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Answers (cont.), Part XX (198 clicks)
After watching Darren Collison have the ball slip out of his hands for a backcourt violation in the Texas game, I'm going to ask you one more time if you're seeing this trend...
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Answers, Part XIX (184 clicks)
Does Chow script his first 10 or so plays like some do?
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Answers, Part XVIII (185 clicks)
Here is the 18th set of answers: I don't think Craft will make it to the half before being knocked out of the game. has Forcier seen an increase in snaps this week?
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Answers, Part XVII (211 clicks)
Here is the 17th installment: I know it is early, but how is UCLA doing with the 2010 Oaks Christian kids? Nick Montana, Eric Koehler, Cassius Marsh, Malcolm Jones, Zach Stout, and Alani Fua.
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Answers, Part 16 (184 clicks)
Calling No. 16. Calling No. 16: Tough question, but who's the football MVP?
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Answers, Part XV (188 clicks)
Group No. 15, now boarding: Do we have any silent verbals? I am told of one, but I cannot divulge who it is. ...Let the speculation and rumors begin, especially on the recruiting web sites.
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Answers, Part XIV (180 clicks)
Here is set No. 14: Which brand of basketball does UCLA use and is there a standard for the Pac-10?
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Answers, Part XIII (179 clicks)
Here is Lucky 13: Is there any way you can see UCLA bringing back Eric Scott in some capacity? He seemed to help a great deal in regards to recruiting.
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Answers, Part XII (169 clicks)
Is DT Tyler Stockton visiting for sure?
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Answers, Part XI (169 clicks)
Here is the 11th installment: Do you have any ROUGH guesstimate as to when ground will break in the Pauley renovation?
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Answers, Part X (158 clicks)
Here is the 10th set: Do you see any event(s) that could change the admission dept's academic requirements for athletes? i.e. annually bad FB team? pressure from big donors? Chancellor intervention?
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Answers, Part 9 (168 clicks)
Here is the ninth set: What's one player out of those that redshirted who you think could have made a significant contribution to the team this year?
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Howland on Texas (173 clicks)
Here is my game story from UCLA's hoops loss at Texas, and the audio of coach Ben Howland meeting with the media afterward.(audio)
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Answers, Part VIII (167 clicks)
With my feet back at home after a quick trip to Austin, I'm going to start some rapid-fire answer segments, beginning with the eighth set: Why does Bell continue to get the majority of the carries?
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Answers, Part V (182 clicks)
Here is the fifth set
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Answers, Part IV (189 clicks)
Here is the fourth set
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Answers, Part III (162 clicks)
Here is the third installment
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Answers, Part II (181 clicks)
Here is the second set of answers
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Texas outlasts UCLA, 68-64 (182 clicks)
They go scoreless in the last 2:28 and can't stop Abrams, who scores Texas' final six.
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Glimpses (169 clicks)
Tydides writes: Let me get this out of the way. I hate losing. Watching our guys come up short absolutely sucks. But honestly, I think this is the first time I got a real glimpse of what these team is capable of becoming. We have always talked about potential, but so far on the season we’ve only seen it in moments.
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So Much Room For Improvement (156 clicks)
Even though I believe that in the grand scheme of things we were going to be ok, no matter what transpired tonight, every loss stings. Our number 9 Bruins lose a tough, hard fought game against the number 8 Horns in another nail biting game.
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Texas proves to be too much for UCLA to handle (137 clicks)
In the final 90 seconds, the Bruins veterans scramble then squander their last chances.
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No. 12 Bruins Drop Road Test at No. 8 Texas, 68-64 (159 clicks)
UCLA went scoreless the final 2:28 as Texas' A.J. Abrams scored the Longhorns' six decisive points in a 68-64 decision Thursday.
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Vets Keep It Close But Bruins Still Fall in Texas (146 clicks)
By Bruin Basketball Report Box Score UCLA kept the game close but couldn't pull it out in Austin as the Texas Longhorns beat the Bruins for the second consecutive year, 68-64, in a Pac-10/Big 12 Hardwood Classic match-up.
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Texas wins (138 clicks)
Texas survived a slew of 3-point attempts in the final minute by UCLA and defeated the Bruins 68-64.
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Studious Bruins (159 clicks)
Finals week begins next week at UCLA, but the basketball players are already dealing with them. Wing Josh Shipp took two finals since UCLA arrived in Austin on Wednesday evening. Power forward James Keefe took a final, and all five freshman have a 15 page paper due Monday, but with a game Sunday and traveling to Austin this week, much of the work was done Wednesday and prior to today's game. [end text]
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Hoops update (142 clicks)
UCLA freshman guard Malcolm Lee is suffering from flu-like symptoms, but he is expected to play. [end text]
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Offense stalls in UCLA loss to Texas (141 clicks)
Offense relying too much on perimeter play, Bruins coach Howland says after defeat.
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Bruins can't stop A.J. Abrams in road loss (214 clicks)
Longhorns guard scores 31 points to lead the way as UCLA shows glimpses of what it might become but can't close the deal. Darren Collison leads the Bruins with 22 points.
Reporting from Austin, Texas -- A few more points. Two or three fewer breakdowns on defense.
UCLA almost pulled off a big win Thursday night, going into a hostile arena and taking eighth-ranked Texas down to the wire.
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Looking for identity (165 clicks)
Greetings from Austin, Texas, folks, where I walked off the plane to a balmy 37 degrees this morning. It's early in the hoops season, and Bruins center Alfred Aboya said that means teams are trying to find an identity, UCLA included.
