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Weekly Answers, Pt. 2 (74 clicks)
Check after the jump for this round of Answers...1) Are you as impressed as I am with how articulate some of these 17-18 year olds are? I'm super impressed with Owa. I look forward to watching him over the next 3-4 years.
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Weekly Answers, Pt. 1 (60 clicks)
Check after the jump for this round of Answers...1) Do you expect football recruiting to be the same next year with little emphasis on early signings, or do you expect more commitments earlier?
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Danger Signs: UCLA's Problems Under Ben Howland Run Deep (123 clicks)
By BruinBlueA good deal deeper than Nikola Dragovic, who is a terrible player, but who will mercifully be gone soon. Deeper than James Keefe, who tries, but who inexplicably got worse in four years. Deeper than Malcolm Lee, who has flashes of talent, but who spends every day thinking of how to get out of here. Deeper than Bobo Morgan, who is a cheerful mediocrity; or Jerime Anderson, who is actually painful to watch; or even Drew Gordon, who took off seven games into the season.
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Cal Game shots (20 clicks)
This will be more obvious when I repost with the processed pictures, but this photo was taken at 11:45, an hour and change before tipoff. ML was in Pauley practicing before *I* got there, and I gotta give him props for it.
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For one group of fans, USC-UCLA is a religious experience (30 clicks)
A long-ago prank at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo led to a long-term commitment to the Bruins-Trojans basketball showdown. A long-ago prank at St. John's Seminary at Camarillo led to a long-term commitment to the Bruins-Trojans basketball showdown.
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Bruin Recruiting: Prep News Roundup (2/8) (53 clicks)
Prep News Roundup is published every Monday. Commits No. 1 Mater Dei 111, Servite 36: Tyler Lamb led the Monarchs with 19 points (20-1, 7-0) in the road victory. OC Varsity 2/2 Terrence Jones led Jefferson of Portland to a 42-39 victory over Joshua Smith's Kentwood...
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Nelson suffers concussion in loss (33 clicks)
Freshman forward Reeves Nelson said he suffered a concussion on his first touch of the game, but told trainers he was fine and continued playing."Me and the big guy (Markhuri Sanders-Frison) head-butted the first time I got the ball," Nelson said. "The doctor said it was a concussion so I'm going to have to be out for a few days.
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The Early Words: UCLA falls to Cal (17 clicks)
A sneezing two-week old kitten.A puppy on Prozac.A baby lamb struggling to take its first steps.Answer: What are things meaner than the UCLA men's basketball team?The Bruins once again struggled to put their foot down, once again refused to keep a big lead, once again looked on helplessly as a struggling team righted itself and left them in the dust.UCLA watched an 11-point lead turn into a 7-point deficit in just eight minutes to close the first half, and Cal cruised down the stretch to a 72-58 win at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday afternoon.
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More Game Photos From Thursday, With Dance Team Bonus Pics. (39 clicks)
There definitely appear to be some mixed reviews from the last night's game vs Stanford. The people who went to the game seemed to view it far more favorably than those that watched on tv. I think ultimately, the reason for the optimistic view from those in attendance is because, for once this year, the crowd was actually really into the game (at least down the stretch).
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Pimping Sunshine? My thoughts on this UCLA basketball team (30 clicks)
Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been following this blog since its very nascent stages, and am very impressed with the growth and the always increasing quality of the discussion here. I have many times thought that I should actually create an account here and begin to contribute to the discussion myself, but for whatever reason I decided to maintain my lurker status. I'm not sure what has sparked this sudden change of heart, but I recently decided to create an account, and so here I am.
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Center Court: UCLA Basketball (v. California) Open Thread (5 clicks)
Woooo!!! How excited are we to watch the battle for the first place in Pac-10!! Can hardly contain myself here as I am about to head out in almost three feet of snow out to my local bar to watch this game (not kidding). I have no idea why I am doing it considering the last time I went to that bar (for a game on CBS) we got pummeled by Arizona. Then again if this team was worth the superstition, then I'd stay away from the bar. Not this year.
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Hoops Game Day Roundup: Angry Bears Looking For Vengeance In Pauley (8 clicks)
It would help if Malcolm Lee plays more like a pitbull (on both ends of the court) than a poodle. Let's start with a quick follow up on the bruhahahah over Malcolm Lee's twitter who fired off what clearly appeared to be a shot against Ben Howland's scheme at UCLA, right after his team's close victory over a bad Stanford basketball team. While the tweet was deleted within couple of hours, there has been no explanation and no followup tweet from Malcolm. So as of right now that tweet pretty much speaks for itself in terms of how the supposedly the best player in UCLA's backcourt feels about his head coach's game schemes.
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Our Tyler: the ultimate Bruin Warrior. (17 clicks)
Our Tyler: the ultimate Bruin Warrior.GO BRUINS.
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Poor James Keefe. (10 clicks)
Poor James Keefe. Only if he had gotten himself in trouble with the law (including wrapped up with allegations of beating his girlfriend) TWICE, never bothered or made an effort to play any defense (getting torched game after game forcing his coach to change defensive schemes just to HIDE him as a weakness), grew a pathetic beard, jack up one brick after another to shoot his team out of big games, he too could have averaged more than 30 minutes a game.
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"When we get big leads, we kind of get too comfortable, then they start to chip away at it," UCLA... (8 clicks)
"When we get big leads, we kind of get too comfortable, then they start to chip away at it," UCLA freshman forward Tyler Honeycutt said. "We think we can just turn it on when we want, and we haven't been able to do that. We need to keep the pressure on them." What Happened To "40 Minutes"?
