LOS ANGELES' MAGIC MEN RESIDE IN WESTWOOD.Byline: STEVE DILBECK OAKLAND - And for their next trick, Ben Howland Ben Howland (born May 28, 1957 in Lebanon, Oregon) is an American college head coach of men's basketball. He has been the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles since 2003, and recently signed a contract extension through 2013. will fly, Aaron Afflalo will saw Adam Morrison  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. in two and Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. will pull a rabbit and an Elite Eight invite out Verb 1. invite out - make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?" ask out, take out call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" of his trunks. Understand this, it was completely ridiculous. So jaw-dropping it was just stupid. The kind of thing that Hollywood would be embarrassed to try and pull off. But 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. did. Pulled off a comeback that defied belief, not to mention all basketball logic. This just doesn't happen. It just isn't allowed. Logic has to play some part. After being outplayed all night, teams just don't score the final 11 points of the game to come back and defeat a good Gonzaga team Thursday, 73-71. They don't keep digging and scraping and act determined to find a way to win a game they had tried so hard to give away. They don't leave Adam Morrison, the Player of the Year candidate, heaped on the floor after the final buzzer sounded, face buried in his hands, sobbing so hard Afflalo finally came over to him to help him up. But legs are weak after they've worked so hard only to witness one of the great comebacks of this or any other postseason. ``To be a part of it is something special,'' Farmar said. ``We kept trying to get the stops to start a run all night. I'm not sure where it came from in the last 3 minutes. ``It's amazing. It's unexplainable.'' Just imagine how the Bulldogs were left feeling. They had been in control all night. Had frustrated the Bruins with their zone, made the shots 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 could not. The last frantic seconds gave the furious comeback its fitting finale. Farmer drove to the basket with 49 seconds left and hit on a short floater Floater A bond or other type of debt whose coupon rate changes with market conditions (short-term interest rates). Also known as "floating-rate debt". Notes: For example, a floater bond may have the coupon rate set at "T-bill rate plus 0.5%". . Morrison, getting Farmar on a mismatch, then missed a 15-foot jumper. Ryan Hollins Ryan Hollins (born October 10, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. At 7 foot, 225 lbs, he is a center from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was selected in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats. grabbed the rebound and was foolishly fouled by J.P. Batista with 19.7 seconds left. Hollins made both free throws, but Gonzaga still had a 71-70 lead. Inbound the ball, get fouled, make a couple of the free throws and it's onto playing Memphis on Saturday. The Bulldogs inbounded to Morrison, who quickly double-teamed, passed to Batista. Bad idea. Batista was doubled by Cedric Bozeman Cedric R. Bozeman (born March 7 1983 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player, formerly of the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. Bozeman averaged 1.1 points in 23 games with five starts with the Hawks before being waived in January 2007. and Farmar, and then the I- can't-believe-my-eyes stretch went into complete overkill overkill Vox populi An excess of anything . Bozeman knocked the ball away from Batista. Farmar scooped it up and found Luc Mbah a Moute under the basket. He took the pass, scored underneath with 9.9 seconds to play and it was the comeback on steroids. Honest to John Wooden. Goodness gracious, it happened. ``I was just trying to apply extreme pressure,'' Farmar said. ``We were going to foul if they got the ball across half court. We were both swiping at the ball. ``Ced knocked the ball loose, I picked it up, saw Luc under the basket in a crowd, but fortunately he's 6-7 with a 7-foot wing span.'' Gonzaga, out of timeouts, inbounded and started dribbling down court, but Mbah a Moute knocked it loose from behind. A jump ball with 2.6 secondsleft to UCLA and the Bruins were actually going to do this. ``I feel very fortunate to pull out this victory,'' Howland said, and not a soul in the interview room doubted him. ``But you have to give us a lot of credit for battling back. We really gutted it up. ``Yet as happy as I am for our players and our program, I sincerely feel for (coach) Mark Few and his Gonzaga team.'' After leading by as many as 17 in the first half, the Bulldogs seemed in control. For all the UCLA faithful that missed 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. , the Bruins gave you Thursday's first half. In truth, they were confused and outplayed. They were most definitely outshot. Mostly they looked really, really lost against the zone. The Bruins opened the game by missing their first jumper. And then their next. And the next and the next ... until they had opened their little Sweet Sixteen adventure by missing their first nine shots. Meanwhile, they turned the ball over seven times. They went the first 8:45 without a field goal. The Bruins had no business coming back from all this. Only they did. Believe it or not. ``It just happened in a blur,'' Morrison said. Almost like it was supernatural. |
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