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• Many Hats, but Finally the One That Fits for Neuheisel

  This is where Coach Rick Neuheisel always imagined he would be: standing at Spaulding Field, in the shadow of Pauley Pavilion, wearing a U.C.L.A. baseball cap. Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: College Athletics, Football, University of California, Los Angeles, Neuheisel, Rick

• In Showcase of Top Teams, Everyone Has a Favorite

  With top-seeded Memphis blowing out No. 2 Texas and No. 1 Kansas barely holding on against No. 10 Davidson, the Final Four will have an incandescent quality this season. Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of Kansas, University of California, Los Angeles

• Top Seeds Make Final Four History

  With top-seeded Memphis blowing out No. 2 Texas and No. 1 Kansas barely holding on against No. 10 Davidson, the Final Four will have an incandescent quality this season. Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of Kansas, University of California, Los Angeles

• West Region: U.C.L.A. Rolls, Just Like in the Old Days

  In beating third-seeded Xavier, 76-57, Coach Ben Howland has led his top-seeded Bruins to the Final Four for the third consecutive season. Posted Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:38 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Xavier University of Ohio, University of California, Los Angeles

• West Region: With Momentum, U.C.L.A. Reaches Final Four

  In beating third-seeded Xavier, 76-57, Coach Ben Howland has led his top-seeded Bruins to the Final Four for the third consecutive season. Posted Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:30 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Xavier University of Ohio, University of California, Los Angeles

• West Region: Trainer’s Ties Assure Him of a Link to the Final Four

  With top-seeded U.C.L.A. facing third-seeded Xavier in the West Region final for a trip to the Final Four, Tony Salesi, the trainer for the Pittsburgh program for the last 22 seasons, is torn. Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 8:25 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of California, Los Angeles

• Bruins Lose Basket, With One to Spare

  The N.C.A.A. clarified the score of the Bruins’ second-round victory against the Aggies, saying that the officials waved off Russell Westbrook’s dunk as time expired and that the final was 51-49. Posted Sunday, March 23, 2008 6:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, University of California, Los Angeles

• West Region: U.C.L.A. Pulls an Escape

  U.C.L.A.’s 53-49 victory was the 12th straight for the Bruins, who will face Western Kentucky or San Diego next week in Phoenix. Posted Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Duke University, University of California, Los Angeles, Texas A&M University

• Having Fun, Fun, Fun as a Freshman at U.C.L.A.

  Kevin Love is the athlete of the moment in Southern California, a 6-foot-10 freshman center leading the top-seeded U.C.L.A. Bruins into the N.C.A.A. tournament. Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 6:22 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, University of California, Los Angeles, Love, Kevin

• Pacific-10 Men’s Tournament: U.C.L.A. Claims Title and Quickly Sets Its Sights Higher

  The Bruins beat Stanford, 67-64, by piddling away a lead in the final minutes, then watching as an opposing player missed a potential game-tying shot at the buzzer. Posted Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, University of California, Los Angeles, Stanford University

• Pacific-10 Men’s Tournament: U.C.L.A. Edges Stanford and Turns to Broader Ambitions

  The Bruins beat Stanford, 67-64, by piddling away a lead in the final minutes, then watching as an opposing player missed a potential game-tying shot at the buzzer. Posted Saturday, March 15, 2008 6:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, University of California, Los Angeles, Stanford University

• Pacific-10 Men’s Tournament: Trojans Make It Close, but Bruins Reach Final

  Top-seeded U.C.L.A. slipped past fourth-seeded Southern California after nearly blowing a 9-point lead in the final 10 minutes. Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 9:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles