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Center Court: Ben Ball (Arizona) Open Thread

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Well here we go.

It's game time. And it's ARIZONA.

Not much else needs to be said to get all fired up for tonight's Saturday Night Live party at Pauley:


Photo Credit: Jack Rosenfeld

If you want to read up on our Ben Wall warriors matchup with the Cats go here and here.

The tip off is set for 6:00 pm PST (ESPN). If you are not getting the game on television you can follow it via links provided at the official site.

As always, if you are watching, listening, following, or tracking the game online, post your comments here.

This is our Ben Ball Warrior open thread.

Fire Away.

GO BRUINS.

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It's too bad there isn't a better angle
Of that picture.  I had a huge smile when I saw DC and KLove bumping chests on Thursday.

Let's do this!

by bruinbabe2000 on Feb 2, 2008 5:57 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hubert Davis is an idiot
Picks Arizona -- moron. At least Digger nails it on the head -- UCLA because Jordan Hill won't be able to stop Kevin Love.

by MbahABako on Feb 2, 2008 6:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

digger is a wimp sign
in full force on right now!

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

"Digger is a Wimp"
the old sign is getting some extended airtime behind Bilas.

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 6:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Luc on Budinger
Like that matchup with Luc's length against Chase

by MbahABako on Feb 2, 2008 6:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

AZ wins the tip
excellent D by collison, westbrook tips the ball out of bounds.

AZ turnover, westbrook to the rim!  2-0

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

westbrook to love
off the glass, 4-0 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Again with the papers and midterms
Wish I could be there, instead here with the radio.

by melliott2 on Feb 2, 2008 6:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

shipp misses from 3
let's hope that's not a precursor for tonight.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

AZ scores 5-4 AZ
love with a jumper, miss, az rebounds.  

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:08 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

budinger airball
should be punished

by melliott2 on Feb 2, 2008 6:09 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

to clarify
by the den

by melliott2 on Feb 2, 2008 6:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

shipp! with the basketball and the foul
excellent pass by collison.  josh makes the FT.  7-5.

since this game is national, i'll cut back on play by play a bit unless requested

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:09 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

NICE!
Man that kid is great

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 6:12 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

woohoo kevin love!
another basket!  10-5 pass taken away by love too on the other end!  and love draws a foul!

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

love makes both free throws
3-4 tonight.  8-0 run for ucla.  love has 7 so far.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Ahem...
Don't try to steal it from Love. Just don't.

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 6:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

AWESOME
collison tried to pass to love, but AZ picked it off, and love just yanks it back.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

LUC with the jumper!
pretty shot, nothing but net.  16-6 bruins.  AZ was in his face too.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Oh wow....
I may just spend the whole night saying that.

Gorgeous jumper!

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 6:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

What a stupid Seraton Commercial
I would never hold the elevator for $UC

by BruinFan96 on Feb 2, 2008 6:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

When they said,
"You'll feel like you're on the same team," Mr. BB and I responded, "Ah, no" in unision.

by bruinbabe2000 on Feb 2, 2008 6:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And
wiping somebody else's face is just weird.

by jaffa on Feb 2, 2008 6:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Students
Chanting "East Coast basis". LOL, at least Jay Bilas just said that the Pac-10 is the best conference in America.

by MbahABako on Feb 2, 2008 6:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

keefe and mata are in
alfred already has 2 fouls.

DC FOR 3!!!

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Keefe and Mata in
AA2 out w/2 fouls

DC with a 3, 19-6 UCLA.

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 6:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

mata-real picks up a foul
collison knocks it away, tried to fee lo, but AZ takes it.  shipp steals again! to mata, knocked away by AZ again.

19-6

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:24 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

AZ shooting 20%
we are shooting 66%
sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:26 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Geezus....
...man, I don't even LIKE basketball.  Look what you people have done to me.

I'm not gonna get a damn thing done until April.  I just know it.

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 6:27 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

ben howland is wearing sneakers?
wah?  his shoes are definitely white, as are the rest of the coaching staff.

charge on AZ!  bruins ball!

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:28 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Most of the coaches are today
I think it's for "Coaches Against Cancer"

by bruinbabe2000 on Feb 2, 2008 6:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nice shot
...too bad it didn't go in, 'aint it?

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 6:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

keefe is on the floor
collison is actually on the bench resting.  shipp just called for a travel.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

They make those look so easy...
... pass it to Love, drop it in for two.

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 6:31 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

shipp is tripped
whew he's ok.  great D on the earlier possession by luc.

westbrook with the basket!!!  AZ calls another timeout.  23-8 bruins!

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:32 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Timeout Arizona
They just can't get anything happening.

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 6:32 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

that was a flargrant
deliberate trip.

