Stories for UCLA

• Are USC, UCLA recruits different types? Kiffin thinks so
  posted on February 08, 2010 - 11:34:20 pm
  
  
  Sporting News staff reports

  USC coach Lane Kiffin said there's a difference between guys who want to play for the Trojans and those who want to play at rival UCLA.
  

  
  
  
• Judge allows former UCLA player Ed O'Bannon to sue NCAA over images
  posted on February 08, 2010 - 11:25:28 pm
  
  

  SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has green-lighted most of a lawsuit by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon, who alleges the NCAA used the images of student-athletes without permission.
  
  

• California beats UCLA to keep Pac-10 lead
  posted on February 06, 2010 - 03:15:12 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- Theo Robertson and Patrick Christopher scored 20 points each, helping California overcome UCLA's early dominance to earn a 72-58 victory Saturday and retain at least a share of first

  
  
  
• Weak Pac-10 may find NCAA tourney bids scarce
  posted on February 02, 2010 - 02:55:03 pm
  
  
  Associated Press

  Midway through the Pac-10 season, only two games separate the top nine teams.

  
  
  
• UCLA rallies for 77-73 victory over Stanford
  posted on February 04, 2010 - 09:50:03 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- Reeves Nelson scored 18 points and Malcolm Lee hit a pair of free throws with 24 seconds left to preserve UCLA's 77-73 victory over Stanford on Thursday night that kept the Cardinal

  
  
  
• Starting Five: What college hoops teams have disappointed?
  posted on December 03, 2009 - 03:01:08 pm
  
  

  Sporting News college basketball columnist Mike DeCourcy addresses five topics currently in his sport's headlines.

  
  
  
• UCLA pulls away late to beat Oregon State 62-52
  posted on January 30, 2010 - 07:20:14 pm
  
  

  CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Reeves Nelson finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds and UCLA used a late 12-2 run to pull away from Oregon State for a 62-52 victory Saturday night.

  
  
  
• Oregon defeats UCLA 71-66 in overtime
  posted on January 28, 2010 - 10:30:11 pm
  
  

  EUGENE, Ore. -- Tajuan Porter and Matt Humphrey scored 15 points each as Oregon beat UCLA 71-66 in overtime on Thursday night.

  
  
  
• 3-Pointers: Jim Boeheim making Syracuse great
  posted on January 26, 2010 - 03:36:20 pm
  
  

  Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy analyzes what Tuesday's buzz means to college basketball.

  
  
  
• Dragovic, Nelson lead UCLA to 74-62 victory
  posted on January 23, 2010 - 03:25:07 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- Reeves Nelson and Nikola Dragovic scored eight points each during a decisive second-half run that sparked UCLA to a 74-62 victory over Washington State on Saturday.

  
  
  
• Abdul-Hamid's shot sends UCLA by Washington, 62-61
  posted on January 21, 2010 - 10:10:38 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- Seldom-used Mustafa Abdul-Hamid hit a jumper from the top of the key as time expired to lift UCLA to a 62-61 victory over Washington on Thursday night.

  
  
  
• Conference Call: Abbott fueling ASU's streak in Pac-10 play
  posted on January 19, 2010 - 01:44:16 pm
  
  
  
  Each week, Sporting News college basketball expert Mike DeCourcy ranks the BCS conferences—an
  
  
  
• USC posts historical rout of rival UCLA, 67-46
  posted on January 16, 2010 - 07:10:07 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- Dwight Lewis hit five 3-pointers while scoring 24 points, and Southern California rolled to its biggest victory ever at its archrivals' hallowed Pauley Pavilion, beating UCLA 67-46 S

  
  
  
• UCLA kicker Forbath returning for senior season
  posted on January 15, 2010 - 03:05:03 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- UCLA kicker Kai Forbath is returning for his senior season.

  
  
  
• Neuheisel confirms Chow is staying at UCLA
  posted on January 14, 2010 - 09:21:21 am
  
  
  Associated Press

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Offensive coordinator Norm Chow is staying at UCLA, rebuffing overtures from Lane Kiffin to return to Southern California.

  
  
  
• UCLA C Morgan out 2-3 weeks with torn quad
  posted on January 13, 2010 - 05:05:03 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- UCLA center J'mison Morgan will be out for at least two weeks after partially tearing his quadriceps muscle in his right leg during practice.

  
  
  
• Neuheisel, UCLA will benefit from Carroll's departure
  posted on January 11, 2010 - 03:29:46 pm
  
  

  ORLANDO, Fla.

  
  
  
• Stanford holds off UCLA in impressive 70-59 win
  posted on January 09, 2010 - 05:20:03 pm
  
  

  STANFORD, Calif.

