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  • News For Thursday, January 07, 2010
  • News For Wednesday, January 06, 2010
  • Brian Price headed to NFL (31 clicks)
    The Pac-10's defensive player of the year announced his expected decision Wednesday after consulting with his father, coach Rick Neuheisel and NFL experts who believe he could be a first-round pick.
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  • UCLA Football: The Six Best Wins Of The Decade (66 clicks)
    Let's be honest and face facts, folks: The first decade of the 21st century was a very mediocre one for the UCLA Bruins football program. That was a difficult thing to say, being a loyal alumnus and a dedicated member of Bruin Nation, but it is also the truth.
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  • More Bay Area Trip Notes: Monty's Candid Observations On Bruin "D" & "The Overlooked Factor" (78 clicks)
    It is still unbelievable to me that the Bruins are 15 point underdogs tonight against California Bears. Remember the Bears are playing without their dependable and solid backup pg Jorge Gutierrez, and yet they are still favored by that much over Howland's Bruins.
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  • Goodbye Brian: We Will Miss You (34 clicks)
    Well this is now reallly official official. As you can see from the picture above Brian Price, our all world defensive tackle had a press conference this afternoon during when he officially announced about his decision to forgo his remaining college eligibility and make himself available for the upcoming NFL draft.

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  • Bruins Open 2010 Men's Volleyball Season at Santa Barbara Invitational (27 clicks)
    The UCLA men's volleyball team opens the 2010 season at the 46th Annual Santa Barbara Invitational Thursday.
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  • Football. Brian Price Opts For NFL (31 clicks)
    UCLA junior All-America defensive tackle Brian Price and family thank head coach Rick Neuheisel, who supports decision to opt for NFL.
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  • New Men's Basketball Ticket Offer (43 clicks)
    UCLA Athletics announces new Bruin Kids Days for the remainder of the 2010 Men's Basketball home schedule.
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  • UCLA Hosts California & No. 2 Stanford (29 clicks)
    UCLA (9-4, 2-0) owns the longest current win streak in the Pac-10 at four games after sweeping the Arizona schools on the road last weekend. The Bruins now return home to Pauley Pavilion to host California on Friday and #2-ranked Stanford on Sunday.
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  • Bruin Swimming & Diving Set To Host First Home Meet At Spieker Aquatics Center (30 clicks)
    The Bruin swimming and diving team will host its first home meet in the Spieker Aquatics Center on Friday as Kansas and Fresno State will face off with UCLA in a double dual in the pool beginning at 1:00 pm.
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  • UCLA's Price officially enters NFL Draft (40 clicks)
    UCLA junior defensive tackle Brian Price finally announced what everyone had been expecting. Price said Wednesday that he will forego his final season of eligibility with the Bruins and enter the NFL draft.
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  • Where is the Price right? (22 clicks)
    Brian Price says he's hearing he'll be a first-round NFL draft pick. Asked where he expects to go, Price said: ``Of course I want to be a first-rounder. I'm going to train like I'm a first-rounder. At the end of the day, we'll see.''
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  • Price is right? (27 clicks)
    Brian Price said he's made the right decision to enter the NFL draft. ``I've got that feeling,'' he said. ``I think I'm ready.''
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  • Price on his decision (22 clicks)
    ``It's been a very difficult decision to make, but I've decided to forgo my senior season at UCLA,'' Brian Price said. ``I'd like to thank coach Rick Neuheisel for giving me the opportunity to play.
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  • It's official (22 clicks)
    Brian Price just announced at a press conference at UCLA that he's skipping his senior season and entering the NFL draft. It wasn't surprising at all, but nonetheless, he made it official.
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  • UCLA's Brian Price set to declare for NFL draft (35 clicks)
    UCLA junior defensive end Brian Price announced on Wednesday that he plans to skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft.
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  • 2010 UCLA Women's Golf Outlook (31 clicks)
    The 11th edition of Coach Carrie Forsyth's UCLA women's golf team continues a tradition of excellence in pursuit of the program's third NCAA championship with a combination of veteran leadership, outstanding experience and plenty of talent.
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  • Kim Hamilton Anthony Pens Memoir Unfavorable Odds (27 clicks)
    UCLA Hall of Fame gymnast Kim Hamilton Anthony has written a memoir, Unfavorable Odds. Hamilton Anthony will have a book signing at UCLA's Jan. 9 gymnastics meet against Utah in Pauley Pavilion. The meet is scheduled to start at 4 pm.
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  • UCLA Tennis Teams Nationally Ranked to Start the Season (27 clicks)
    The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its first national rankings of the 2010 season on Tuesday, and the UCLA men's tennis team checks in at No. 4, followed by the Bruin women at No. 12.
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  • Ben Howland Meets The Media (80 clicks)
    UCLA head basketball coach Ben Howland met with the media Tuesday in advance of the Bruins' trip to Northern California for games at Cal and Stanford. The Coach talked about last Saturday's loss to Arizona and some lineup changes for tomorrow's game in Berkeley.
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  • Markel Walker Named UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week (37 clicks)
    Freshman forward Markel Walker (Philadelphia, PA/Schenley HS) of the UCLA women's basketball team was selected as the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for Dec. 28-Jan. 3.
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  • Ben Ball Gameday Roundup: Ill Communication In Howlandwood (66 clicks)
    Well by now everyone knows about Tyler Honeycutt starting tonight's game at Haas Pavilion.The move by Coach Ben Howland caught most of us by (pleasant) surprise and it gives us something to look forward to in what appears to be (at least to me) essentially a hopeless trip to Bay Area this basketball season. From basketball perspective the move should help us because Honeycutt brings more athleticism, defensive intensity and rebounding skills to the table, however, reading through the reports today, there seems to be another issue hovering around the background of this program.