Shipps knows it and gave bayliss a look

sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:32 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

it sure looked like it...
... don't they get whistled for that?

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 6:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

oh boo AZ scores.
i guess we couldn't hold them to single digits.  shipp for 3, wayyyy short.  23-10 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:33 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

AZ scores again
collison slows it down a bit.  collison is fouled.  3rd foul on brielmayer

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:34 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

UCLA in the bonus
Brielmaier (UA's big white guy) with 3 fouls.

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 6:35 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

2 on hill
I'd like 3 by the half
sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The team is throwing great
from the line.  Let's just get fouled all night.

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 6:38 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

collison makesboth FTs
25-12 bruins.  love picks up a foul.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:38 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

love misses a dunk
but is fouled.  love makes the first.  and the second.  27-14 bruins.

haha nice pic with bill walton and the loves.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:39 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

awesome
AZ misses the easy basket, AND winds up fouling mata=real as he goes for the rebound.  i believe that's 2 on what's his name... sounds like autobahn.  

lo misses the front end of the one and one.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:41 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

collison to shipp inside
no one around him!  29-14 bruins.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:41 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Shipp w/the layup
29-14 UCLA.

For those who love Howland's timeout strategy, UA's coach O'Neill has now used 4 of his 5 timeouts for the game.

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 6:42 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

foul on shipp?
as the students say... "take his whistle"  az misses the front end of the one and one.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:43 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

someone take the blindfold off that official
Even Bilas says that Bayless lost the ball.

by BruinFan96 on Feb 2, 2008 6:43 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

AZ seems to be playing dirty
First tripping Shipp, then the foul on Mata followed by a little trip as well.

by jaffa on Feb 2, 2008 6:43 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

westbrook with the fadeaway
love him.  AZ scores, 31-16 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:44 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

nice to hear
"take his whistle" instead of "bulls*it"

by melliott2 on Feb 2, 2008 6:44 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

westbrook again!
two guys in his face.  33-16 bruins.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:44 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

mata real with the block!!
collison for 3, long, LUC!!! with the rebound.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:45 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Coach Howland finally calls a time out.
You know the team is playing well when we have more timeouts then the other team

by BruinFan96 on Feb 2, 2008 6:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hey BB
How are you doing?
sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Getting by
Mr. BB finally has a timeline for his thesis, trying to plan what we're going to do for my 30th, and trying to make new friends.

by bruinbabe2000 on Feb 2, 2008 6:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I found the people here to be
gracious and friendly -- but my CA values didn't exactly fit in.

So, good acquaintances but not too many friends.

In the Palisades, the people weren't as friendly, but shared values.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It helps working at a university
People have a more progressive way of thinking.  My sorority's alumnae chapter doesn't meet as much as I would like (mainly because the president got a new job a couple of months ago).

One of my best friends from high school moved to Miami in summer 2006.  We got together before the New Year, and she told me she's met more people in the last six months than she had the whole time she had been in Miami.

Mr. BB jokes that he's all the friends I need, but he knows I need social contact with someone else outside my work and his program.

by bruinbabe2000 on Feb 2, 2008 7:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't you love
KL's pure joy and enthusiasm

I hope he gets sooo into this that he stays

sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

westbrook misses
grabs his rebound, and is fouled.  

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:47 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Grok
I depend on your cuts when I can't see the game.

Now, I'm getting it and they are icing on the cake.

Awesome.

thanks.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL
i swear the cameraman was focusing on the cheerleader's chest...

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:49 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Who is Hubert?
And, why did he pick against us?
sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:50 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Played for NC in the 80s
Underestimated the power of Ben Ball.

by bruinbabe2000 on Feb 2, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

russell misses the first
makes the second.  34-16 bruins.  

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:50 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

AZ goes right up the middle
and no one lays a finger on him.  come on guys.  AZ picks up another foul.  love to the line.

makes the first.  makes the second.  36-18 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:51 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

shipp misses again from 3
that's the fourth one i believe.  AZ makes a basket.  36-20 bruins.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

40-20 UCLA!
Luc with a layup

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 6:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

excellent D on budinger by luc again.
and now luc with the lovely shot.  40-20 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

OUTLET! to collison by love
to shipp for the basket.  42-22 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 6:54 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Great smile on DC's Face
as he brings the ball u[p
sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:55 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

42-22 at the half
Love with 15 points

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 6:55 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Eat that Hubert...
Arizona's gonna win...yeah right

by lildre on Feb 2, 2008 6:57 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

20 More Mins Guys
And again let's not get COMFORTABLE!!!!

by Nestor on Feb 2, 2008 6:57 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I think we got past that
last year.