  
  
  
• UCLA stuns California 76-75 in overtime
  posted on January 06, 2010 - 10:10:02 pm
  
  

  BERKELEY, Calif. -- Michael Roll picked up a loose ball and scored from 13 feet out with 1.9 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting UCLA to a 76-75 win over California on Wednesday night.

  
  
  
• UCLA DT Price to skip senior season for NFL draft
  posted on January 06, 2010 - 12:05:02 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- UCLA defensive tackle Brian Price will skip his senior season to enter the NFL draft.

  
  
  
• 3-Pointers: College hoops' technical foul rule a travesty
  posted on January 01, 2010 - 01:51:26 pm
  
  

  Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy analyzes what Friday's buzz means to college basketball.

  
  
  
• Fogg leads Arizona over UCLA 77-63
  posted on January 02, 2010 - 12:30:07 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- 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.

  
  
  
• Dragovic, UCLA hold off Arizona State 72-70
  posted on December 31, 2009 - 04:00:03 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- Nikola Dragovic tied career highs with six 3-pointers and 23 points and UCLA held on after blowing nearly all of a 16-point lead to beat Arizona State 72-70 Thursday in the teams' Pa

  
  
  
• UCLA comes back to spoil rare Temple bowl appearance
  posted on December 29, 2009 - 04:55:11 pm
  
  

  WASHINGTON -- Temple's first bowl game in 30 years was ruined by the Bruins.

  
  
  
• A 30-year bowl wait almost over for Temple
  posted on December 28, 2009 - 04:20:03 pm
  
  

  WASHINGTON -- When a school waits 30 years to get back to a bowl game, things such as name, history, prestige and location don't matter much.

  
  
  
• Bowl draft prospects: UCLA's Verner must prove he is an early pick
  posted on December 28, 2009 - 01:01:45 pm
  
  

  Sporting News draft expert Russ Lande and his team of former NFL scouts take a look at some draft prospects playing in bowl games:

  
  
  
• EagleBank Bowl preview: Temple (9-3) vs. UCLA (6-6)
  posted on December 28, 2009 - 12:24:43 pm
  
  
  Sporting News

  Place: Washington, D.C.

  Date: Dec. 29

  Time: 4:30 p.m.

  TV: ESPN

  
  
  
• Conference Call: Stanford heading in wrong direction
  posted on December 28, 2009 - 11:51:58 am
  
  

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• UCLA pulls away from Delaware State for 66-49 win
  posted on December 27, 2009 - 03:30:02 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES, -- Reeves Nelson scored a career-high 21 points and UCLA defeated Delaware State 66-49 Sunday.

  
  
  
• UCLA wins 75-63 over Colorado State
  posted on December 22, 2009 - 10:05:03 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- Nikola Dragovic led UCLA with 17 points as the Bruins went on to defeat Colorado State 75-63 on Tuesday night

  
  
  
• Balanced Notre Dame beats UCLA 84-73
  posted on December 19, 2009 - 01:20:19 pm
  
  

  SOUTH BEND, Ind.

  
  
  
• UCLA paying price for Final Four success
  posted on December 17, 2009 - 02:20:02 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- UCLA is paying the price this season for its three consecutive Final Four appearances.

  
  
  
• Sporting News All-Pac-10 first team
  posted on December 16, 2009 - 11:00:00 pm
  
  
  Sporting News

  Offense

  QB Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon
  RB Toby Gerhart, Stanford
  RB Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State
  WR James Rodgers, Oregon State
  WR Damian Williams, USC

  
  
  
• UCLA's Keefe to miss time with injured shoulder
  posted on December 16, 2009 - 07:40:14 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- UCLA forward James Keefe will miss 2 to 3 weeks while recovering from a dislocated left shoulder.

  
  
  
• UCLA-Temple Preview
  posted on December 16, 2009 - 08:20:02 am
  
  
  STATS Senior Writer

  UCLA passed over Al Golden in favor of Rick Neuheisel when it picked a coach two years ago.

  
  
  
• UCLA beats New Mexico State 100-68
  posted on December 15, 2009 - 09:50:10 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- Malcolm Lee led five players in double figures with a career-high 20 points and UCLA defeated New Mexico State 100-68 Tuesday night to end a five-game losing streak.

  
  
  
• Sporting News All-Pac-10 freshman team
  posted on December 15, 2009 - 09:43:25 pm
  
  
  Sporting News

  Offense

  QB Andrew Luck, Stanford
  RB LaMichael James, Oregon
  RB Chris Polk, Washington
  WR James Johnson, Washington
  WR Gino Simone, Washington State

  
  
  
• Conference Call: Cal recovering from sluggish start
  posted on December 14, 2009 - 03:45:16 pm
  
  
  
  Each week, Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy ranks the BCS conferences — and teams within each lea
  
  
  
• Poor sports? UCLA, USC flaunt etiquette
  posted on November 29, 2009 - 10:45:02 am
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- So what's a bigger breach of football etiquette: Calling a timeout when your opponent is running out the clock with a 14-point lead, or responding to that timeout by throwing a long touchdown pass?

