Author: ucladavid

  • DALLY OF THE VOLS

    High VOL-tage:  The 6th-seeded Volunteers will dally with the Elite for the first time ever after upsetting 2-seed Ohio State, 76-73;  (5)Mich. St., (3)Baylor and (1)Duke also advance Unlike when Magic Johnson’s Michigan State beat Larry Bird’s Indiana State for a National Title, the team with the best player doesn’t always win.  Evan Turner…

  • PAC UP FOR VACATION

    Washington, Holiday won’t be observed in Elite Eight, as Pac-10’s furthest travelers get re-routed back to Seattle A Husky Cinderella would never do — The glass slipper would never fit.  But the label of hothead may fit UW Coach Lorenzo Romar to a T (or not).  Romar picked up a…

  • DePaul-bearer?

    Rumors had Ben Howland burying UCLA’s “Howland Era” to go resurrect the Blue Demons, but he laid them to rest by opining that he has “zero interest” in this undertaking From Pauley to DePaul?  Low-hair to O’hare?  DePaul-bearer of bad news?  No.  UCLA Head Basketball Coach Ben Howland insists that…

  • 4:20 DROUGHTS BAKE BERKELEY

    Smokin’ Blue Devils weed out wasted Golden Bears:  Cal — UCLA’s Pac-10 buds — can’t light it up, coughing up two 4:20 breaks without hitting any J’s, and get blitzed by #1 Seed Duke, 68-53 Stoned-cold California’s pipe dream is toast.  Even with a spark from former Blue Devil Jamal Boykin, Cal…

  • KANSAS: BUST IN THE WIND

    Heavily-played overall #1 Seed Kansas hits The Point of No Return — It’s 9th-seed underdog Northern Iowa who will Carry On instead, as will UW’s Dawgs, who rock Los Lobos to strike a Sweet chord for the Pac-10 You’re not IN anymore, Kansas. For the first time in 6 years, a Number One Seed…

  • PITINO’S BOYS GET LICKED, BUT THIS TIME IT ISN’T CONSENSUAL

    Cal aborts Louisville’s season with a game-opening 22-4 assault, and a game-closing 15-2 spurt that headed off a comeback and sent the adulterous, extorted Coach and his Buckle-buddies packing, 77-62 Rick Pitino is a great, National Championship-winning Coach, who got falsely accused of Rape and later extorted for Abortion money…

  • QUINCY CORONERS THE MARQUETTE

    Marquette will not honor Q-Pon:  Washington’s Quincy Pondexter pronounces the Golden Eagles legally dead, and the Cause of Death is a Q-Pon bankshot Jack-ed up two seconds before time expires What a(u)topsy-turvy opening day of the NCAA!   Three games went into Overtime (which is as many as the whole Tournament last…

  • MISS MARCH MADNESS

    The latest edition is missing staples UCLA, NC, UConn, and U of A, so instead, thumb through this unabashed pictorial:  The (Cheer) Girls of UCLA There has been some Bruin-related news lately, but nothing worthy of shouting in the streets — Nothing worthy of wildly celebrating.  So this article really…

  • RANDLE ON

    Bears Planted in South, Devils turn Page:  Bruins “dove” like a Zeppelin made out of Lead in their Swan Song, but from the darkest depths of Mordor, Dazed and Confused UCLA fans’ allegiances are Going to California and Washington (ASU got No Quarter), hoping they can reach the Stairway, and salvage a…

  • RELEASE THE HOUNDS!

    Doggy-Smile, Holmes:  As Monty burns, the Dawgs are in Baskers-ville, after biting back the Bears to become Big Dance-bound, while it’s elementary that Cal should still be a sure lock What’s brown and black, and looks good on a trojan?  A Doberman Pinscher.  And another cockeyed classic canine query:  Who let the Dawgs in? …

  • BRICKS & DONE

    Haggard Bruins Swift-ly lose their Rhythm, their Range, their Pride, and their Season, with no Trace of Rimes or Reason, as Rich Bears Cash in, 85-72 Parton is such sweet sorrow.  And UCLA fans can now part ways with any wild hopes of a magical miracle run to March Madness,…

  • GoldenEye

    Double-Double-0-7:  Nelson. Reeves Nelson returns from eye injuries with a License to Kill, and on Q, Pierces ‘Cats SPECTRE with 19 and 10 to help UCLA finish Onatopp 75-69, so that the Bruins can get a Quantum of Solace, and Eye Another Day Never Say Never Again… even if Cal scares…