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UCLA's Joshua Smith Has Been a Big Disappointment
The biggest Bruin is speaking as if he is small. "This has been embarrassing," he says. The most imposing Bruin is agreeing that he has barely shown up. "I've let my team down," he says...
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Flawed UCLA Falls Short vs. Cal
LOS ANGELES – Twenty-five games into this season, Ben Howland's UCLA Bruins still aren't playing the way he wants them to. They aren't defending for 35 seconds or 40 minutes...
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Howland “Embarrassed” for Stover
UCLA coach Ben Howland on Friday disputed comments by Bruin center Anthony Stover that UCLA wasn’t ready to play before its 85-69 loss at Cal December 31...
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UCLA Basketball: 5 Things to Watch for Against USC
On Wednesday, the UCLA Bruins will participate in a crosstown showdown with their rival, the Southern Cal Trojans...
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2-for-2: UCLA Bruins Russell Westbrook and Kevin Love Are NBA All-Stars Again
For the second year in a row, two UCLA Bruins are NBA All-Stars. (Note how we don’t say “former Bruins.” Once a Bruin, always a Bruin.) And well-deserved, too...
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Bruins' Biggest Takeaway Against Stanford: A Win
UCLA gets a crack at first-place California on Saturday, with the Bruins able to claim they are at least on the fringe of the Pac-12 Conference title race...
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For UCLA, the Math Is Simple, the Task ... Not so Much
Anything below a fourth-place finish in the Pac-12 Conference regular season earns a four-day, four-night package that is anything but a vacation...
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UCLA Basketball: Why the Bruins Can't Win on the Road
For a team that will have essentially played on the road for the entire 2011-12 season, you would expect UCLA to perform much better away from "home...
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No. 1 Pick Muhammad Still Has Eye on UCLA
Shabazz Muhammad walked into the Meruelo Athletic Center on Saturday night and made it his stage. After all, he was the main event. And he acted like it. "I was really comfortable," said Muhammad...
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Joshua Smith Leads UCLA to Road Win
Joshua Smith scored 19 points Saturday, leading UCLA past Washington State, 63-60. David Wear and Lazeric Jones added 15 points each for the Bruins (13-10, 6-5 Pac-12)...
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UCLA Still Searching as Fans Lose Faith
For the past month or two -- pretty much since UCLA dumped forward Reeves Nelson for his continued nonsense -- yours truly has been patiently waiting for the Bruins to finally figure it out...
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Observations from the Collapse in Washington
UCLA blew a 10-point lead in the final six minutes and lost, 71-69, Thursday at Washington, the eighth consecutive loss for the Bruins at Alaska Airlines Arena and the fourth time in five road losses this season that UCLA has let a game get away late...
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UCLA Falls Apart in 71-69 Loss to Washington
Anytime that look shows up on the face of Terrence Ross, Washington Coach Lorenzo Romar knows his sophomore star needs to get shots. That gleam showed up Thursday night...
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UCLA Basketball: 10 Changes the Bruins Must Make to Sneak into the NCAA Tourney
This isn't your father's UCLA basketball program...Your father's Bruins were better. Ben Howland is doing his best to salvage what has been a challenging season...
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UCLA Basketball: Top Players Currently in NBA
The UCLA Bruins basketball program is synonymous with not only success, but with churning out players to the NBA almost annually. A total of 15 former Bruins are currently playing in the NBA, which is tied with Duke for the most out of any college...
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Bruins in the NBA - Week Five
Kevin Love (fourth NBA season with Minnesota Timberwolves, Western Conference/NW Div., 9-11, fifth-place) On Jan. 25, Love signed a four-year maximum extension with the Timberwolves, valued at more than $60 million dollars...
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UCLA Senior Guards Excel with a Little Extra Rest
UCLA Coach Ben Howland used two words to summarize the Bruins' performance against Utah on Thursday. "Senior guards," Howland said...
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John Wooden's Teachings Resonate from UCLA All the Way to Uganda
John Wooden's philosophy, particularly his Pyramid of Success, has helped break down international barriers via sport. In a recent visit to UCLA, Ugandan coaches absorbed his wisdom in a taped lecture...
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UCLA's Staunch Defense Crushes Colorado
It was physical. It was chippy. There were runs. The intensity was high. It felt like a conference game. Saturday's matinee for UCLA against Colorado provided something no other ...
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UCLA Gets Confidence Boost with Win Over Utah
This was a must-see game ... in 1983. It was merely a get-well moment for UCLA on Thursday night. The Bruins and Utah were NCAA tournament news the last time they played, when the Utes pulled off a second-round upset in 1983...
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UCLA Basketball: Why Defense Is the Key to Bruins Turning Around Their Season
Ever since Ben Howland took over the UCLA basketball program, he has aimed to make one word forever synonymous with his tenure: Defense...
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MRI Shows 'No Significant Damage' to Wear's Knee
UCLA sophomore forward David Wear, who hyper-extended his knee Saturday against Oregon, returned to practice Monday, schools officials said...
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UCLA Basketball: What's Gone Wrong with Ben Howland and the Bruins
Ben Howland’s Bruins are in an utter state of flux. Pure and simple. For a program with the history and allure of UCLA, anything short of competing for Pac-12 Championships and making noise in the NCAA Tournament is a complete failure...
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UCLA Basketball: True Void of Bruins' Team That Needs to Be Filled
After losing a close game to a 1-5 Oregon State team on the road, it looked as though UCLA was going to split its road trip to Oregon by overcoming the Oregon Ducks on Saturday on the road...
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Oregon Trip Exposes UCLA's Lack of Mental Toughness
This one will sting for quite some time. It's not just that UCLA lost to Oregon, 75-68, Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena, and it's not even that the Bruins blew a 13-point halftime lead in doing so...