  In the Coliseum and on the Internet, the debate rolled across Los Angeles on Sunday morning after the action-packed final minute of USC's 28-7 victory over UCLA.

  Bragging rights, bowl prospects, two bad offensive performances and the USC defense's rebirth were pretty much all forgotten while everybody parsed the sportsmanship of coaches Pete Carroll and Rick Neuheisel in the waning moments of the Trojans' third straight win in the crosstown showdown.

  "They can't disrespect us like that," said USC quarterback Matt Barkley, who threw the 48-yard TD pass with 44 seconds left.

  "I don't forget much," Neuheisel said.

  The shenanigans even stoked a potential brawl, with both teams edging toward midfield to exchange taunts before calming down. Carroll and Neuheisel both publicly claimed they had no problem with each other's actions - even if almost everybody else picked sides after the coaches exchanged a brief, loveless handshake.

  "It is just the heart of a competitor, just battling," Carroll said. "We just wanted to win the game and have fun. When the moment was there, it wasn't thinking about what (others) might be thinking. You are either competing, or you're not."

  Both teams' competitive fires were fully stoked by the sequence that began when USC stopped the Bruins near midfield on downs with 54 seconds left, preserving a 21-7 lead after Allen Bradford's second TD run a few moments earlier. Barkley then kneeled on the ball - but Neuheisel called the first of his three timeouts, drawing lusty boos from the USC crowd.

  "I was trying to make them punt, and maybe if they run, we cause a fumble," Neuheisel said. "They have their take on it, but I was trying to get the ball back. People can make their own conclusions. ... I don't blame them for doing it."

  USC play-caller Jeremy Bates suggested a long pass, and Carroll eagerly agreed. Damian Williams got loose down the middle, and Barkley hit him for a score.

  "There's still a lot of time on the game clock," Bates said of his reasoning. "They were going to try to stop our running play, so we called a play-action pass."

  Carroll should be particularly sensitive to charges of piling it on after his experience just two weeks earlier, when Stanford curiously went for a 2-point conversion with a 27-point lead in the fourth quarter of a 55-21 thrashing of the Trojans. Carroll claimed he didn't fault Cardinal coach Jim Harbaugh for clearly rubbing it in, even if his fans took great offense.

  "Jeremy had the thought," Carroll said. "I said, 'That's a heck of a call, man."'

  And to think, a timeout in last year's USC-UCLA game was a shining symbol of good sportsmanship. When both teams decided to revive the long-dormant tradition of wearing home jerseys in the rivalry game, officials were forced to take away a timeout from USC, thanks to a since-changed NCAA rule - and UCLA immediately called its own timeout, drawing cheers from the Rose Bowl crowd.

  Almost everybody agreed the taunting and posturing that followed Williams' TD catch and the extra point was in poor taste. The Trojans appeared to start it, although both teams insisted there was no chance of a real fight going down.

  "I don't think it was close," Neuheisel said. "Looking on TV, it could look close, but the bottom line is it doesn't belong in the game."

  With defensive tackle Jurrell Casey doing the most hollering, USC bounced, jumped and shouted in unison on its sideline, moving several yards onto the field with numerous inciting gestures straight at the UCLA sideline. The Bruins then moved well across the middle of the field, where officials and coaches got between the teams.

  "There was a lot of energy going on there," Carroll said. "I wish it didn't go like that, though."

  Everybody eventually retreated to their sidelines, but the moment was unsettling at best and profoundly unsportsmanlike at worst.

  "I don't take offense," UCLA linebacker Reggie Carter insisted. "If we were winning, I would have done the exact same thing. I still shook hands with everybody on that team."

  While UCLA wrapped up the regular season at 6-6, the Bruins still have bowl aspirations hinging on an at-large invitation from the Humanitarian or New Mexico bowls, who both sent scouts to the game. Even a lower-tier bowl would be a boost to Neuheisel's rebuilding effort, the coach acknowledges.

  And with its string of seven straight Pac-10 championships at an end, USC (8-3, 5-3) still must play Arizona at the Coliseum on Saturday. While still technically a BCS bowl candidate, the Trojans are likely to end up in the Holiday or Sun bowls if they beat the Wildcats.

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• Mississippi State routs UCLA in Wooden Classic
  posted on December 12, 2009 - 03:50:05 pm
  
  

  ANAHEIM, Calif. — UCLA coach Ben Howland was downright embarrassed by the Bruins' latest discouraging loss.

