Whicker: No more minutes for Aaron Holiday, or chances for UCLA
UCLA’s Aaron Holiday (3) shoots against St. Bonaventure’s Matt Mobley (2) during the first half of a First Four game of the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Dayton,...
View ArticleUCLA basketball legacy bruised after First Four loss
Less than half an hour after UCLA learned its postseason destination Sunday, a reporter asked head coach Steve Alford what it means to “carry on the legacy and tradition UCLA has” with the NCAA...
View ArticleUCLA men’s basketball season in review: Year goes awry in China, ends early
The season seemed cursed from before the opening tip. Kick-started by a pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses shoplifted in a waterfront town in China, UCLA’s season included a bizarre presidential Twitter...
View ArticleUCLA basketball signs Moses Brown, Tyger Campbell, waits for final piece of...
Steve Alford couldn’t have asked for a better selling point when trying to lure five-star center Moses Brown. The path for a 7-foot-2 center from New York City to Westwood was blazed more than 50 years...
View ArticleVideo: Steve Alford takes blame for UCLA’s loss to Belmont
Head coach Steve Alford talks about what led to UCLA’s 74-72 loss to Belmont on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion, why he believes he mismanaged the practice schedule this week and what his team can do from...
View ArticleReports: Steve Alford to be fired by UCLA
Steve Alford called Saturday’s 15-point loss to Liberty “one of the most disappointing games” he’s had in his 28-year coaching career. It may be the coach’s final undoing at UCLA. According to multiple...
View ArticleWhicker: UCLA needs a new hoop coach, and maybe someone new to find him
The Wasserman Football Center and the Mo Ostin Basketball Center stand majestically on the south side of campus, twin towers of student-athletic extravagance. Now that another coach has gotten the big...
View ArticleLakers’ Lonzo Ball wants Earl Watson as next UCLA coach
EL SEGUNDO — The only Bruin on the Lakers has an opinion on whom the next UCLA basketball coach should be. Lonzo Ball said after Wednesday morning’s shootaround that he would like to see Earl Watson, a...
View ArticleUCLA men’s basketball team still reeling after Steve Alford’s firing
WESTWOOD — The somber mood inside the Mo Ostin Basketball Center on Wednesday didn’t match the cheery blue and gold on the walls. Inside, UCLA addressed the media for the first time since head coach...
View Article5 burning questions for UCLA men’s basketball entering Pac-12 play
New year, new problems for UCLA. The Bruins fired their head coach on New Year’s Eve in the midst of a four-game losing streak, leaving just three days to regroup for Thursday’s Pac-12 opener against...
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