UCLA men trounced by No. 15 Michigan State to close rough trip

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Any hope the UCLA men’s basketball team had of improving its NCAA Tournament resume with a signature win during the toughest road trip in the Big Ten was nothing more than wishful thinking.

Jeremy Fears Jr. had 16 points and 10 assists, leading No. 15 Michigan State to an 82-59 rout of UCLA on Tuesday night, sending the Bruins limping home with a pair of lopsided losses and the worst kind of program history.

UCLA (17-9 overall, 9-6 Big Ten), which lost to then-No.