BRUINS SAY IT'S THEIR TIME OF YEAR.Byline: Jon Wilner Daily News Staff Writer Sometimes the UCLA Bruins The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I-A as part of the Pacific Ten Conference. Athletic alumni Jackie Robinson, Rafer Johnson, Yang Chuan-kwang (C.K. say what's on What's On (Traditional Chinese: 熒幕八爪娛) is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television. Format Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. their minds. Sometimes they take the politically correct politically correct Politically sensitive adjective Referring to language reflecting awareness and sensitivity to another person's physical, mental, cultural, or other disadvantages or deviations from a norm; a person is not mentally retarded, but approach. But their locker room greaseboard never lies. It is the window to their conscience. Saturday afternoon at Oregon was no exception. Assistant coach Steve Lavin Steve Lavin (born September 4,1964), a San Francisco, California native is a former college basketball coach and current ABC and ESPN TV analyst. As UCLA head basketball coach from 1996-2003, Lavin compiled a record of 145-78. scribbled "March is Our Month" on the board, and the players eagerly agreed. "All the preseason stuff is over now. This really is our time of the year," sophomore Kris Johnson said after a riveting, 77-71 comeback victory. "It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to strap it on. We want to stop being mediocre and realize how good we can be." The Bruins were 8-0 in March 1995, including four NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
No player better embodies the March theme than sophomore guard Tony Bailey. He opened March '95 with a then-season high 24 points against USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , and he closed it with 26 in a West Regional final victory over Connecticut. In all, Bailey averaged 14.2 points that month - opposed to 9.4 points in all other months as a freshman. He entered this March in a 27-of-88 shooting slump, but against Oregon made 7 of 14 shots and hit the game-winning basket. "Coach (Jim) Harrick said it was my month, and I believe him," he said. Owning the league: UCLA's sophomore class is 30-4 in conference play. High and lows: It has been a tough two weeks for junior forward Charles O'Bannon Charles Edward O'Bannon (born February 22 1975 in Lakewood, California) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a star small forward/shooting guard, and a starter on the school's 1995 NCAA Championship team. . First, he hit the game-winning shot to beat USC on his 21st birthday. Then he was benched for 24 minutes against Duke for violating team rules. (Harrick hinted the violation was related to his birthday.) Then O'Bannon was elbowed in the nose at Oregon State and missed 10 crucial minutes in the second half. "I got hit right on the tip, and I thought it was broken," he said. His misfortune continued Saturday at Oregon. He made two 3-point shots and converted a three-point play to keep the Bruins within range midway through the second half. But he was on the bench for most of UCLA's 24-5 game-turning surge. "I thought fatigue was setting in, so I wanted to rest him for a minute," Harrick said. "I was going to put him in for Bailey, but Bailey made a steal and a layup, so I waited. Then we got our run going, and I didn't want to change anything. But Charles understands." By the numbers: Prior to making 3 of 7 3-pointers at Oregon, UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX had made 10 of 58 from behind the arc (17.2 percent). . . . The Bruins are shooting 73 percent from the foul line in their past seven games. Johnson is 37 of 43 in his last nine. . . . Point guard Cameron Dollar had 10 points, nine assists, five rebounds, five turnovers and four steals in Oregon. . . . Center Jelani McCoy had nine points, seven rebounds and two blocks against the Oregon schools at Pauley Pavilion last month, but 18, 14 and six, respectively, the second time around. |
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