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  • What Makes a Team Bad? (51 clicks)
    A "common excuse" during Dorrell years: playbook was "too complicated". There are usually no easy answers to explain bad football teams as answers are usually more complex than simple excuses such as, "we don't have the talent", "our coaches are bad", "our playcalling sucks", "our team wasn't excited to play", "our coach made a few bad calls", "we did not make the correct adjustments", or in the case of the Raiders, "our owner won't die". I think that most of these are pretty superficial reasons - you can see them on gameday but their is often an underlying root cause.
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  • [Updated] Getting Ready For A Hopeless Trip (50 clicks)
    Over at California Golden Blogs, Avinash goes inside the numbers for UCLA's upcoming matchup against Bears. There is not much in there I can disagree with as he offers up the only bone for UCLA basketball fans: The big thing that could help UCLA is if Jorge Gutierrez can't suit up, which would force Christopher and Robertson into more defensive assignments on the talented Lee and maybe stretch the Cal rotations a little more.
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  • The Pac-10 Football All-Decade Team (70 clicks)
    In the past decade, the Pac 10 has had some outstanding players. Although some have not produced in the NFL, this slideshow will name the top players at each position that played in the Pacific 10 Conference. If you can't remember who's in the Pac 10, I will remind you before we start: Arizona Wildcats Arizona State Sun Devils California Golden Bears Oregon Ducks Oregon State Beavers Stanford Cardinal USC Trojans Washington Huskies Washington State CougarsBegin Slideshow
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  • Howland shakes up the lineup for California game (53 clicks)
    Anderson is benched as punishment after showing up late to see trainer. Lee moves to point guard, and Honeycutt gets his first start. Anderson is benched as punishment after showing up late to see trainer. Lee moves to point guard, and Honeycutt gets his first start.

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  • Up next for UCLA: Wednesday at California (32 clicks)
    Cal features a veteran starting five led by guards Jerome Randle and Patrick Christopher. Cal features a veteran starting five led by guards Jerome Randle and Patrick Christopher.

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  • UCLA basketball: Point guard Jerime Anderson benched (52 clicks)
    UCLA point guard Jerime Anderson will start Wednesday's game against California on the bench, punished for arriving late to an injury rehabilitation session this week. Coach Ben Howland said Malcolm Lee will shift to the point and freshman Tyler Honeycutt...