But, good of you to remind us.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 6:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

what can I say
I am superstitious as hell when it comes to UCLA sports!

by Nestor on Feb 2, 2008 7:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah
Mrs. N knows all about my gameday routines. Can't screw around with it.

by Nestor on Feb 2, 2008 7:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

UR Right
I think we all expect an AZ run. They can't be this bad all game.

Comfort is for after the game. An intense team deserves intense fans.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 7:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah
The first 5-7 mins of the second half is going to be key. We need to come out with the same ferocity we showed in the first half.

by Nestor on Feb 2, 2008 7:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ho Hum....
National TV
Team Starting To Peak
Throttling Arizona
Bilas Feeling The Power
Norm Chow Introduced To A Madhouse
Could it get any better?

by alcor805 on Feb 2, 2008 7:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

The way Big Red
talks about UCLA always give me goosebumps. Just look at the gleam in his eyes when he is talking about Pauley, Kareem, and his Coach. Magical stuff.

by Nestor on Feb 2, 2008 7:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You missed it this morning
When they were debating if KLove should go pro, Davis pointed out that Walton won NBA championships, but you almost never hear him talk about it.  He always talks about Coach and his time at UCLA.

by bruinbabe2000 on Feb 2, 2008 7:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bill Walton:
"Order has been restored in the universe"

by BruinFan96 on Feb 2, 2008 7:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bill and Kareem
So humble and focused. Both realize the value of their education and the essence of the University.

And, both honor Coach at every chance.

I am so proud of them and proud to be a Bruin.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 7:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good article about Kareem
Here is the link.  I tried to post it the other day, but the shading HTML codes weren't working and I didn't have enough time to figure out why.

Someone in the letters to the editor pointed out that Magic tends to overshadow Kareem in the hearts of Laker fans, but that Magic didn't win a championship without Kareem.

It wasn't until late in his career that I remember my old man telling me that Kareem went to UCLA.  My that time, my heart belonged to Magic.  It should have been Kareem's.

by bruinbabe2000 on Feb 2, 2008 7:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bill Walton
It is so clear that Bill Walton is a Bruin through and through, and that the further he is from the court the more he appreciates what he was able to experience off the court and the non-basketball lessons he was able to learn from Coach Wooden.  It was always a mark of the downward slide in the program post-Wooden that his son wound up at Arizona.  I imagine things would be different if the choice were being made today.

by islandbruin on Feb 2, 2008 10:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

CRN out in effect...
I was hoping CRN would get some camera time.

by RScal on Feb 2, 2008 7:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

DC at the line
missed the first, made the second. 43-22 UCLA

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 7:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

collison is fouled
on his way to the basket.

collison shooting 2.  and he misses the first!  shock.  makes the second.  43-22 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:14 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

westbrook over budinger
big smile on RW's face.  48-24.  and budinger misses on the other end, love with the board.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

AZ has made some adjustments
come on bruins.  nice offensive board by love, and the putback.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

love with the foul
his face says "what?  foul?"

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:17 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Nope, Love is NOT the best freshman...
...think he needs to hang around another three years to learn some stuff.

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 7:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I agree
He's a work in progress, needs to turn the corner.

Needs at least another year. Probably, two.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 7:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

AZ got a wide open 3
and now shipp with a VERY easy basket.  AZ calls a timeout.  54-33 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:23 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

student section cam is cool
but may be a bit nauseating after a while.  shipp misses another 3.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:27 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

kevin LOVE!
with the slam!!  haha yeeeeeeah!  58-35 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:27 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Great Comment about
Buddinger backing away. Can you see Mata or Aboya doing that?
sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 7:28 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Reminds me of the Kansas game
last year in the tournament when they kept missing the chippies.

by BruinFan96 on Feb 2, 2008 7:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

russell westbrook!
don't let up guys.  60-35 bruins.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:30 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

playing well in natl TV
Looks like we learned the lesson from the U$C game, being not to hyped abt playing in national TV.

We're playing in a much bigger stage and delivered big time

by lildre on Feb 2, 2008 7:31 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

love with the putback
he now has 24.  62-40 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:34 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Want to watch the game but got no ESPN?
go here:

http://www.raptorsnation.net/

and click College Hoops on the upper-right side

I'm watching it streaming right now!!

by thzone1986 on Feb 2, 2008 7:36 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Budinger doesn't play D
He made a great choice in playing for Lute gut KM wants AZ playing D and they played a lot better against sc.
sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 7:37 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Gut = but and KM = KO
My superstitions interfere with my typing. I have a UCLA keychain that plays the fight song and it never leaves my hand during a game.
sjh

by Class of 66 on Feb 2, 2008 7:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

love is out
along with aboya, keefe and mata real in.  

