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LOS ANGELES — Steve Alford thought he overworked his team last week in the midst of finals. He admitted as much after UCLA looked listless in a two-point loss to Belmont on Saturday. But the lackadaisical effort in the loss didn't motivate the coach to lighten up the workload for his team this week Continue to Article

December 18, 2018 1:59:pm EST

The mood around UCLA basketball has turned ugly. A combination of widely felt embarrassment, evolving at an alarming rate toward an angry indifference toward the program's long malaise, has led the scribes to coin a new term: Embifference, to capture the reality. And, now, after yet another embiffering Continue to Article

December 18, 2018 12:00:am EST

Head coach Steve Alford talks about his impressions from the game film of the Belmont loss, where the Bruins are heading into a critical Midwest road trip to play Cincinnati and Ohio State this week and the importance of the next two games to UCLA's NCAA tournament hopes. Continue to Article

December 17, 2018 3:00:pm EST

I'm not sure how this always seems to happen, but once again I find myself having to write the post-game article following a bad UCLA loss. Most times, the loss leaves me angry enough that I can put together something coherent and rooted in actual basketball analysis. But this time? Honestly, I' Continue to Article

December 16, 2018 12:00:am EST