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  • Rolled Out (26 clicks)
    After Saturday's 77-63 loss to Arizona, Michael Roll said he was not so much shocked by the drastic one-game turnaround - UCLA shot 83 percent from the field in the first half against Arizona State on Thursday and 21 percent in the first half against the Wildcats - as he was disappointed. After reviewing the game film, he was singing the same tune.
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  • Aching Anderson (27 clicks)
    Jerime Anderson said that he was hampered after tweaking his old groin injury late last week, but that it wasn't serious. However, the injury - which sidelined him early in preseason camp - has been nagging him lately, and it's starting to take its toll. "It's really frustrating - there are a lot of good guards in the Pac-10 who I'd like to guard, like to take that challenge," Anderson said.
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  • Howland ON: (20 clicks)
    On Tyler Honeycutt: "Athletically he has a hard time staying in front of the ball right now. His big challenge is going to be defensively, staying in front of the guy he's guarding. He's built so high - he's two-thirds legs and one-third upper body. He really has to get low in his stance to guard people." On what Honeycutt adds: "The one thing he adds to our team is the ability to rebounder. Tyler is a good rebounder.
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  • More on Honeycutt/Anderson (31 clicks)
    UCLA head coach Ben Howland told reporters on Tuesday afternoon that starting sophomore point guard Jerime Anderson would be benched for tonight's game at Cal after showing up late to a scheduled injury rehab session for his left groin. Freshman forward Tyler Honeycutt will move into the starting lineup - his first start of the season - and sophomore guard Malcolm Lee will move from shooting guard to point guard.
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  • Howland ON: (24 clicks)
    On taking responsibility: "I've made mistakes, and ultimately I'm responsible for where we are right now. The key for us to dig our way back out is for us to really play hard and play good defense - zone or man, whatever the scheme is. Really try to be tough." On Jerime Anderson: "He was sore after the ASU game, to the point where he didn't even do the walk-through. Our trainer had been icing and icing it. Then on Saturday he was able to play, and had some soreness afterward. But it's kind of wait and see."
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  • Honeycutt in, Anderson out (27 clicks)
    UCLA head coach Ben Howland told reporters that Tyler Honeycutt would start his first game tomorrow night against Cal, with Jerime Anderson moved to the bench for being late to a rehab session on Sunday. Malcolm Lee will slide to the point guard spot, while Honeycutt will still provide perimeter defense. Honeycutt adds instant size and rebounding, though Lee will have to adjust to playing the point, as he's averaging nearly two turnovers a game.

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  • Howland ON: (23 clicks)
    On what killed UCLA against Arizona: "It was just really poor shot selection. I've watched the games three times, four times, and we really did a poor job. But then they really out-toughed us. They hurt us on the glass in the first half with the 10 offensive rebounds. You look at our rebounding numbers right now and they're really, really subpar from what I'd like to have." On UCLA's defense: "We have some limitations this year defensively because of athleticism.
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  • UCLA to start Honeycutt (37 clicks)
    Freshman forward Tyler Honeycutt will make his first start for UCLA tonight when the Bruins visit Cal. Honeycutt will replace point guard Jerime Anderson in the starting lineup but Malcolm Lee will take Anderson's role. UCLA coach Ben...
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  • UCLA guard Anderson benched for tardiness (24 clicks)
    UCLA coach Ben Howland said Tuesday afternoon starting sophomore point guard Jerime Anderson would be benched for tonight's game at Cal after showing up late to a scheduled injury rehab session for his left groin.
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  • News For Tuesday, January 05, 2010
  • Official visits for this weekend (154 clicks)
    Just got word that the following players are taking their official visits to UCLA this weekend: Erick Dargan Kody Innes Marquis Jackson Ryan Murphy Fred Thompson Chris Ward Wade Yandall Jordan Zumwalt
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  • Bruin Football: On Pace For Steady Progress (95 clicks)
    I want to pick up on the observation Ryan made last night at the very end of his post on next year's schedule. There is no question right now that Bruin football program is on the rise. The issue is though how far we are going to rise next season and whether we will stay on pace to get back to being a program that will regularly contend for Pac-10 titles (and possibly national championships every now and then) by Neuehisel's fifth season in Westwood.

