UCLA’s March Madness run ends in Sweet 16 loss to North Carolina
PHILADELPHIA — This was not the end he envisioned to what seemed like another magical journey only moments earlier. After he pushed through so much, carrying his team with his shots and spirit while playing on a bad ankle, Jaime Jaquez Jr. finally had to acknowledge it was over. He stuck the tail of his UCLA jersey in his mouth and glanced around the Wells Fargo Center in the final moments ...
by Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times
Mar 26, 2022
4 minutes
PHILADELPHIA — This was not the end he envisioned to what seemed like another magical journey only moments earlier.
After he pushed through so much, carrying his team with his shots and spirit while playing on a bad ankle, Jaime Jaquez Jr. finally had to acknowledge it was over.
He stuck the tail of his UCLA jersey in his mouth and glanced around the Wells Fargo Center in the final moments Friday night, no savior in sight.
Extending his misery, Jaquez had to make the long, lonely walk to the free throw line on the opposite end of the
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