Badri Viswanathan

@dailybruin Assistant Sports Editor. The Unheralded Hooper EIC.

[Badri Viswanathan @BRViswanathan]

2026 was the year of Emon van Loben Sels and Cassius Chinlund for @uclatennis. In addition to holding 2 of the Bruins' top 3 singles records this season, the pair share another commonality: a similar journey as redshirts.

My feature in @dailybruin:
https://t.co/buIW3M6YM2

[Kai Dizon @KaiADizon]

CJ immediately becomes #UCLA’s highest ranked incoming freshman, per @PerfectGameUSA’s ranking.

Also becomes the team’s 2nd active CJ.

[NBA @NBA]

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆

New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!

[ESPN @espn]

Wemby isn't satisfied yet 👀

[NBA on Prime @NBAonPrime]

Wemby was emotional after advancing to his first NBA Finals 👏

What it's all about 🥹

[WembyMuse @Wemby_Muse]

Same exact miss by JDub and Westbrook.

Same exact shot by Wemby and Curry.

The resemblance is uncanny 🤯

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

STILL NOT OVER THIS SHOT 😭

WHO WAS WEMBY FEELING LIKE??

[Badri Viswanathan @BRViswanathan]

RT @NBA: WEMBY WENT OFF IN GAME 3!

👽 39 PTS
👽 15 REB
👽 5 BLK
👽 3 3PM

SPURS TAKE A 2-1 SERIES LEAD IN THE WEST SEMIS 🍿 https://t.co/aX1RjT…

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

.@notthefakeSVP pays tribute to Nick Nurse’s late brother, Stephen Nurse.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

All 12 of Wemby's blocks in Game 1 🤯

Wemby just set the NBA playoffs block record 🔥

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

Joel Embiid’s basketball journey isn’t one you hear every day: “My very first scrimmage at Kansas, I got dunked on so hard by Tarik Black that I almost quit. Tarik dunked on me so hard that I was looking at plane tickets home. This guy was a senior. He was a grown man. I didn’t know what was going on. He got his own rebound and dunked over me so hard that everything went in slow motion.

He dunked the ball off my head, for real. But I didn’t even tell you the worst part. The worst part was that the entire Kansas women’s hoops team was sitting in the bleachers watching the scrimmage. The whole gym was laughing at me. It was crazy. Seriously, it was like a WORLDSTAR situation.

So I went straight to Bill Self’s office afterward and I said, ‘I can’t do this. You have to redshirt me. I can’t play with these guys.’

And Bill was like, ‘What? Are you serious? In two years, you’re going to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.’

The thing was, I had been told that all these college coaches lie. So I really thought he was trying to be slick with me. In my head, I was like, Alright, I’m just going to keep showing up and at least I’ll get a degree out of this. That will make my mom happy.

The only thing that kept me going was the way that I was raised by my parents. They always told us to keep working, no matter what. I had this DVD that my coach in Cameroon had mailed to me when I first came to America. It was an hour-long tape of Hakeem Olajuwon and some other legendary big men. I probably watched that DVD every single day for three years. I would study the way Hakeem moved, and I would go out and try to imitate him.

I did it in high school, and I did it at Kansas.

I was basically just imagining that I was a good basketball player. The power of the mind is kind of amazing. I mean, I sucked. But somehow, I convinced myself that I was Hakeem. And I started getting better and better. And then I sort of started killing it.

I pretended my way to the NBA. I seriously got to the league by watching YouTube and living in the gym. There’s no other way to explain it. Remember when KG won the title with the Celtics, and he was acting all crazy, screaming out, ‘ANYTHING IS POSSIBLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!!!!!!!!!!’

That speaks to me. That’s my life. It happened so fast that it doesn’t even make sense.” https://t.co/w3th8PeL5j

@JoelEmbiid | @sixers | @KUHoops

[Daily Bruin @dailybruin]

For most high school seniors, spring brings prom, graduation and nights out with friends.

For redshirt junior Emon van Loben Sels and redshirt freshman Cassius Chinlund, graduating early brought them to UCLA men's tennis. https://t.co/wTqoatIuhE

[Badri Viswanathan @BRViswanathan]

2026 was the year of Emon van Loben Sels and Cassius Chinlund for @uclatennis. In addition to holding 2 of the Bruins' top 3 singles records this season, the pair share another commonality: a similar journey as redshirts.

My feature in @dailybruin:
https://t.co/buIW3M6YM2

[NBA @NBA]

"Every single person in this room contributed to winning... I'm proud of everybody in this room." 🔥

JJ Redick and LeBron James had the LA locker room fired up as the Lakers celebrate punching their ticket to the Western Conference Semifinals!

Game 1: Tuesday 8:30 PM ET on NBC/Peacock

[Badri Viswanathan @BRViswanathan]

"A heavyweight fight ensued the last time these two teams met, culminating in an endgame blow. This time, the punch came almost immediately. And with it, the Bruins’ season came to an end."
My latest in @dailybruin on @uclatennis' season-ending loss:
https://t.co/lrFigcHe6W

[Badri Viswanathan @BRViswanathan]

"A heavyweight fight ensued the last time these two teams met, culminating in an endgame blow. This time, the punch came almost immediately. And with it, the Bruins’ season came to an end."
My latest in @dailybruin on @uclatennis' season-ending loss:
https://t.co/lrFigcHe6W

[ESPN @espn]

THE PISTONS COME BACK FROM A 3-1 DEFICIT TO ADVANCE 🔥

Detroit gets it done in Game 7 for their first playoff series win since 2008!

[Badri Viswanathan @BRViswanathan]

Some more articles I've written this postseason about @uclawtennis and @uclatennis. It's been a real joy covering these two programs all season!
https://t.co/kUIhX6Nqlt
https://t.co/WphByHiJd4
https://t.co/qpdacRkC7v
https://t.co/GdV2zyIPcG

[Badri Viswanathan @BRViswanathan]

Some more articles I've written this postseason about @uclawtennis and @uclatennis. It's been a real joy covering these two programs all season!
https://t.co/kUIhX6Nqlt
https://t.co/WphByHiJd4
https://t.co/qpdacRkC7v
https://t.co/GdV2zyIPcG