
Junior guard/forward Eric Dailey Jr. celebrates while running on the floor at Pauley Pavilion. Dailey scored 15 points on 5-for-14 shooting from the field, along with nine rebounds, against Maryland. (Aidan Sun/assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 11:13 p.m.
It was not quite the Los Angeles Dodgers versus the Oklahoma City Comets on Saturday, but it was the lopsided matchup the Bruins seemed to need amid their two-game skid.

Stephen Curry helped transition basketball from the paint to the 3-point line.
Consequently, shooting and perimeter defense have become staples of every championship-caliber team.
Coach Mick Cronin has embraced a defensive-centered approach throughout his coaching career, molding squads that stifle opposing players.
Saying that basketball is a game of runs is a cliche.
But sometimes, teams truly embody the game’s hot-and-cold nature.
UCLA men’s basketball (10-4, 2-1 Big Ten) will face one of the streakiest teams in the country Tuesday night in Wisconsin (9-5, 1-2) at the Kohl Center in Madison.
This post was updated Jan. 3 at 7:14 p.m.
Too little, too late.
Despite a miraculous second-half effort – which saw the Bruins cut the deficit from 24 to as little as four with 3:13 remaining in the contest – UCLA men’s basketball (10-4, 2-1 Big Ten) flatlined 74-61 to No.
This post was updated Dec. 23 at 7:12 p.m.
There are three guarantees in life.
Death, taxes and Tyler Bilodeau.
Over the Bruins’ last 45 games, there has been no one more reliable than the senior forward.
The opponent does not matter.
In sports, but especially college basketball, it can be anyone’s night on any given day.
And the Bruins saw that firsthand against the Mustangs Friday.
This post was updated Dec. 19 at 10:01 p.m.
Buy games are supposed to be free wins.
Goliath fills their early season schedule with what should be an uneventful win at home, and David gets a healthy sum of cash despite an all-but-guaranteed loss.
March Madness games are not won in early December.
But teams can start building the form they want to reach come postseason.
In Wednesday’s victory over the Sun Devils, the Bruins showed who they can be.
This post was updated Dec. 17 at 11 p.m.
News of Mick Cronin’s summer contract extension was met with mixed reactions Sunday morning.
UCLA’s loss to Gonzaga on Saturday – which knocked Cronin’s team from the top 25 – evoked the coach’s previous March shortfalls and was yet another example of the Bruins failing to live up to their No.

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