No. 12 UCLA is a program steeped in history. Pepperdine, which visits the Bruins on Friday in Los Angeles, pulls plenty of its current identity from UCLA's past.

The Waves (1-0) are in their second season under head coach Ed Schilling, a UCLA assistant for Steve Alford from 2013-17. The Bruins won at least 22 games and advanced to the Sweet 16 in three of Schilling's four seasons.

Schilling hired legendary UCLA point guard Tyus Edney a week after he got the Pepperdine job. Edney captained UCLA's most recent national championship team in 1995, then returned as an assistant coach from 2017-19.

A coaching staff heavy on UCLA lineage aims to hand the Bruins (1-0) their first loss to a Pepperdine team since Nov. 28, 2001, when the Waves scored an 85-78 stunner at Pauley Pavilion. That season

See Full Page