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Tough road tests for UCLA, USC hoops (189 clicks)
USC's Trojans and UCLA's Bruins are back in a national ESPN2 Thursday night basketball doubleheader, but they won't be the headliners.
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Bruins, Longhorns to butt heads (182 clicks)
No. 12 men’s basketball team hopes to keep Texas at low shooting percentage with focus on defense
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Bruins face a Texas-sized test. (166 clicks)
Longhorns are an aggressive, athletic team. But at least they don't play a zone. Final exams begin at UCLA next week, but the basketball players face their first big test tonight.
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UCLA vs. Texas - Game Preview (206 clicks)
The young Bruins travel to Austin to face the No.8 ranked Texas Longhorns on Thursday. It will be the team's first road game of the year on an opponent's home floor. This is the second year of the Pac-10/Big 12 Hardwood Series.
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UCLA men's basketball gets a Texas-sized test (169 clicks)
UCLA lacks an inside scoring threat, is yet to establish its perimeter game and running motion offense has not gone particularly well.
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Ben Ball Gameday Roundup: Testing Time (118 clicks)
So our huge triple header week – Ben Ball v. Texas , Soccer Final-4 v. UNC & Southern Cal – gets officially started tonight in Austin .
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Howland previews Texas (204 clicks)
Coach Ben Howland previewed the Longhorns and discussed how they've changed from last year. Howland also talked about the development of his highly touted freshman class.
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USC, UCLA Tonight on ESPN 2 (222 clicks)
LA's two Pac-10 teams have tough TV challenges tonight against a pair of higher-ranked Big 12 teams in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series starting with the unranked USC's (5-1) visit to No. 6 Oklahoma (6-0) in Norman (4 p.m., ESPN2) and the nation's top player, 6-foot-10 Blake Griffin, averaging 25.7 ppg and a stratospheric 19.2 rebounds.
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Importance of hoops (162 clicks)
Here is the audio of coach Ben Howland's weekly press conference.
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No. 9/12 UCLA Travels To Austin To Face No. 8 Texas (182 clicks)
No. 9/12 UCLA (4-1) travels to No.8 Texas (5-1) to face the Longhorns in Frank Erwin Center on Thursday, Dec. 4. The game will tip-off at 6:05 p.m. (Pacific) and will be televised live on ESPN2 and ESPN360.com.
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UCLA-Texas matchup could pay off in March (205 clicks)
It seems like eons until the NCAA men's basketball selection committee locks itself in a conference room in Indianapolis and begins formulating the bracket for March Madness.
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Ben Ball Roundup: Preparing For A Big Game (154 clicks)
How big is the game against the Longhorns tomorrow night? Per Coach Howland Bruins are taking on a squad that is talented enough to win the Big-12 conference and end up in the Final-4: "They're a team that would not surprise me at all if they were playing in Detroit (in the Final Four) in April," Bruins coach Ben Howland said.
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Shipp's elbow (165 clicks)
UCLA senior wing Josh Shipp showed up at today's media session with a neoprene sleeve on his shooting elbow. He said it was a fashion statement, and his elbow wasn't bothered him, but I tend to think otherwise. [end text]
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Josh Shipp is UCLA's new designated defender (182 clicks)
Coach Ben Howland is giving Bruins' senior swingman the assignment of guarding the opponent's top offensive threat, at least for now. The last few seasons, UCLA assigned the likes of Russell Westbrook , Arron Afflalo and Cedric Bozeman to guard the other team's top scorer.
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Westbrook an NBA starter already (204 clicks)
Westbrook, 20, who started over fellow former Bruin Earl Watson, scored 12 points and added five rebounds, four assists and two steals as the Thunder snapped a 14-game losing streak by defeating Memphis, 111-103.
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UCLA in Anaheim (157 clicks)
I wrote about it last week, and it was officially released today that UCLA men's basketball will play in the 76 Classic next November in Anaheim. The games will be played Nov. 26, 27 and 29. The rest of the field was announced today and contains Texas A&M (Big 12), West Virginia (BIG EAST) Long Beach State (Big West), Clemson (ACC), Butler (Horizon), Minnesota (Big Ten) and Portland (West Coast).
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Bruin Recruiting: Prep News Roundup (12/1) (201 clicks)
Updates on UCLA men's basketball recruits.
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Holiday, UCLA building confidence (185 clicks)
UCLA 89, Florida International 54 Freshman Jrue Holiday scores 20 points in a rout.
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Bruins pound FIU, 89-54 (138 clicks)
Freshman guard Jrue Holiday scored 20 points to lead No. 13 UCLA to an 89-54 rout of Florida International on Saturday night.
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Bruins bounce back with win over FIU (155 clicks)
After a disappointing performance in New York City, the Bruins returned to Westwood and endured a tough week of practice.
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More on the defensive end (203 clicks)
Got defense? Then you've got playing time in Ben Howland's system. But, bigs James Keefe and Alfred Aboya can't play the entire game. Howland wants some of the freshmen to step up on the interior defense. Here's some thoughts from Howland:
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Defense is the difference (161 clicks)
UCLA's defense, which held Florida International to three field goals in the first half and just 13 points, was much improved Saturday. ``I thought we did better job staying in front of the ball,'' Ben Howland said.
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Up next: Texas (192 clicks)
UCLA lost to Texas 63-61 last year at Pauley Pavilion and travels to Austin to play the Longhorns on Thursday. Saturday's win was a big confidence booster for the Bruins, especially on the defensive end, with such a big game on tap.
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