 11:30/9 A.M. Nov. 29 Sunday vs. Dayton/Iowa/Monmouth, Notre Dame (^ACI)...
West Los Angeles College has hired Anthony Jones as as the new head coach for men's coach of mens basketball. Coach Jones brings more than 20 years of experience to West. He has coached basketball on a variety of levels including high school, travel, AAU, professional, community college and at the university level. Most recently, Jones spent six years as an assistant coach at Cal State University, San Bernardino; three of which were in the capacity of Head Assistant Coach. Jones helped lead the Coyotes to post season play in each of the...
Two former UCLA basketball players have been named to the all-summer league first team at the recently completed event in Las Vegas. Kyle Anderson of San Antonio, who averaged 22 points per game and Norman Powell of Toronto were honored. DeAngelo Russell, the Lakers’ first round draft choice, didn’t make the team. He had problems with turnovers throughout the week...
The USC men's basketball team has announced its schedule for the 2015-16 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 September 1 when television assignments are finalized. USC returns all five starters from last season's team and its young and talented squad features just one senior. In addition, USC has added two top-60 recruits in forwards Chimezie Metu and Bennie Boatwright. The Trojans will open their regular season with a home...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor John Wooden guided UCLA to 10 national championships and there’s a solid case that he’s the greatest coach in college basketball history. But if you’re a fan of Mike Krzyzewski your man is building a solid case too. When Duke defeated Wisconsin, 68-63 in the NCAA Championship game Monday night it was Krzyzewski’s fifth national championship in his record 12th appearance in the Final Four. And this was one of his best coaching jobs. Even with spectacular freshma...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor When John Wooden was coaching 10 UCLA basketball teams to national championships there was no ESPN. Times have certainly changed. Now the schools best identified with the network rule college baskrtball. The conferences that have Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky etcetra have a big advantage in recruiting. High school stars want to be seen nationally, getting the exposure that will help them be recognized by NBA teams. That's the reality of the situation. Steve Alfo...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor UCLA’s loss to Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 last week was the final game for Chris Roberts, who has broadcast Bruin football and basketball for the last 23 years. Roberts recently announced he would retire after the Bruins conclude play in the NCAA Tournament....
By George Laase Special to the Observer Back in 1994, CBS Sports bought the rights to the NCAA men's basketball tournament with an eight-year contract averaging $215 million annually. This month, a single, 30-second TV ad airing during the men’s Final Four will cost the advertiser around $1.5 million. The prospect of selling future advertising during the College Football Playoffs is seen as being so lucrative that ESPN bid more than $5.5 billion over the next 12 years for the rights. As the NCAA coffers continue to balloon, lawsuits are p...
Luke Silverman-Lloyd, a junior guard at Washington University in St. Louis who resides in Culver City, has been named honorable mention on the All University Athletic Association basketball team. Silverman-Lloyd played at Windward High. He made six three-point shots in one of Washington's games and five in another....
The UCLA Bruins were defeated, 8-4, by the USC Trojans in front of 14,688 fans in the finale of the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic on Saturday afternoon. USC freshman starter Mitch Hart (3-0) earned the win, allowing four runs and eight hits over 5.2 innings. UCLA junior Cody Poteet (2-1) received the loss after allowing four runs and eight hits in 3.2 innings. Tyler Gilbert came on in relief to pitch 3.1 innings and earn his first save of the year for the Trojans. UCLA (11-4) finished...
UCLA enters the 2015 season looking to bounce back from a rough campaign last season which saw the team miss the postseason for the first time since 2009. The Bruins swept three games from Hofstra to begin the season. Despite missing the postseason in 2014 the Bruins' program is at an all-time high having made the postseason in seven of the last 10 seasons including three trips to the College World Series and a National Championship in 2013. This year's squad returns 19 players who were a part...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor I was a young sportswriter, in my 20s when I joined the staff at the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. There was a UCLA background in my family. My brother had graduated from UCLA, and even though I tried to be an objective journalist Bob Boyd, the USC basketball coach, labeled me a Bruin. "We have to make you into a Trojan," he would say. "We can get a psychiatrist to help." It was all in good fun and it continued for many years. Regardless of how many objective...
Armed with one of the top pitching staffs in the nation and five returning position player starters, Vanderbilt is ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball's Fabulous 40 NCAA Division I pre-season poll. UCLA is ranked 10th. Defending national champion Vanderbilt features four Louisville Slugger pre-season All-Americans including RHP Carson Fulmer (7-1, 10 SV, 1.98 ERA, 98 K). The pre-season poll factors in voting by NCAA Division I coaches across the nation, how a team finished last season, returning position player starters and pitchers, potential...
UCLA scored only seven points in the first half of its 83-44 loss to top-ranked Kentucky last Saturday. It was the lowest scoring half in the Bruins’ history. The previous low was 15. The two teams have won the most NCAA men’s basketball championships in history. But this season Kentucky is expected to go through the regular season with few losses, perhaps none. The Wildcats have a 12-0 record with nine McDonalds All-Americans on the roster, most of them expecting to play in the NBA. By contrast, UCLA was the only school in the country thi...
UCLA has begun its 2014-15 basketball season by winning its first three games. The first two are officially exhibition games. The Bruins defeated Montana State, 113-78 and Coastal Carolina, 84-71. They began the regular season by defeating Nicholls State, 107-74. Point guard Bryce Alford, son of Coach Steve Alford, scored 28 points and had 13 assists. Freshman Kevin Looney has had double figure scoring and rebounding in two of the games. Coach Alford, in his second season at UCLA, has asked his team to play at a fast pace. Connecticut is the...
The USC men’s basketball team is once again taking on a competitive schedule for the 2014-15 season and Trojan fans will be able to catch all of the action as every game will be available on television or online and on the USC flagship radio station ESPNLA 710. The Conference television package was released today (Sept. 15) and USC will have half of its 30 regular season games on the Pac-12 Network, 12 games on one of the ESPN family of networks, two games on Fox Sports 1 and one on the CBS Sports Network. USC’s young and talented squad wit...
Heralded UCLA basketball signee Jonah Bolden has been ruled ineligible for the coming season by the NCAA. The 6-foot-9 power forward, a native of Australia, was ruled a partial qualifier after he left Australia after last season had started to play for a high school in Nevada. He will be allowed to practice with the team. The other members of Coach Steve Alford’s Top 10 recruiting class are eligible, including 6-foot-9 Thomas Welch from LA Loyola High....
