UCLA Bruins

LOS ANGELES -- Ben Howland has all the financial security he needs, and he is beginning his seventh year of his dream job. As the UCLA coach sat and enjoyed a quiet lunch at Sandbag's restaurant last Friday on a...

NEW YORK -- With his sleeves rolled up and his head down, John Beilein, the old-school coach with the didactic touch, made his way from the Madison Square Garden court toward his team's locker room. Before slipping...

Anyone who doubts Villanova's toughness should take a look at Darren Collison's lower lip. Swollen and stitched shut with sutures that were caked over in dry blood after Villanova's 89-69 victory over UCLA in the...

I was in Corvallis last weekend, watching Oregon State stick it to Southern California for the second time this season. As we all know, the Beavers knocked 'SC out of the national title game with a 27-21 upset in...

NEW YORK -- At the 6:08 mark in the second half, UCLA center Alfred Aboya, looking the picture of health, celebrated his fast break dunk, which put the Bruins up 66-50, with a primal scream by center court.