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  • New 2010 Football Schedule: More Exposure For Bruins On National TV (62 clicks)
    When Texas Tech announced that their football game versus Texas in 2010 would be on September 18, there were fears that UCLA's game with the Longhorns would be moved. The date of the clash in Austin, TX could be moved or the year the two teams played could be moved. Well, it is the date that has been moved. Today, UCLA announced their 2010 football schedule and in addition to the Longhorns and Bruins on ABC in prime time, the entire schedule features more national exposure than UCLA has ever had.
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  • "Our lack of defense transformed over to our lack of offense," Lee said. (75 clicks)
    "Our lack of defense transformed over to our lack of offense," Lee said. "When you're playing good defense, that just leads over. I don't know - mental breakdowns, guys missing breakouts - that leads over to the offense. It's not a fact, but I think it plays a mental game on you."
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  • 2010 UCLA Gymnastics Season Outlook (36 clicks)
    The 2009 season may be history, but the lessons learned from that year are not likely to be forgotten and have been serving as an impetus for 2010 since the day the team's season ended back in April.
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  • Amobi Okugo Signs With Major League Soccer (41 clicks)
    Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Amobi Okugo has signed with Major League Soccer as part of its Generation adidas program and will not return to UCLA next season. Okugo will join Bruin seniors David Estrada, Kyle Nakazawa, Brian Perk and Michael Stephens at the adidas MLS Player Combine on Jan. 8-12 at Central Broward Regional Park in Ft. Lauderdale, FL before the Jan. 14 MLS SuperDraft.
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  • UCLA Hits the Road to Face California (58 clicks)
    The UCLA Bruins (6-8, 1-1) travel to the Bay area to face California (9-4, 1-0) on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. The game will be televised live on FSN/FSW and is slated for a 7:36 p.m. (PT) tip-off in Haas Pavilion.
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  • News For Monday, January 04, 2010
  • Instant reaction to schedule change (96 clicks)
    First and foremost, the changes in schedule were all for exposure purposes, and they're, in a word, stunning. UCLA picks up a MAJOR ABC game with Texas and two big ESPN gigs, including a crucial Thursday night matchup with Oregon. Then there's the Friday, day-after-Thanksgiving game. These are the kinds of moves that take teams from also-rans to major players. Even if UCLA loses these games, the visibility rises. Also, however UCLA picks up an extra bye week and a headstart on the Pac-10 schedule, with an early game against Stanford.
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  • UCLA Football Schedule Changed (80 clicks)
    UCLA's football schedule has been drastically rearranged, as the Bruins get a huge jump in television exposure. The biggest game on the non-conference schedule, the date at Texas, has been moved from Sept. 18 to Sept. 25, and will now be shown on ABC.
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  • Lee reflects on Arizona loss (66 clicks)
    After leading UCLA with 15 points in its 77-63 loss to Arizona on Saturday, Malcolm Lee was anything but happy. Lee's points came off porous 5-for-13 shooting, and his five turnovers also led the team. The sophomore guard was frustrated early as the Wildcats man-to-man defense stifled the perimeter, and he finally started to gain some momentum in the second half, albeit too late.
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  • Quick note on Malcolm Jones (88 clicks)
    From Scout.com's coverage of the Army Bowl: "Malcolm Jones had maybe some of the most shining moments. He showed some good cutting ability and got to the secondary on one run, which was probably the most impressive run of the morning practice session."
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  • Weekly Answers, Pt. 3 (116 clicks)
    1) Do you think Malcolm Lee will bolt for the NBA after this season?
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  • Weekly Answers, Pt. 2 (103 clicks)
    1) During the recruiting process, Howland must have known than Gordon was "fiery" or "emotional," while Gordon must have known that Howland was no-nonsense and controlling. What made them think it would work, and why did it go so wrong? - Blue Bruin Neither side is completely honest in the recruiting game. It's a game - usually one person wins and one person loses. Very rarely is it 100 percent beneficial for both sides. In this case, they both lost.
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  • Weekly Answers, Pt. 1 (120 clicks)
    1) When will that huge commit make it public? - Bruinword With the dead period ending today, UCLA will get right back in his ear and could seal the deal pretty soon, if things continue on track.
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  • Bruin Recruiting: Prep News Roundup (1/4) (91 clicks)
    Prep News Roundup is published every Monday. Commits Mater Dei advanced to the final with an 86-49 victory over Tustin. Gary Franklin Jr. and Tyler Lamb each had 19 points. Foothill ousted Anaheim Canyon in the other semifinal. LA Times 12/30 Foothill stayed with Mater Dei...
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  • TROJANS GO F*CK THEMSELVES (58 clicks)
    USC Assumes The Mercenary Position: The Pro-jan Basketball team gets bent over and pounded from behind by a self-imposed spanking, as Southern Cal FINALLY admits that they paid a player, but only in an effort to save the Football program from getting Screwed to Death by the NCAA Yeah, just call it the University of Self Control. [...]
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  • Pac-10 and UCLA Announce 2010 Football Schedule (54 clicks)
    Changes to the 2010 Pacific-10 Conference football schedule were announced today by the conference office and several affect UCLA's 2010 schedule. The changes were made primarily to gain additional television exposure for the conference.
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  • UCLA Bests No. 19 Arizona State 74-56 (34 clicks)
    UCLA (9-4,2-0) led from start to finish and earned a 74-56 win over 19th-ranked Arizona State in a Pac-10 conference women's basketball game on Sunday afternoon in Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe. Freshman forward Markel Walker led the way for UCLA, which has now won four straight games, with a career-best 24 points.
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  • A 2009 Analysis Of UCLA Football: Progress Made (70 clicks)
    Alright, after concluding their 91st season of football, let's take a look back and anaylze the 2009 UCLA Bruins season. A 3-6 record and an eighth place finish in the PAC-10 Conference, which included five straight losses in October.
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  • Time Out(s): Broncos Show Major "Disrespect" For The Chiefs (42 clicks)
    Need to switch up to football because I can't believe this hasn't been brought up on BN yet. So how many of you guys took in the NFL action yesterday. And I am talking about the game between the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs yesterday afternoon over at Mile High. Surprised gbruin our other BNers from Colorado haven't alerted us to this yet.
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  • GULP: If you have the stomach for it, then go back read "Cover Boys" (58 clicks)
    GULP: If you have the stomach for it, then go back read "Cover Boys" and our excitement around freshman class of 2009. That was just a little more than a year ago.
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  • A Losing Basketball Season Will Never Be Acceptable At UCLA (45 clicks)
    During yesterday's discussion I mentioned multiple times that a losing season will never be acceptable at UCLA. I wanted to offer up some numbers from other coaches to back up that assertion. First of all going into this season the expectations were fairly modest. This was reflected during our podcast and its accompanying comment thread on November 11 right here on BN.
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  • Two Major Questions Surrounding Howland and the Future Viability of our Basketball Program (65 clicks)
    Howland with this year's senior "leadership" - Photo via SB Nation Well folks, I'm going to follow up my earlier effort on CBH and his recruiting, with a couple of datapoints and then throw the discussion to all of you. There's no doubt that something is wrong with our basketball program. It's been one of the most discussed topics here on BN the last month or so.
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  • Howland Needs To Find His Team (The One That Plays "Ben Ball") Again (41 clicks)
    Let's relieve these sequences again: Those moments are imprinted in our memory banks for rest of our lives. Those were the moments that symbolized the essence of a Howland coached basketball team. A team the foundation of which would be based on defense, passion, intensity and most importantly HEART. In the world of college athletics it is all about heart.
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  • News For Sunday, January 03, 2010
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  • UCLA basketball: Bruins lose to Arizona (64 clicks)
    It took UCLA until halftime to wake up in a morning game against Arizona, and that was way too late as the Bruins fell, 77-63, at Pauley Pavilion. Most of the damage was done in a sluggish first 20 minutes....

