The Official UCLA Basketball Thread~~>

["THE" MoSav]

 
That was such a tough loss, but hey Oregon played the best game of there lives, shot lights out, and UCLA didnt play as well as they could and still almost won on the Road..Ucla will handle Oregon at Pauley by at least ten...

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that sucks for UCLA. i thought oregon was going to choke and ucla would pull it out. unfort. my wildcats lost on saturday too. washington state and their boring ass basketball..

["THE" MoSav]

that sucks for UCLA. i thought oregon was going to choke and ucla would pull it out. unfort. my wildcats lost on saturday too. washington state and their boring ass basketball..

Wasshington State is so much improved. The Pac Ten this year is nuts!

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there are reports floating around that josh shipp is out for the USC game with a slightly torn hamstring. and he could be out for as long as the arizona st and arizona games. now that is sucky news. i hope its not too bad so when arizona plays UCLA they are 100%

["THE" MoSav]

there are reports floating around that josh shipp is out for the USC game with a slightly torn hamstring. and he could be out for as long as the arizona st and arizona games. now that is sucky news. i hope its not too bad so when arizona plays UCLA they are 100%

that would suck 

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The Next Games Will Be Jan 13 VS USC i get more info later on.

["THE" MoSav]

The Next Games Will Be Jan 13 VS USC i get more info later on.

+1
No Shipp 

[LAKERS_FAN89]

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["THE" MoSav]

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how long is shipp out??

[LAKERS_FAN89]

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how long is shipp out??

i dont know i think just a couple days.

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No. 3 UCLA Looks to Rebound at USC
Bruins and Trojans are currently tied for first place in Pac-10

 
Jan. 11, 2007

LOS ANGELES -


GAMEDAY CENTRAL
DATE: Jan. 13, 2007
SITE: Galen Center (10,258)
TIP-OFF: 11:35 a.m. PST
TV: FSN Prime Ticket
TV: Steve Physioc (play-by-play), Marques Johnson (analyst)
RADIO: AM 570
TALENT: Chris Roberts (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst)
SIRIUS RADIO: Channel 143
WEB: www.uclaBruins.com
SERIES: UCLA leads 122-99



#3 UCLA vs. USC
This is the 222nd meeting between UCLA and USC with the Bruins leading the series 122-99, including winning 17 of the last 24 games. However, the Trojans have won six of the last 10 meetings. The two teams split the season series a year ago, each team winning on its home floor. The Bruins are 1-1 on the road this season while the Trojans are 9-2 at home. Last year, USC upset No. 15 UCLA 71-68 in the Sports Arena (Feb. 19, 2006) as Nick Young led the Trojans with 15 points and six rebounds. Reserve Dwayne Shackleford scored all 12 of his points in the second half. The Trojans won without second-leading scorer Gabe Pruitt, who missed his third straight game due to an injured left knee. USC had lost its last three games to UCLA including a 66-45 setback at Pauley Pavilion earlier in the year. Jordan Farmar led the Bruins with 21 points while Arron Afflalo scored 19 points in the losing effort. Bruin head coach Ben Howland sports an overall record of 3-3 against USC and 1-2 on the road against the Trojans. USC's head coach Tim Floyd, now in his second season, is 1-1 against the Bruins.



NATIONAL POLLS
UCLA was preseason rated No. 5 (tied with Pittsburgh) in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 6 in the Associated Press poll, marking the second straight season that the Bruins were ranked in the preseason polls. The Bruins are currently ranked third in the ESPN/USA Today poll (two first-place votes) and fourth in the Associated Press poll (four first-place votes).



RISE AND SHINE ... YOU'RE BURNIN' DAYLIGHT
The Bruins are no strangers to early morning wake-up calls. UCLA is 2-1 this season in games that tip-off prior to noon. The Bruins handed then sixth-ranked Texas A&M a 65-62 loss in an 11:30 a.m. tip-off at Honda Center in the John R. Wooden Classic on Dec. 9. UCLA later crushed Michigan 92-55 with an 11:00 a.m. tip in Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 23. But the Bruins lost their last morning game 68-66 at 16th-ranked Oregon on Jan. 6. The game at McArthur Court tipped at 11:00 a.m. After the 11:30 a.m. tip-off with USC at Galen Center on Jan. 13, UCLA still has two morning games. The Bruins will tip at 10:00 a.m. (PST) at West Virginia on CBS (Feb. 10) and again at 10:00 a.m. (PST) at Arizona on CBS (Feb. 17).



THREE FOR US ... NONE FOR YOU
One strength of this year's team has been in three-point shooting, where UCLA has connected on 40.6 percent (112-of-276) of its shots from beyond the arc. In Pac-10 play, that percentage is up slightly at 41.2 percent (35-of-85). In overall games, the Bruins rank second in the league and 32nd in the country in three-point percentage. Additionally, the Bruins have shot better than 34 percent from downtown in each of the last nine games while not allowing a single opponent to shoot better than 34 percent from three-point territory in the last 11 contests.



AND YES THEY CALL THEM THE STREAKS
UCLA junior Arron Afflalo (14 games), and sophomores Josh Shipp (11 games) and Darren Collison (nine games) are first, second and third, respectively, with the longest double-digit scoring streaks in the Pacific-10 Conference.



LEXUS GAUNTLET UPDATE
In addition to its basketball team, UCLA is also off to a fast start in the 2006-07 Lexus Gauntlet challenge. The Bruins lead 30-5 in the cross-town all-sports competition with USC. Saturday's men's basketball game is worth five points. An additional five points is also up for grabs later in the day when the UCLA women's basketball team hosts USC at Pauley Pavilion. It takes 57.5 points to clinch the Lexus Gauntlet. In the five years of the Lexus Gauntlet competition, the rival schools have alternated winning the trophy. USC won the inaugural trophy in 2002, then in 2004 and again in 2006. UCLA captured the rivalry's crown jewel in 2003 and 2005. The Lexus Gauntlet is presented by the Southern California Lexus Dealers, the leading sponsors of both UCLA and USC athletic departments as well as the exclusive title sponsor of every USC-UCLA athletic competition.

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Michael Roll will likely start for the injured Josh Shipp at USC on Saturday.

["THE" MoSav]

LOL@falling from #1 to #3 with the only loss being by 2 at Oregon who was top 25 

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

LOL@falling from #1 to #3 with the only loss being by 2 at Oregon who was top 25 

Last night they were ranked number 4, did it change today?

["THE" MoSav]

LOL@falling from #1 to #3 with the only loss being by 2 at Oregon who was top 25 

Last night they were ranked number 4, did it change today?

oh damn really 4? I was jsut going by what Lakers Fan posted..
Rankings are always kind of different..on saturday on CBS it will say one thing like Duke #11 and then later i will see it on ESPN And it will say Duke 12, jsut as an example.

AP Votes and Coaches Votes are the difference. But #1 is usually the same
So they are probably 3 in one poll and 4 in the other...thats my guess. what you think?