Archive for the 'UCLA' Category
Still . . .
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006Bruins Win Over USC
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006How about them Trojans. They played really… well … crappy. Those nerdy Bruins, though, you gotta like the math skills of the UCLA team a lot better, like on that second to last play before the punt, when they let the play clock run down and called time out, leaving the Trojans only a few seconds for their one play to the national championship. Bruins are way smarter and played a better game on top of it too.
Trojans … DENIED
Time to Celebrate!
Time to Celebrate!
GO BRUINS!
Stupid Irish and Lame Bruin Football
Saturday, October 21st, 2006I just don’t get it. Pretty lame to give up the game in the last 27 seconds. Was the Bruin defense even awake during the last 62 seconds?
Tags: football, Sports, Television, UCLA
Bleak
Monday, April 3rd, 2006Down by 18 to the Gators with 16 minutes left. I don’t think it will be UCLA’s time to raise Banner 12.
Tags: basketball, Final-Four, Sports, UCLA
One to Go
Saturday, April 1st, 2006
UCLA annihilates LSU 59-45
Photo Credit: AP Photos/Michael Conroy
Well, so much for “Big Baby”. The game was over early in the first half. At one point, UCLA had a lead of 24 points. LSU led only once, after the first basket of the game, 2-0. All that talk about LSU being more athletic and having an imposing front court was just that, talk. The real talk of the game, again, was UCLA’s DEFENSE. I must say I really like this brand of UCLA ball. Even Mr. East Coast Bias himself, Dick Vitale, is lauding the Bruins.
In the words of the CBS announcers: “Big Baby” was just “huffing and puffing”, which makes him more of a fat baby.
One more win to Banner 12. Next up, the Florida Gators on Monday night.
Tags: basketball, Final-Four, Sports, UCLA
The Hype
Saturday, April 1st, 2006
UCLA Return to Glory
So in my running around today before the national semifinal games, I hear the sports analysts on AM 570 saying that UCLA is a two-point underdog against LSU. The offensive powerhouse “Big Baby” is going to be unstoppable. On top of it all, Ryan Hollins, one of the Bruins’ top players in the tournament injured himself at practice with a bruised hip.
Tags: basketball, Final-Four, Sports, UCLA
FOUR
Saturday, March 25th, 2006UCLA is going to the Final Four!
UCLA smothers Memphis to advance to the Final Four
Photo Credit: Associated Press
It was pretty much the ugliest game I have ever seen, low scoring and poor foul shooting on the part of the Bruins. But in what has now become UCLA basketball trademark, their smothering defense shut Memphis down early on. UCLA led for almost the entire game except for the first few minutes of the game. Bruin defense allowed a little more than half of the points that Memphis scored on the Bruins early in the season. So much for the touting of Memphis’ athleticism and strength; the strategy of trying to run the Bruins into the ground backfired as UCLA was ahead early on by as much as 21-9. Superior defense by UCLA did not allow the transition scoring power of Memphis to make its presence known at all.
UCLA wins “ugly” in a poor-shooting, but tremendous defensive game
Photo Credit: Associated Press
BTW I decided that I will just watch the Final Four from home this time around. Too expensive to get tickets, all the flights are sold out, and I’m sure all the hotels are also sold out.
Saturday’s gloat: Thank goodness Texas lost. At least they won’t have the opportunity to win two national championships (football and basketball) in the same year.
Tags: basketball, Sports, UCLA
Half Time
Saturday, March 25th, 2006UCLA leads Memphis by 7; they would be even more ahead if they had made their free throws! Now it’s a 20-minute game… 20 minutes away from the Final Four.
I’m so tempted to buy tickets to the Final Four but ONLY if UCLA wins. I’m monitoring eBay right now. The trick will be to get two days off from work and then to find a place to stay.
Tags: basketball, Sports, UCLA
1337
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006Impossible. No, improbable. Down by as much as 17 points in the first half, shooting abysmally, and playing uncharacteristically poor defense, UCLA seemed helpless in its regression to the Steve Lavin days of mediocrity. As one announcer bluntly put it, “UCLA has got to be embarrassed.”
Using changing defenses and a full-court press at times to keep UCLA off-balance, Gonzaga forced the Bruins to miss their first eight shots and turn the ball over seven times before making their first basket 8:43 into the game to cut it to 18-9.
Things were so bad that both teams got into the bonus before UCLA made its first shot and after back-to-back turnovers against the Bulldogs press, Farmar looked at the bench and shrugged his shoulders looking for any help he could get.
UCLA stuns Gonzaga 73-71 to advance to the Elite Eight
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
But . . . just as they had done all season long, the Bruins proved their mettle in the second half, coming out strong with an 8-0 run. With pressure on the ball and their trademark defense, UCLA clawed its way back into the game. With Number One scorer in the nation, Adam Morrison, leading the way and scoring 24 points in the game, Gonzaga maintained the lead for the entire game. Well, almost the entire game.
For 39 minutes and 45 seconds, it was Gonzaga’s game to win. Even in the last minute of the game, UCLA was down by 5, 71-66, an almost insurmountable lead. About 20 seconds later, Farmar made a basket for 71-68. A defensive stop and block on Gonzaga’s possession provided Ryan Hollins with a good defensive position, which tempted a Gonzaga player to hold Hollins’ arm. FOUL! Hollins, a 60% free-throw shooter made both shots, 71-70, making it a one-point game with about 19 seconds remaining in the game.
