Nikola Dragovic News

This has been a Murphy's Law kind of year for the UCLA Bruins' basketball program thus far.

Markieff Morris and Xavier Henry combined for nearly half of top-rated Kansas's points Sunday in a 73-61 Jayhawks victory over UCLA.

In preparing for his team's blue-blooded showdown against UCLA on Sunday, Kansas coach Bill Self actually dusted off the tape from the Bruins' 68-55 Elite Eight victory over the Jayhawks in 2007.

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

UCLA looked young and inexperienced in starting the season 2-1 with a loss to Cal State Fullerton.

Make a list of everything that has gone wrong for UCLA just four weeks into the basketball season.

After dropping its opener against Cal State Fullerton, UCLA tries to build upon two straight wins when it begins play tonight in the 76 Classic tournament in Anaheim against the Portland Pilots at approximately 8:00 PM.

UCLA finished the 76 Classic tournament with a disastrous exclamation point, losing in the seventh place-game to Long Beach St., 79-68. The Bruins, now 2-4, lost to the 49ers for the first time in history in the debacle.

Today Nicholls State vs. Washington State, Anchorage, 5 p.m. Coppin State at USC, 7:30 p.m. Butler vs.

Gordon Hayward scored 11 points and made a pair of foul shots with 0.6 seconds left in the game to give 12th-ranked Butler a 69-67 victory over UCLA in the consolation round of the 76 Classic at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Portland 74, UCLA 47: Not a misprint. Worst loss of Ben Howland's tenure at UCLA.

See below for complete tournament schedule. UCLA forward Reeves Nelson tries to shoot while guarded by Portland forwards Ethan Niedermeyer, left, and Luke Sikma in the first half of their NCAA college basketball game at the 76 Classic in Anaheim.

UCLA's basketball team heads into today's 76 Classic at Anaheim Convention Center, one of the nation's toughest preseason tournaments, on the heels of a sluggish start with young players.

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UCLA reinstated Nikola Dragovic on Wednesday after the Serbian forward's two-game suspension for his arrest in an assault case.

Forward Drew Gordon scored 18 points and guard Michael Roll added 17 as UCLA overcame Pepperdine 71-52 Monday night.

Forward Nikola Dragovic's attorney, Jon Artz, spoke on behalf of his client late this evening.

UCLA basketball player Nikola Dragovic was free on $30,000 bail Saturday after he was booked on suspicion of felony assault in connection with a fight at a concert last month, police said.

Larry Bird finished his speech, walked back to his seat and received a fist bump from the man sitting next to him on the dais.

UCLA basketball player Nikola Dragovic, arrested on a felony assault charge stemming from a fight at a concert last month, was expected to be bailed out of a Hollywood lockup Saturday.