This post was updated Feb. 1 at 9:05 p.m.
27 feet, 1.1 seconds left.
Donovan Dent found an open Trent Perry. 
Perry rose and fired.
A Hail Mary.

This post was updated Feb 1. at 9:24 p.m.
The scoreboard at Pauley Pavilion read 48-46.
A typical halftime score for coach Mick Cronin’s team, or a glance at the video monitor during a coach Cori Close timeout.

This post was updated Jan. 15 at 10:56 p.m.
It takes pressure to tip an evenly balanced scale. 
But eventually, something has to give. 
And Wednesday night, it was sophomore guard Trent Perry, who stole the show and tipped the scales in his favor.

This post was updated Jan. 8 at 11:08 p.m.
No. 1 UCLA men’s volleyball is just days away from opening its 2026 campaign, and after another deep NCAA tournament run, the Bruins enter the new season at a moment of transition.

This post was updated Dec. 16 at 9:48 p.m.
The rotation had been complete enough for the Bruins to win.
But it still had not been fully complete.

The Bruins are one win away from the next chapter.
But before the championship bracket opens, the road back to a national title begins with a familiar postseason rhythm: a long layoff, a corrective training stretch and an opening round opponent built to test composure.

This post was updated Dec. 4 at 7:02 p.m.
No one needs a reminder of how quickly fortunes can shift in the postseason.
The last time the Bruins made it to the NCAA tournament was in 2021, where they fell in the regional semifinals.

This post was updated Nov. 21 at 10:09 p.m.
Pauley Pavilion’s season finale stretched deep into a deciding fifth set.
And the Bruins made sure the last word belonged to the home team.

Some problems don’t announce themselves.
They show up over and over and over on film until the pattern becomes impossible to ignore.
For the Bruins, that pattern is tied to the quarterback – the signal callers they have, the field general they just faced and the commander they will see next.

This post was updated Nov. 14 at 7:50 p.m.
Regular season down to one.
Conference race down to two.
And the final hurdle is the same one that tripped them last time.