Mustafa Abdul-Hamid News

When the UCLA players gather at Pauley Pavilion today, they can expect a different sort of film session.

Two of the most storied mena s basketball programs will battle in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series when No.

UCLA suffered its biggest loss of the Coach Ben Howland era with a 79-47 thumping by the Portland Pilots in the first round of the 76 Classic in Anaheim.

For now, at least, the UCLA basketball team will have to suffice with small improvements, glimmers of progress.

With only one chance to test themselves prior to the beginning of the 2009-10 season, the Humboldt State Lumberjacks plan to make the most of their lone basketball exhibition game.

The UCLA men's basketball team hopes to be among the best in the Pac-10 Conference.

The rumble that filtered through a sparsely populated Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday night was the sound that worry makes.

Concordia's Ben Smith imitates each and every UCLA fan watching the Bruins' one-point win over the Eagles.

Monday was probably the first time UCLA basketball coach Ben Howland had a sense of relief after one of his players left practice ahead of schedule.

With guard Jrue Holiday leaving UCLA after one season for the NBA, Bruins coach Ben Howland knows his point-guard situation for the 2009-10 season is dangerously thin.