On Saturday, the UCLA Bruins selected Steve Alford to replace former head coach Ben Howland. Alford was the head coach of the New Mexico Lobos. The Lobos were a No.3 seed in this year’s NCAA tournament, but were upset in their first game. The selection of Alford as head coach only came after VCU head coach Shaka Smart and Butler ... Read More »
UCLA hired New Mexico head coach Steve Alford for the same position on Saturday to replace Ben Howland. Alford will receive a seven-year, $18.2 million contract according to UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero. He will be paid $2.6 million a year and has also received a $200,000 signing bonus, which will help him pay for his upcoming buyout payment to ... Read More »
Butler Bulldogs head coach Brad Stevens is the top target to replace recently fired Ben Howland as the head coach for the UCLA Bruins, according to sources with knowledge informing ESPN of the situation. On Wednesday, Shaka Smart of Virginia Commonwealth ended all speculation of him possibly moving to the Pac-12 by signing a contract extension that extended him through ... Read More »
UCLA head coach Ben Howland is being relieved of his coaching duties, and an official announcement is expected within the next 48 hours, according to Yahoo Sports. The Bruins won the regular season Pac-12 title in 2012-13 and had one of the top recruiting classes in the nation, but fell well short of expectations with a first-round NCAA tournament loss ... Read More »
The UCLA Bruins did not just lose in their first game of the NCAA tournament, they lost convincingly, 83-63, to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Ben Howland’s team was short handed without starting point guard Jordan Adams, but that does not excuse the poor showing. The Gophers are no slouches, but they had problems scoring all season. On Friday evening against ... Read More »
The UCLA Bruins’ hopes of a deep 2013 NCAA Tournament run took a major shot before the bracket was ever announced on Selection Sunday. When point guard Jordan Adams went down with his foot injury in the PAC-12 tournament, the Bruins chances of making a meaningful run hit a serious bump. CBS College Basketball Analyst Doug Gottlieb thinks so as ... Read More »
The UCLA Bruins took care of a hungry Arizona State squad on Thursday in the quarterfinals in the Pac-12 tournament by doing something they hadn’t done consistently all season long — making plays without the ball in their hands. Ready for March Madness? Enter the $100K NCAA Bracket Challenge today with Sports Out West! Those plays, otherwise known as the ... Read More »
UCLA Bruins head coach Ben Howland confirmed on Saturday night that freshman star swingman Shabazz Muhammad played his last game at Pauley Pavilion in a 74-69 win against No. 11 Arizona. Immediately after the big win, Howland didn’t have any doubt he had coached his freshman for the last time at home. “That was his last game in Pauley, no doubt about ... Read More »
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