Full UCLA basketball schedule released

UCLA guard Bryce Alford, right, celebrates as his father, Coach Steve Alford, stands in the background in the closing seconds of the second half of a game against Arizona on Jan. 7.

By Ben Bolch

Sept. 8, 2016 3:25 PM PT

UCLA will play USC on Jan. 25 at the Galen Center and on Feb. 18 at Pauley Pavilion as part of the Pac-12 Conference men’s basketball schedule released Thursday. The Trojans won three consecutive meetings between the teams last season for the first time since 1942.

The Bruins will play defending conference champion Oregon on Dec. 28 in Eugene and on Feb. 9 at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA will play every Pac-12 team twice except California, Stanford, Utah and Colorado.

Each of UCLA’s 31 regular-season games this season will be televised, including at least 10 by the ESPN family of networks. The team will also have nine games nationally televised, three by CBS and six by Fox Sports 1.

The Bruins open the season Nov. 11 against Pacific at Pauley Pavilion.

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

Full UCLA basketball schedule released

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