Up next for UCLA basketball: Saturday vs. No. 16 BYU

By Ben Bolch

Dec. 17, 2010 12 AM PT

UCLA today

VS. NO. 16 BRIGHAM YOUNG

When: 2:30 p.m.

Where: Honda Center.

On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 570.

Records: UCLA 5-4, BYU 10-0.

Record vs. BYU: 11-11 all-time.

Update: This will be the first Wooden Classic since John Wooden died in June at 99, something that Bruins Coach Ben Howland said was “really going to be difficult.” Several UCLA players said they wanted to win the game as a tribute to the coach who guided the Bruins to 10 national titles and inspired millions with his Pyramid of Success.

— Ben Bolch

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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.

Up next for UCLA basketball: Saturday vs. No. 16 BYU

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