The Bruins can’t afford another slow start
David Mendez-Yapkowitz
David has been with The IX Basketball team since the High Post Hoops days when he joined the staff in 2018. He is based in Los Angeles and covers the LA Sparks, Pac-12 Conference, Big West Conference and some high school as well.
Posted inNCAA Basketball
TCU embracing new landscape of college basketball
The transfer portal has powered back-to-back Elite Eight runs
Posted inNCAA Basketball
Why halftime speeches aren’t always necessary for UCLA’s Cori Close
Close: ‘I think when you have a mature group … it’s better for me to be quick to listen and slow to speak’
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Inside Christina Karamouzi’s special March Madness moment
The UCLA freshman got on the scoreboard in the Bruins’ Sweet 16 win
Posted inBig Ten
Defense powers UCLA to the Elite Eight
Cori Close: ‘We have to be built for the days in which those threes don’t fall’
Posted inNCAA Basketball
The ‘connecting piece’: UCLA’s Charlisse Leger-Walker is the ultimate facilitator
Leger-Walker is observant, experienced, and a ‘heck of a basketball player’
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Sweet 16 notebook: UCLA, Minnesota gear up for Big Ten rematch
The pair of Big Ten heavyweights will square off in the national spotlight
Posted inNCAA Basketball
Angela Dugalic is UCLA’s X factor
The Bruins’ sixth-year forward has embraced a reserve role
Posted inMid-Majors
How Khloe Lemon has adjusted to a new role for Cal Baptist
The junior guard has been a spark plug off the bench for the Lancers
Posted inNCAA Basketball
No No. 1 overall seed, no problem for UCLA
The Bruins had a chance at snagging the tournament’s top seed
