This Go Joe Bruin contributor is rooting for <strong>Steve Alford</strong>, which means a few things to me. First, it means not getting caught ...
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The hiring of <strong>Steve Alford</strong> to run the UCLA men’s basketball program has been met with mixed reactions. To those hoping for a...
No. 6-seed UCLA’s opponent in the "second" round of the NCAA Tourney is the No. 11-seed Minnesota Golden Gophers. Many are picking Minnesota to...
The UCLA Bruins are 25-8, and playing in the Pac-12 Championship Game versus Oregon after a hard, scrappy victory over Arizona, 66-64. The victory was bitt...
Defense won a regular season Pac-12 Championship yesterday. The Bruins' offense was abysmal. UCLA went 1-for-10 from three-point range, shot under 40 ...
Maybe it is rocket science after all? Nah, it’s not. There are certain principles that must be adhered to or acknowledged if a team is to perform consist...
Hey, Shabazz. You seem like a stand-up guy. During the interviews that you’ve done you come across as a thoughtful student of the game of basketball. You...
With one week left in the regular season, UCLA is in a tie for first place with Oregon for the Pac-12 title, thanks to the its victory last night over a re...
The UCLA freshmen continue to rise. LDII has proven to be a fantastic addition to the team whose impact is on par with the young stars. The Wear Twins cont...
The UCLA Bruins face a tough task in their nationally televised matchup versus No. 11 Arizona. The Wildcats were embarrassed at 'SC this week and will...
As expected, the UCLA Bruins defeated USC on Sunday. What wasn’t expected was how relatively handily they beat 'SC. The Bruins entered the game on h...
The Pac-12 Conference Tournament for men's basketball is 2 ½ weeks away. If the season ended today, Oregon would be the #1 seed, Arizona #2, UCLA #3 ...
The Bruins secured a win over a very mediocre Stanford team on Saturday at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto. I’m not one to turn my nose up at a victory, esp...
Wow, did that suck! Want to know an almost sure-fire way to lose to California? Score two points over a roughly seven and a half minute span in the heart o...
I watched the Washington-Oregon game last night, hoping for a Huskies victory. Oregon won, which doesn't help our Bruins, but watching the game itse...
It wasn’t pretty, but UCLA's 59-57 win over Washington was much needed. The victory temporarily stopped the Bruins’ bleeding, but there’s little...
With the second half of the Pac-12 season starting this evening for UCLA, the natives are understandably restless. The Bruins have lost 3 of their last 4 g...
<em>Russell O'Risky continues his "This Ain't Rocket Science" series by examining UCLA's loss to USC on Wednesday night.<...
<p style="text-align: left;">Can the Bruins still win the regular season Pac-12 Conference Title? In a word: no. Oh, it’s theoretically p...
<p style="text-align: left;">UCLA walked into Tempe and laid an egg today. This isn’t Rocket Science. Jacking up jumpers on the road agai...