I forgot to mention last night that by winning, UCLA has swept the season series against USC for the first time in four years, definitely a significant development. Also of note, Arron Afflalo set a career high with 22 points. Actually, almost all the bruins had great stats because the Trojans were so terrible.

I also noticed a few quotes in the papers, perhaps most entertaining is Mike Fey's comments about all of the dunks the bruins got (from the OC Register):

"We all got caught up in it. Everybody was dunking. We must have had eight or something. It was like a highlight reel going on."

Actually, Mike, it would have been nine if you hadn't come up short on one of your dunk attempts. :)

Interestingly, the UCLA-USC report in the LA Times notes how the Trojans might have been affected by the ruckus atomosphere in Pauley. i can't remember any opponent mentioning that after a game. of course, these are the trojans, who probably have bigger crowds at their old high school games than at the sports arena.

One other thing: last night i mentioned how much Jeff McMillan was sweating. If you look at this AP picture from Chris Pizzello, you might be able to tell how McMillan's uniform is a couple shades darker than O'Neil's on the right. You have to take my word for it: McMillan looked like someone had just pushed him into a pool.



Here are the rest of the recaps:
M. hoops: USC defense unable to keep up
Slamming good time
Time to become weekend warriors
An easy deuce for Bruins
Thoroughly swept
Bruins Look Like Hotshots
UCLA dominates