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:37 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

mata-real
playing good d with a smile.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:40 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

NO
luc is down!

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:41 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Luc down
grabbing his leg. shit.

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 7:41 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Ouch
looks like he's hurting.  I didn't see what happened.

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 7:41 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

just a sprain, just a sprain, just a sprain...
pleeeeaaaase!
"UCLA - one of the best... no the greatest university in the world."

by BruinManDan97 on Feb 2, 2008 7:42 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
not luc

by thzone1986 on Feb 2, 2008 7:43 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

i think he turned
an ankle when he made the drive.  You can see then he lost his footing when he lost the ball

by BruinFan96 on Feb 2, 2008 7:43 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

think that is it
as they showed on ESPN right now

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ugh...
... saw the replay. That's nasty. Hope he's okay.

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 7:44 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

DIRTY!!!
should be a flagrant

by BruinFan96 on Feb 2, 2008 7:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

BOO chase budinger
fouls shipp.  hard.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Budinger better look out....
A mata elbow might be coming if I was the coach...
"UCLA - one of the best... no the greatest university in the world."

by BruinManDan97 on Feb 2, 2008 7:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Budinger w/the intentional foul
Shipp hit both from teh line, 74-46

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 7:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

shipp makes both free throws
for the flagrant.  UCLA ball.  74-46

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

another pretty steal
and sequence.  78-46 bruins.  

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:47 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

kevin love
picks up another aboya miss.  80-48 bruins

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:48 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Regardless...
Aboya's gotta start making the chippies... can't count on love always being there for the misses....
"UCLA - one of the best... no the greatest university in the world."

by BruinManDan97 on Feb 2, 2008 7:50 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Would've liked to see Shipp make that 3...
he runs hot & cold.... got a tough trip next week.
"UCLA - one of the best... no the greatest university in the world."

by BruinManDan97 on Feb 2, 2008 7:51 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

shipp misses again from 3
thankfully it hasn't hurt us tonight.  shipp westbrook and aboya are out.  stanback, keefe and dragovic are in.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:51 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

thanks, but no thanks on that replay...:)
"UCLA - one of the best... no the greatest university in the world."

by BruinManDan97 on Feb 2, 2008 7:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Starters coming out
Mata-Real saves. In for two.

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 7:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is a pretty spectacular
basketball weekend by the Bruins.  Wiping out two good teams and making it look easy.

by Fox 71 on Feb 2, 2008 7:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This
is a bad game to have a sore throat in. Wish I could really laugh.

by jaffa on Feb 2, 2008 7:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Ugh
Please be ok, Luc.

And Chase is such a punk.

by Raisin on Feb 2, 2008 7:54 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hi, CRN!
Welcome once again!

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 7:54 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Love that behind-the-back pass
Poor Arizona players have to be getting wiped out

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 7:56 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

He has said and done
everything right so far.  I love his charisma and he's not afraid of $C.  Can't wait to see football climb in the national discussion in a couple of years...
"UCLA - one of the best... no the greatest university in the world."

by BruinManDan97 on Feb 2, 2008 7:57 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

wait no matt lee
you can hear howland screaming don't shoot.

by freesia39 on Feb 2, 2008 7:58 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

That was a statement win
Let's see what the polls think of this one

by bruinchick on Feb 2, 2008 7:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

still gonna be #5
east coast bias... and no way they drop a one loss kansas behind a 2 loss ucla... but Bilas said it many times tonight... a healthy ucla can claim to be the #1 team in the country...
"UCLA - one of the best... no the greatest university in the world."

by BruinManDan97 on Feb 2, 2008 8:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

82-60 final
that close only b/c O'Neil kept his starting 5 in after we went to the walk-ons (Abdul-Hamid, Lee).

by bruinhoo on Feb 2, 2008 7:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Save by Mata-Real
Assist to Keefe from Stanback.

by Telemachus on Feb 2, 2008 8:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I think I killed Photobucket in the second half
It stalled out during a couple of my uploads.

I'd complain to them . . . but it's free.  =)

by Telemachus on Feb 2, 2008 8:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Thank You Jay Bilas...
Finally someone at ESPN was giving UCLA some LOVE...
Loved the EastCoast Bias chant...

by RScal on Feb 2, 2008 8:08 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

is it just me
or did O'Neil look a little miffed during the handshake.  Howland looked back but O'Neil looked cold.  Now a two team race it appears between Stanford and UCLA.  Can practically eliminate WSU with a victory Thurs.  God its good to be a Bruin right now.  Thank you for these coaches!

by popopapa on Feb 2, 2008 8:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Great game!
I thought UCLA played great against ASU but they looked even better tonight.  Hope Luc's ankle is okay.

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