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Pac-10 at Halfway Point: Improving, Still Far From Great

Halfway through the Pac-10 season and it's fair and accurate to say that this is a better conference than last year's dismal downer of a campaign. Arizona and UCLA have done considerable work improving on last year's uncharacteristic win-loss records. There are players in this league -- such as Washington's Isaiah...

Matt Carlino Leaves UCLA Without Playing a Game

UCLA is down to nine scholarship players after freshman guard Matt Carlino (photo, second from right) announced his intention to transfer Friday. Carlino, from Scottsdale, Ariz., had not yet played in a game. He sustained a concussion in practice before the first regular-season game. He was medically cleared to play in...

Controversial Call in Kansas' Win Over UCLA Defended by NCAA Head of Officials

The controversial call that ended Kansas' narrow win over UCLA Thursday night was the proper call, the NCAA's head of officiating said Friday. John Adams said that the "refs reacted properly" when whistling UCLA's Malcolm Lee for a reach-in foul with less than a second remaining, according to ESPN's Andy Katz. After a...

At Rebuilding UCLA, It's Patience Then Progress

Patience is not an easy thing. Not easy when you're a coach, and particularly not when you are UCLA's coach. Ben Howland spent almost three hours in the film room with his team earlier this week, going over the details of the Bruins' 89-85 loss to Virginia Commonwealth with the proverbial fine-toothed comb. "We were...

UCLA-VCU: Jamie Skeen, Rams Send Bruins Home Winless

NEW YORK -- (AP) Jamie Skeen had 23 points and nine rebounds and Virginia Commonwealth held off a late rally by UCLA for an 89-85 victory on Friday in the third-place game of the NIT Season Tip-Off. The Rams (4-1) led 69-58 with 7:08 to play on a layup by Rob Brandenburg. Tyler Honeycutt had seven points in a 12-4 run by...

Ben Howland News From the Web

05/18/12 A dust-settled forecast for Pac-12 hoops, 2012-13 Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA College basketball's spring - which is just as eventful as the regular season for some teams - is virtually over.
05/07/12 UCLA: Realistic Expectations for the Bruins' 2012-13... Source: Bleacher Report After nearly three seasons of hand-wringing, remote throwing, and yelling at the TV over their team's foundering play, UCLA fans have suddenly had every reason to leap and shout in recent weeks.
04/24/12 CBS Sports: Parker's pick of Bruins boosts Howland's... Source: The Mid-Majority Ben Howland felt good and confident when he gathered with his staff in the UCLA video coordinator's office Monday afternoon to watch the program's final recruiting target announce his college decision via a press conference streamed live on the World Wide Web. But did he know?
04/18/12 UCLA's road to recovery includes two All-USA recruits Source: USA Today If anyone needed to pull a rabbit out of his blue and gold hat, it was UCLA men's basketball coach Ben Howland.
04/16/12 UCLA coach Ben Howland expected at Withrow on Tuesday... Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati OH UCLA men's basketball coach Ben Howland is expected to be at Withrow around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Withrow coach Tyrone Gibert.