It's UCLA by a nose over USC in Pac-12 quarterfinals UCLA-USC basketball game story from Pac-12 tournament

Power Rankings: Undefeated UCLA continues to rise

UCLA basketball turning into family affair The Ball keeps rolling for UCLA on the basketball recruiting front.

USC topples UCLA to move into second place in Pac-12 standings Julian Jacobs scored 17 points and USC led all the way in an 80-61 victory over UCLA on Thursday night at the Galen Center.

UCLA's basketball team is looking to put a stop to some porous play on defense UCLA 's basketball team knows it has a problem. The Bruins' low points in an up-and-down season correspond to their failings on defense.

UCLA basketball players say inconsistency is linked to effort on defense UCLA has some of the most impressive wins of any college basketball team. It has defeated Kentucky, Gonzaga in Spokane, Wash., and, most recently, Arizona .

UCLA to face No. 7 Arizona while trying to recapture early promise Fortunes can change swiftly in the Pac-12 Conference. Follow the trajectory of UCLA 's basketball team: one day, a top contender in the conference, with victories over a couple of the nation's best. A weekend later? The basement.

Kentucky faces UCLA: One of them is still a first-class program It's UCLA versus Kentucky at Pauley Pavilion on Thursday night, a matchup of college basketball blue bloods, the most decorated programs in the history of the sport.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rips the state of the UCLA basketball program Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is in the NBA Hall of Fame, won three national championships in three years at UCLA and was a three-time All-American. He, apparently, is not pleased with the state of the UCLA basketball program.

UCLA, beaten earlier by Gonzaga, to get new chance in NCAA tournament More than three months ago, when UCLA played Gonzaga at Pauley Pavilion, the Bulldogs overwhelmed the Bruins with talent and experience. UCLA kept pace offensively, but on defense it had no answers.