UCLA Basketball: Video Shows How Excited Bruins Fans Are For USC Showdown

UCLA students showed up very early.

Maren Angus-Coombs | Feb 25, 2024

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UCLA fans lined up outside of Pauley Pavilion this morning to secure their seat for Saturday night's game against crosstown rival USC.

The video below captures it all beginning at 10 a.m. PT. Members of the basketball team handed out breakfast, and football coach DeShaun Foster handed out shirts.

It was a crazy scene in Westwood.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 to our fans from @uclatheden for their 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭‼️

📍 just outside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom#GoBruins | @uclaathletics pic.twitter.com/nYLyv2D8z1
— UCLA Men’s Basketball (@UCLAMBB) February 24, 2024

The student section at UCLA is called The Den, and its social media accounts captured more behind-the-scenes footage from the day.

Shoutout to @DeShaunFoster26 for handing out shirts to students in line 🙌 pic.twitter.com/3XlyDtyhag
— The Den (@uclatheden) February 24, 2024

@logan_cremonesi and @jackseidler1 also supplied the line with some swag🔥 pic.twitter.com/WjeTSCVkaV
— The Den (@uclatheden) February 24, 2024

Pauley Pavilion is officially sold out and has been rocking for the rivalry game that tipped off at 7 p.m. PT.

Published Feb 25, 2024

MAREN ANGUS-COOMBS

Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. Despite being raised in the South, her sports obsession has always been in Los Angeles. She is currently a staff writer for the LA Sports Report Network.