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Bad Poetry In Westwood: What Howland Needs To Do To Salvage The Season He Has Been Wasting At UCLA (12 clicks)
Tired of excuses, apologies and coach-speak. Let's tie up a loose end on home page before going to some scattered hoops reflections on this wasted season (yes, it is a wasted season barring a miracle run in the conference tournament which is not going to happen). Malcolm Lee attempted to explain his much discussed tweet from Fri, which only raised even more questions:"They said you're trying to stir stuff up, and I was like, ‘No,'" Lee said Saturday. "That's just a phrase from the poetry I've written called, ‘Muzzle.'
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Ben Ball Poodles Look Pretty Early But Predictably Collapse In Pauley (6 clicks)
Well hello there everyone. Get used to a new addition for our lexicon. Ben Ball Poodles. At least yours truly will be using that to refer to Ben Howland's mentally soft and IQ challenged basketball "team" for rest of this. The final score was not surprising because we all saw this coming. Mike Montgomery's Cal Bears decided to show up the play today instead of taking our BBPs for granted, and as a result predictably ran away with it on our home court at Pauley.
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[UPDATE] UCLA Guard Malcolm Lee Appears To Blast Ben Howland On Twitter (29 clicks)
UPDATE (N): The tweet below has now been deleted. No explanation yet. Also I would note the overwhelming majority of his previous tweets were all about basketball.This was posted on Malcolm Lee's twitter just 12 hours ago: Needless to say this raises a lot of questions about the UCLA basketball program under Ben Howland. What is going on over here?
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Ben Howland Squandering Away A Vast Reserve Of Goodwill At UCLA (8 clicks)
I feel like a broken record, because it is the same problem week after week. That is why I am constantly amazed when people start to get excited about this team. They are what they are, they have proven what they are, and they won’t get any better or any worse. They are a .500 team, capable of putting together decent games, but incapable of putting together the consistent play needed to truly be a winner.
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Baffled Bruins continue to get home-schooled (10 clicks)
After a 72-58 loss to California, they can't explain their woes at Pauley Pavilion, where they are 9-5 this season. After a 72-58 loss to California, they can't explain their woes at Pauley Pavilion, where they are 9-5 this season.
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Up next for UCLA: Feb. 14 at USC (5 clicks)
The Trojans humiliated the Bruins, 67-46, on Jan. 16. Up next AT USC Feb. 14, 7 p.m., Prime Ticket The Trojans humiliated the Bruins, 67-46, on Jan. 16. UCLA shot only 33% in that game and was outrebounded, 37-22. USC has swept UCLA only four times since 1942, the last being in 2004
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UCLA doesn't do mean, finishes lean in loss to Cal (4 clicks)
A sneezing two-week old kitten.
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UCLA Wilts Under Pressure, Bows to Cal (5 clicks)
UCLA (11-12, 6-5) barely had a chance to experience first-place in the Pac-10 before dropping right out of it with a 72-58 loss to California (15-8, 7-4) at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. For about the first nine minutes of the game, the Bruins...
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Fast start turns into big fall for UCLA (4 clicks)
What's the best way to turn a 14-point lead into a 14-point loss?Ask UCLA.The Bruins began Saturday afternoon's Pac-10 showdown with Cal at Pauley Pavilion by doing everything right. They stormed to a 14-point lead over the Golden...
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UCLA basketball: Golden Bears maul Bruins, 72-58 (5 clicks)
UCLA saw what it takes to remain a Pacific 10 Conference contender. California showed it to the Bruins. The Golden Bears shook off a slow start, then zoomed past the Bruins for a 72-58 victory at Pauley Pavilion this afternoon....
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Report: Reeves Nelson suffers concussion (9 clicks)
Freshman forward Reeves Nelson suffered a concussion on his first touch of the game, according to Jon Gold of the Los Angeles Daily News.Nelson said the injury occurred when he and California center Markhuri Sanders-Frison collided early in the first half."The doctor said it was a concussion, so I'm going to have to be out for a few days," Nelson said. "I was lying to the trainers just to stay in the game. Obviously, I didn't play as well as I would have liked but I tried to stay in there for the team.
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Hot-shooting California too much for UCLA (7 clicks)
UCLA's stay atop the Pacific 10 Conference turned out to be temporary.UCLA's promising 14-point lead midway through the first half was short-lived too, as California stormed back and rolled to a 72-58 win at Pauley Pavilion.That's a 28-point switch, for those of you scoring at home.
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Loss to USC was turning point for UCLA (7 clicks)
The 67-46 defeat was the most lopsided to the Trojans since 1945. The Bruins have now won four of their last five games and are in a four-way tie for first place in the Pac-10. The 67-46 loss was the most lopsided to the Trojans since 1945. The Bruins have now won four of their last five games and are in a four-way tie for first place in the Pac-10.
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California guard Patrick Christopher tries to make ALL the numbers count (6 clicks)
The senior from Compton averages 16.2 points, seventh in the Pac-10. But on a Cal team with several other scoring options, including fellow guard Jerome Randle, Christopher focuses on playing a well-rounded game. The senior from Compton averages 16.2 points, seventh in the Pac-10. But on a Cal team with several other scoring options, including fellow guard Jerome Randle, Christopher focuses on playing a well-rounded game.
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