Daily Bruin · Out of Bounds: Class of 2020 signs off
Sam Connon: Hi, my name is Sam Connon and this is Out of Bounds. I’m the outgoing Sports editor, soon-to-be senior staffer at the Daily Bruin.

This post was updated June 12 at 2:40 p.m.
Although the 2019-2020 year finished with the cancellations of the remaining seasons for many UCLA teams, there were still inspiring performances by athletes competing in the blue and gold.

Five-star point guard Daishen Nix spurned UCLA men’s basketball for the NBA G League in April, leaving four-star forward Jaylen Clark as the Bruins’ lone incoming high school recruit for the 2020-2021 season.

With the quarter winding down, UCLA men’s basketball’s season is preparing to play its most important games of the season. On this week’s episode of “Out of Bounds,” Sports editor Sam Connon, Daily Bruin senior staffer Ryan Smith and special guest assistant Sports editor Jack Perez break down the Bruins’ most recent loss to the Trojans on Saturday, as well as the path ahead of them in the Pac-12 and NCAA tournaments.

This post was updated March 9 at 12:41 a.m.
It required last-second heroics, but the Bruins’ seven-game winning streak is over.
UCLA men’s basketball (19-12, 12-6 Pac-12) fell to crosstown rival USC (22-9, 11-7) 54-52 on Saturday afternoon at the Galen Center, handing the Bruins their first loss since Feb.

UCLA men’s basketball has eked its way into Bracketology for the first time all season after another string of victories at Pauley Pavilion, this time over conference rivals Arizona State and Arizona.

UCLA men’s basketball has won nine of its last 11 games, and it will take a five-game winning streak into its homestand against Arizona State and Arizona this weekend.

The Bruins continue to win on the back of their defense.
UCLA men‘s basketball (16-11, 9-5 Pac-12) never trailed in a 69-58 victory over Utah (14-12, 5-9) on Thursday night as the Bruins secured their fourth consecutive win and eighth in their last 10 games.

UCLA men’s basketball defended its home court and has now won seven of its last nine games, so Sports editor Sam Connon, Daily Bruin senior staffer Ryan Smith and assistant Sports editor Jacqueline Dzwonczyk broke it all down on this week’s episode of “Out of Bounds.” Also on this episode, the staff talks about UCLA women’s basketball’s home split against the Oregon schools, the upcoming UCLA beach volleyball season opener and how UCLA baseball looked in its first series of the season.
 

On this week’s episode of “Out of Bounds,” Sports editor Sam Connon and Daily Bruin senior staff Ryan Smith break down UCLA men’s basketball’s up and down weekend and what could lie ahead for the Bruins in the back half of Pac-12 play.