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". . . aside from three outstanding years, comprising a smaller and smaller fraction of his UCLA career, Howland's teams have under performed Lavin's. In those three good years he went 97-17 , 13-3 in the NCAA tournament.

It's Sunday evening, which sadly for most folks, means a return to work tomorrow morning.

There's a vein of thought running through the wider Bruin Nation about the viability of Coach Ben Howland, which BN reader Strathmore&Gayley summed up fairly well in the comment thread on this morning's post-Cal game breakdown : Losing to Cal has become a UCLA tradition.

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"The bottom line is this: The last time the Falcons won a playoff game, I was the head coach," Mora told the AJC.

Oregon State shot 52 percent from the floor as the Beavers knocked off Washington, 78-73, in Pacific-12 Conference women's basketball at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle on Saturday.

UCLA basketball fans can get their calendars out now. NIT first-round games are March 13 and 14 -- Loyola Marymount in a rematch? April 11 will be national letter-of-intent signing day, and Shabazz Muhammad -- considered the best high school player in the nation -- has UCLA as one of his final schools.

"I'm just focused on each game, one game at a time and college basketball," he said.

Put to rest all thoughts and pipe dreams of a potential at-large berth to the tournament.

Let's go over some quick game day notes before we get set for the tip off the "biggest test of the season." The tip-off is scheduled for 1:07 pm PST .

It's hard for me to approach this column rationally - I already have a history of over-the-top feelings towards UCLA basketball.

Maybe there are two guys named Thugaluga. I can't imagine that anyone emanating from just$c* would be anything but an absolute gentleman.

Hypotheticals are not in the playbook for Cal coach Mike Montgomery, but he wouldn't be surprised to learn that by the end of the weekend there could be a five-way tie for first place in the Pac-12 standings.

Another season, another five-part preview as we look ahead to the 2012 UCLA baseball season, which will get underway on February 17th when the Bruins take on Maryland at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Six foot three [Jeremy] Lin, who is from Palo Alto, California, was turned down by UCLA, his dream college, and did not receive any offers of basketball scholarships.

Did UCLA lose him or did they cut him loose? I know we are over the scholie count but was he a casualty of that or did UW take this kid from us? - BRUINBEATCH I guess you can call it 50/50. Sometimes a kid might be encouraged to take a look around without actually being told to take a look around.

This coach's team is A) losing at home; B) losing by double digits; C) losing to a 9 1/2-point underdog; D) wearing orange; E) all of the above.

By the time the Stanford head coach called a timeout with 12 minutes, 33 seconds left in the first half, his Cardinal were reeling and the UCLA basketball team was scorching.

To no one's surprise Dan Guerrero jumped on the opportunity to play up Coach Jim Mora's recruiting success even though he personally had nothing to do with it.

Yes, it's the middle of February. Spring camp is still beyond the horizon and well, fall feels like it will take forever to arrive.