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It is named after former Bruin athlete Jackie Robinson, the first African-American major league baseball player of the modern era. Robinson (1919–1972) attended UCLA from 1939 to 1941, after graduating from Pasadena Junior College. He was the first UCLA athlete to earn varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track.
He played basketball for Pasadena High School in Pasadena, California. As a junior, Hamilton averaged 24.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game and was named Pasadena Star-News All-Area Player of the Year. [2] In his senior season, he averaged 24.4 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, repeating as Pasadena Star-News All-Area Player of the Year. [3]
The 2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles, during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I season. The Bruins were led by first-year head coach Mick Cronin and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion as members in the Pac-12 Conference. UCLA finished the season with a 19–12 record.
Up until the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the games took place at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The Bruins currently play at The Cube Ice and Entertainment Center in Santa Clarita, California, which played host to the 2023 and 2024 WCHC Playoffs, both of which UCLA lost in the final of.
The Annual Turkey Tussle Football Game tradition began in 1947 when the game was played between Pasadena Community College and John Muir Junior College. The two schools played until 1953. In 1954, the annual rivalry was played between what is now Pasadena High School and John Muir High School and is normally held at the Rose Bowl Stadium. Muir ...
The 6-foot-9 junior forward led the Bruins in scoring (13.9) and rebounding (9.1) in 2010–11 when he was named All-Pac-10. [7] [8] March 5, 2012 – Guard Lazeric Jones was named Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 27 – March 4; Jones was named to the All-Pac-12 second team and David Wear received honorable mention.
The 1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won a second consecutive NCAA national championship, the fourth in five years under head coach John Wooden, with a win over North Carolina. [ 2 ] UCLA's 47-game winning streak came to an end in January when they were beaten by Houston and All-American Elvin Hayes in the Astrodome 71–69; the game ...
In his first year in 2019–20, the Bruins started slowly at 8–9 before going 11–3 and finishing second in the Pac-12 at 12–6. Cronin was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year . [ 25 ] The Bruins earned a No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the Pac-12 tournament . [ 26 ]