  
  
  
• Neuheisel: 'We're learning how to get it done'
  posted on December 10, 2009 - 03:51:11 pm
  
  

  UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel saw progress in his school's battle to overtake USC as the prime college football program in Los Angeles.

  
  
  
• Conference Call: Pac-10 looking like a mid-major
  posted on December 07, 2009 - 05:16:42 pm
  
  
  
  Each week, Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy ranks the BCS conferences—and teams within eac
  
  
  
• No. 1 Kansas beats UCLA 73-61
  posted on December 06, 2009 - 04:50:03 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- Markief Morris scored a career-high 19 points and No. 1 Kansas pulled away in the second half to beat UCLA 73-61 on Sunday, sending the Bruins to their fourth consecutive loss.

  
  
  
• UCLA needs Army loss to make bowl game
  posted on December 07, 2009 - 12:07:49 am
  
  
  Sporting News staff reports

  UCLA must hope Navy beats Army on Saturday for the Bruins to make a bowl game.
  

  
  
  
• What We Learned: Southern Cal offense's guru has NFL in his sights
  posted on December 04, 2009 - 01:03:18 am
  
  
  
  
• Kansas-UCLA Preview
  posted on December 05, 2009 - 01:50:02 pm
  
  
  STATS Senior Writer

  Although coach Bill Self believes Kansas will receive its biggest test yet, there's a chance this matchup with traditional power UCLA could be another blowout.

  
  
  
• College basketball preview: Year of the blueblood
  posted on November 09, 2009 - 08:18:44 am
  
  
  Mike DeCourcy
  When a spectacular young basketball prospect named Harrison Barnes was arranging an official recruiting visit to North Carolina, the Tar Heels did not ask that he time his visit for a big fall weekend when thousands of fans bleeding powder-blue school spirit would be gathered to pay homage to the football team. No, they brought him to see some Carolina alumni play pickup hoops.
   
  Vince Carter was there, and so were Jerry Stackhouse and Antawn Jamison and Raymond Felton and Brandan Wright and Marvin Williams — and 21,750 spectators, Michael Jordan among them, cheering as though the Tar Heels were drilling Duke in early March.
   
  If you want to understand why North Carolina is a college basketball blueblood, what better picture could we paint?
   
  

  Bill Self's Jayhawks enter the season ranked No. 1 in SN's preseason countdown.

  "They've got a great tradition. That alumni weekend—they get kids down there at the right time," Texas coach Rick Barnes says. "You look up in the rafters, you see what they've done — not only in the past but very current."
   
  Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA, Duke and Indiana have won nearly half — 34 out of 71 — of the championships since the NCAA Tournament began in 1939, but for all the history they have enjoyed individually, it's possible there never has been a time when the programs were collectively in better position. Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina are projected by Sporting News to reach the Final Four, and Duke is a top 10 pick.
   
  With Roy Williams, Bill Self, John Calipari, Ben Howland, Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Crean in charge of the blueblood programs, this will be the first time since 1995-96 — and only the second time in history — all six will begin the season under coaches with Final Four experience.
   
  Recent history has demonstrated, profoundly, that even the richest Americans can get it all wrong. That's true whether we're talking about Bernie Madoff, Fannie Mae — or the sub-.500 seasons this decade at Carolina, UCLA and Indiana, along with Billy Gillispie's Kentucky reign of error.
   

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  What separates the bluebloods, though, from the nouveau riche — Michigan State, Arizona, Connecticut, Texas, Florida and the like — is how dramatically their cataclysms can be transformed into triumph. It took Williams two seasons to lead the Tar Heels to a championship after inheriting a young team that had finished in the NIT. Howland and the Bruins began a three-year Final Four streak just two years after UCLA endured back-to-back losing seasons.
   
  Last offseason, Indiana began its rejuvenation by hiring a coach with the kind of inspire-the-masses energy that suits its statewide appeal — and its desperate circumstance mandated.
   
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• UCLA center Drew Gordon to transfer
  posted on December 01, 2009 - 02:08:46 pm
  
  
  Mike DeCourcy, Sporting News

  With sophomore center Drew Gordon transferring from the program, sputtering UCLA was struck with its most damaging blow since Jrue Holiday left for the NBA draft after a single season.

  
  
  
• UCLA F Drew Gordon leaves Bruins
  posted on December 01, 2009 - 07:00:02 pm
  
  

  LOS ANGELES -- UCLA coach Ben Howland says sophomore forward Drew Gordon is no longer on the team.

  
  
  
• Conference Call: UCLA falls toward Pac-10's cellar
  posted on November 30, 2009 - 03:49:33 pm
  
  
  
  Each week, Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy ranks the top six college basketball conferences -- and the