Here is why UCLA's 2026-27 success hinges on its returners.

The UCLA men’s basketball team is getting a key piece of its roster back next season.

Support, intensity and rage bait are the qualities that have made junior forward Eric Dailey Jr. a leader on the Bruins.

After letting UCF complete a near-gutsy comeback win, UCLA head coach Mick Cronin’s just glad his team wasn’t on the wrong side of a March upset.

Mick Cronin raised a plastic cup to another NCAA Tournament victory for UCLA with an energy drink he brought with him to the podium. “I'm not Coach Pitino,” he said. The Bruins coach laughed in a nod to Rick Pitino of St. John's and the postgame beer he sipped in celebration of winning a conference tournament.

Jordan Burks scored 22 points as UCF basketball lost to UCLA in the first round of the March Madness bracket. The Bruins advanced.

UCLA was without leading scorer Tyler Bilodeau for their NCAA Tournament first round matchup versus UCF but the Bruins didn't flinch, and got the win.

Bruins meet the Knights in the City of Brotherly Love.

CHICAGO — In mid-February, UCLA hit one of its worst lows this season.