
This post was updated Dec. 16 at 8:21 p.m.
The Bruins’ 2025-26 campaign took another hit. Then-No.25 UCLA men’s basketball (7-3, 2-0 Big Ten) fell to its second-ranked team of the season, losing 82-72 to then-No.



Senior guard Kiki Rice dribbles the ball. Rice paced the Bruins with 23 points in a season-high scoring night. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Dec. 16 at 9:48 p.m.
The rotation had been complete enough for the Bruins to win.
But it still had not been fully complete.
Once is an accident.
Twice is a coincidence.
Thrice is a pattern.
But what does it mean when it happens 14 times?
That is the number of national championships UCLA men’s water polo has won, which accounts for over 10% of UCLA’s 125 NCAA titles.
Nostalgia feels like a constant companion as a fourth-year student.
College will soon be over, and I will begin the next chapter of my life.
As a kid, everything felt endless, but with each passing year, the last times have become clearer to me.

