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Not Enough Heart: Arizona Embarrasses Howland's UCLA
As DG said following the Washington game few weeks ago: "Right now, we just don’t have enough heart," UCLA forward Drew Gordon said. "At the end of the day, the other team wants it more." Coach Ben Howland's UCLA Bruins embarrass themselves and humiliate Coach Wooden's program on...
Center Court: (Arizona) Second Half Thread
There is not much to say. Ben Howland and his entire team should be ashamed of themselves for the effort they just put forth in the first half. Arizona Wildcats has come out on fire blasting UCLA out with a score of 49-31. We look lost and sloppy on offense (turning the ball over IIRC 14 times)....
Ben Ball Game Day Roundup: Preparing For A Tough (Mental) Challenge
Let's build on the post re. mental toughness from rfirpo below. IMHO that has been the defining characteristic of championship caliber Ben Ball warrior teams from last three seasons. There is no doubt in my mind that our guys got hosed by the SPTRs on Thursday night. Now even the PAthetiC-10...
Defensive Thoughts
About two weeks ago we talked about the simple principles of Ben Ball: defense and rebounding. I will get to the last minute call against DC below but I think we all need to acknowledge up front that we did not play up to our usual standard last night Tempe. We also have to credit Arizona State for...
Ben Ball Game Roundup: All About The Effort
We have been talking a lot about how Bruins will need to play better and rebound better heading into tonight’s matchup against an Arizona team with a core of offensively talented players. At the same time though we can’t forget about being patient and executing on offense against an...
Ben Ball Roundup: A Standard Week
Well, the Pac-10 season is about to get more exciting this week in Westwood. The “Standard” of our Conference is coming to town. We start the Arizona schools week by taking on the Wildcats this Thursday night. Those guys are coming in with a 2 game win streak thanks to last week’s...
Bright Spots (In A World Of Reality)
We are now three games into Rick Neuheisel’s first season at UCLA, and I think it is starting to become clear to everyone in BN, precisely what we were foreshadowing when we were writing all those posts with taglines “dose of reality” during this off season. There is no escaping...
PB Unleashed: Arizona Second Half Thread
Our defense is hanging in there (despite taking some early punches). Let's hope they keep fighting just like they did in this game: Photo Credit: section3 2008 bruins's photostream (flickr) And let's hope the offense can use the momentum in that last drive to come out in rhythm in the second...
Gameday Roundup: Moving Forward
As strange as it may sound, in some ways I have been looking forward to this game day more than the one involving Tennessee. The reason is pretty simple because it presents the best opportunity for our football team and out community to move forward. We will start our game day round up with Kevin...
UCLA - Arizona: Pregame Guesses Volume 3
It's that time again ... here are the Pregame Guesses for the UCLA-Arizona game. (For those who don't remember how we play -- check this link.) If you haven't joined in yet, there is plenty of time. No one is yet running away with the competition. (BYU results are here; Tennessee results are...
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