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  • A cold, cold day (51 clicks)
    As hot as UCLA shot in the first half of its 72-70 win over Arizona State on Thursday, hitting 83 percent from the field and 80 percent from behind the 3-point line, the Bruins discovered how the other half lives on Saturday morning at Pauley Pavilion against Arizona. Apparently, the other half lives in a desolate wasteland of sorrow, no sun creeping through the clouds, dreary, bleak, cold. UCLA slept through the first half of a 77-63 loss to the Wildcats, only awakening to take off-balance shots, hitting just 5-of-24 from the field for 20.8 percent.
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  • Howland...and the zone? (37 clicks)
    A day after turning his personal history on its head and employing a 2-3 zone defense in a 72-70 win over Arizona State on Thursday, UCLA head coach Ben Howland reiterated that it was not part of a grand conspiracy or a wholesale change in his basketball strategy. But UCLA fans are happy to know that the Bruins have added it to their repertoire, as they prepare for today's 10 a.m. matchup with head coach Sean Miller's struggling Arizona Wildcats. "We may use it again," Howland said during a conference call with reporters on Friday. "We may use it (today). But I honestly had no plans to use the zone going into the game. I did see the first 15 minutes of our game, and the zone definitely helped us and against certain teams we'll use it again." Traditional Pac-10 powerhouses UCLA and Arizona have fallen on tough times this season, each team at 6-7, though the Wildcats have lost their lone conference game, to USC on Thursday. Each team has been forced to tinker with its system. In the Bruins' case, that means an upheaval to Howland's traditional man-to-man defense. Howland, however, quickly shot down the notion that Arizona State was simply shell-shocked against UCLA's zone defense; he simply thinks his team executed well. "They've seen plenty of zone, I think our guys did a good job in it," Howland said. "Eventually they started to attack it better. I'm just glad it gave us a lift when we went to it." The Bruins moved into the zone defense midway through the first half, as the Sun Devils were executing precision perimeter passing and seemed to be a step ahead of UCLA. The player seemingly most affected by the switch was Arizona State's Rihards Kuksiks, who had 15 points in the first half and zero in the second. UCLA senior guard Michael Roll said although the team did not devote much practice time to the new defense, the players were committed to being vocal on the floor. "We kind of know where everyone is at all times," Roll said. "They ran Kuksiks corner to corner, but we were talking about where he was if he was cutting middle. We knew where all their shooters were and we got out on them."
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  • Heating Up? (21 clicks)
    UCLA senior forward Nikola Dragovic credited the extra time he's been able to put in the gym during the winter break for spurring his recent hot streak, as he has increased his scoring average by nearly two points per game over the last three games. After scoring just 63 points in UCLA's first eight games - with a low point coming on an 0-for-9, zero-point performance against Mississippi State in a 72-54 loss on Dec. 12 - Dragovic has averaged 17 points per game in the team's three-game winning streak.