UCLA’s Farmar stripped the ball on the ensuing inbounds play from a careless and off-guarded Gonzaga player. Mbah a Moute made the go ahead layup with about 10 seconds to go. 72-71 UCLA. Stifling defensive pressure again on Gonzaga’s inbounds play resulted in another steal by Mbah a Moute with only 2.6 seconds left in the game. Gonzaga’s fate was sealed, even though the Bruins’ leading scorer, Afflalo, made only one of two free throws. 73-71 UCLA. After a Hail Mary inbounds pass across the court, Gonzaga’s desperation shot was too strong with 1.9 seconds remaining . Time expired. UCLA advances to the Elite Eight to face Memphis in the Regional Final this Saturday.
Agony and Ecstasy
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
For the Zags, the final three-plus minutes would look like this: Five missed shots, three fouls and two turnovers. UCLA had scored the last 11 and won, 73-71. . . Morrison, his head down, his words brief, explained the game’s final minutes like this: “I missed the shots.”
Wayne Drehs, UCLA’s come-from-behind win breaks Zags’ hearts
I know it’s mean, but I enjoyed hearing the UCLA fight song playing
in the background as Morrison laid sprawled on the court, his body racking with sobs.
in the background as Morrison laid sprawled on the court, his body racking with sobs.
Photo Credit: AP Photo/John Bazemore
Waaah!
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
Bottom line: Gonzaga melted under the pressure from UCLA’s suffocating defense.
Other ha-ha’s go out to former Number One Duke, star player also in tears after losing to LSU.
Tags: basketball, Sports, UCLA
Soured in 32
Sunday, March 19th, 2006
Arron Afflalo Erupts after draining a 3-pointer to seal the game
Photo Credit: MIKE WINTERS/Daily Bruin senior staff
With all the gloating that I’ve been doing over the teams that have lost, I hope I don’t jinx the Bruins who have certainly played extremely well!
On to Sunday’s gloat list:
- Pittsburgh (Fortunately for the Bruins, Howland is now coaching at UCLA).
- North Carolina (I can’t even begin to say how overjoyed I am that the boring Tar Heels lost to a nobody team, sorry Tamara D. I am going to gloat tomorrow at work to IT1 H)
- Arizona (Good. They should not have been in the tournament anyways.)
Yes. And then there were 16. GO BRUINS!
Tags: basketball, Sports, UCLA
How Sweet It Is
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
UCLA beats Alabama 62-59 to go to the Sweet Sixteen
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
This game was a little too exciting for me. I prefer the types of scores where UCLA wins by 20 or more. UCLA led for almost the entire game, but had only a one point lead even in the last minutes of the game. Even with 15.5 seconds to go, Alabama had an opportunity to win the game, but their best player bricked a 3-point shot that would have ended the game in Alabama’s favor.
UCLA’s free throw shooting was horrible. If the Bruins had made all their free throws, this would not have been a close game at all. It would have been at least an 11-point victory. In any case, the W is all that matters in basketball, especially during the Tournament. So here’s to the next round of Sweet Sixteen.
Additionally, it was fun to gloat over the following losses:
- Tennessee (Sorry John S., but orange is kind of a strange color.)
- Illinois (Now it’s my turn Dr. Shah)
- Texas A&M (Dave M., I think they should focus more on ROTC rather than basketball)
And while I don’t particularly like Indiana, it certainly would have been better for UCLA if Indiana had beaten Gonzaga. I think Indiana would have made for a weaker opponent for UCLA in the next round.
Tags: basketball, Sports, UCLA
Rout in Round 1
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
UCLA routs the Belmont Bruins 78-44
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi
I listened to most of the first half of this game on the radio. I was furious for about 15 minutes as UCLA was down 16-10. But by the time I was one-fourth done with my commute home, I knew the game was pretty much over as UCLA was on its way to victory.
It’s nice to finally see the Bruins playing well during the latter part of the season. For the past several years, we Bruin fans have had to endure mediocre to lousy Bruin teams and the teasing of our friends when the Bruins have exited early in the tournament. So for now, while UCLA is still playing very well, I’d like to gloat in the following first round losses of other teams with a big “ha=ha” in a Jim Carrey kind of tone:
Thursday’s C-Ya List
- SDSU (Jeff per usual, bible study, local San Diegans, as well as Cox Commnications Cable and Fox Sports West who chose to show lame East coast teams instead of UCLA this season)
- Syracuse (Robbie M.)
- Oklahoma (Butch O., VMHS Band - at least we don’t have to listen to their stupid fight song)
Friday’s C-Ya List
- Arkansas (The whole team cuz you still suck.)
- Wisconsin (Martha S. - finally)
- Cal (No explanation needed; I hate Berkeley)
- Kansas (Adam K. - at least their shoes looked cool)
Tags: basketball, Sports, UCLA
Hockneyesque
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
Royce Hall à la Hockney
This is the final result from our third photo assignment. I didn’t really like the way this turned out. And I’m glad I’m done with the assignment. This one was more difficult for me because it involved more manipulation with Photoshop rather than actual photography. The teacher said he liked it, which is good, but I’m ready for the next assignment.
We have to print this as an 8.5″ x 11″ and dry mount it on an 11″ x 14″ board. The teacher showed us how to do our own mounts in the photo lab, but I think I will go to Aaron Brothers and pay them to mount it for me. I can’t imagine 15 people from my class trying to mount the final photos while there will probably be other students using the lab at the same time.
Tags: CoolPix , education_and_training, Hockney, Palomar-College, PHOTO-150, Photography, Photoshop, UCLA
Doubly Good
Saturday, March 11th, 2006
UCLA annihilated the Cal Golden Bears 71-52 to become double Pac-10 Champions!
Regular season and tournament champs. It’s time to bring home another banner!
Regular season and tournament champs. It’s time to bring home another banner!
Photo credit: AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Tags: basketball, Sports, UCLA