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  • Hoping for more Honeycut (24 clicks)
    Fans clamoring for more of Tyler Honeycutt on Thursday night were missing a key bit of information: Howland told the media on Friday that Honeycutt was sick and was limited in his minutes; he played just 11 against Arizona State, after 27 minutes against Delaware State on Dec. 27.
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  • Keefe Returns (23 clicks)
    Playing his first game since dislocating his shoulder against New Mexico State, UCLA senior forward James Keefe contributed 12 minutes, missing his only shot attempt but picking up two blocks and two rebounds. "He's limited by how many minutes he can play and how many in a row he can play," Howland said. "It was good to have him back. He had no problems, he was good today."

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  • Arizona hands UCLA its first Pac-10 loss (35 clicks)
    The Bruins shoot only 21% in the first half and never recover in a 77-63 loss to the Wildcats.

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  • UCLA, Arizona share struggles and young lineups (28 clicks)
    The two schools have winning histories but are each 6-7 this season, relying heavily on underclassmen. The two schools have winning histories but are each 6-7 this season, relying heavily on underclassmen.

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  • UCLA football remains on target (97 clicks)
    UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel used his best salesmanship last spring and summer to convince his players that they could improve on the 4-8 record, which still hung around their necks from the 2008 season. It must have worked as the Bruins returned to the...
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  • UCLA basketball coach Howland not fully committing to zone (29 clicks)
    A day after turning his personal history on its head and employing a 2-3 zone defense in a 72-70 win over Arizona State on Thursday, UCLA coach Ben Howland reiterated it was not part of a grand conspiracy or a wholesale change in his basketball strategy.
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  • Bruins can't shoot early or defend, get clawed by the Wildcats (42 clicks)
    In this week's podcast, I did predict a split of this weekend's series with the Arizona schools, only I got the victorious opponents mixed up. The Bruins follow up Thursday's gutwrenching victory over Arizona State with a 77-63 defeat at the hands of Arizona that never really felt that close. The Bruins fall to 6-8 for the season, and 1-1 in the Pac-10. Here is the box score. At one point late in the 2nd half, the CBS crew described the game as a story of two half's for the Bruins.
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  • That is our Derrick Coleman pitching in to assist in the restoration of Andrew Wilson Elementary... (43 clicks)
    That is our Derrick Coleman pitching in to assist in the restoration of Andrew Wilson Elementary School in New Orleans, La., on Dec. 31. The school has been closed since 2005 after the building was flooded during Hurricane Katrina but is expected to reopen in January. Coleman participated in the volunteer project alongside 19 other collegiate football players who comprise this year's Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, which recognizes student-athletes for their charitable involvement and community service contributions.
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  • Bruins Fall To Wildcats, 77-63 (35 clicks)
    Kyle Fogg scored a career-high 25 points, Jamelle Horne added 17 and Arizona defeated UCLA 77-63 on Saturday to salvage a split on its opening Pac-10 road trip. The Wildcats (7-7, 1-1 Pac-10) lost by six points at Southern California on Thursday. But they took command early against the Bruins in a game that began at 10 a.m. to end their two-game losing skid.
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    UCLA (8-4, 1-0) will play at #19/17-ranked Arizona State (8-4, 0-1) on Sunday at 2 p.m. Mountain/ 1 p.m. Pacific. The Bruins bested Arizona 67-58 on New Year's Day and ASU lost to the Trojans 60-56. UCLA has now won its last three games.
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