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Fours-up, baby: UCLA pummels USC in Crosstown Cup

Nypost · · 383 words · By Ben Bolch
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For the second time in the last three years, the Bruins have prevailed in the head-to-head all-sports competition with rival USC known as the Crosstown Cup.

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What happened

For the second time in the last three years, the Bruins have prevailed in the head-to-head all-sports competition with rival USC known as the Crosstown Cup.

Why it matters

The latest battle wasn’t particularly close, with UCLA winning by a 115-75 margin after going 23-12-1 in head-to-head matchups.

Common ground

The 115 points are the second most scored by either school in Crosstown Cup history, trailing only UCLA’s 120 points during the 2023-24 school year and 115 in 2017-18 as well as USC’s 115 in 2015-16.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/sports/ucla-dominates-rival-usc-to-win-crosstown-c…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Sports that do not feature head-to-head competition award their 10 points to the highest finisher in conference play.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding how points are awarded for non-head-to-head sports.
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Claim 2: “The 115 points are the second most scored by either school in Crosstown Cup history, trailing only UCLA’s 120 points during the 2023-24 school year and 115 in 2017-18 as well as USC’s 115 in 2015-16.”
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The specific historical point comparisons (120 points in 2023-24, 115 in 2017-18 and 2015-16) are not corroborated by the provided evidence.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Brooklyn_Nets_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Southern California Crosstown Cup is a year-long all-sports college competition between the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans. While UCLA and USC have had a sports rivalry since the 1920s, the offic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California_Crosstown_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UCLA–USC rivalry is the American collegiate athletics rivalry between the UCLA Bruins sports teams of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and USC Trojans teams of the University of So…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA–USC_rivalry
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Claim 3: “If the teams win an equal number of matchups, the points are split.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the splitting of points in the event of a tie.
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Claim 4: “Each of the 19 sports in which both rivals field teams has the opportunity to win 10 points toward the Cup based on head-to-head results.”
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Two independent sources (Culver City Observer and UCLA Athletics) confirm that there are 19 sports in which both schools field teams and each is worth 10 points.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Each of the 19 sports in which UCLA and USC field teams has the opportunity to win 10 points towards the Crosstown Cup. All 10 points for a ...
https://www.culvercityobserver.com/story/2026/05/28/sports/u…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Each of the 19 sports in which UCLA and USC field teams has the opportunity to win 10 points towards the Crosstown Cup. All 10 points for a ...
https://uclabruins.com/news/2026/5/27/bruin-athletics-ucla-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — While UCLA and USC have had a sports rivalry since the 1920s, the official yearly head-to-head all-sports competition began with the 2001–2002 season as the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California_Crosstown_…
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Claim 5: “UCLA winning by a 115-75 margin after going 23-12-1 in head-to-head matchups.”
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The specific score of 115-75 and the record of 23-12-1 are not found in the provided evidence from independent sources; they appear to be specific to the original claim's source.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aday Mara Gómez (born April 7, 2005) is a Spanish basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and Michigan Wolverines. Mara was an NCAA national champion and the Big Ten Defens…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Southern California Crosstown Cup is a year-long all-sports college competition between the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans. While UCLA and USC have had a sports rivalry since the 1920s, the offic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California_Crosstown_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Victory Bell is the trophy that is awarded to the winner of the UCLA–USC football rivalry game. The game is an American college football rivalry between the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans, part of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Bell_(UCLA–USC)
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Claim 6: “The official head-to-head battle in a rivalry that dates to the 1920s to determine an annual champion started with the 2001-02 school year.”
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Claim 7: “UCLA earned the full 10 points in nine sports — women’s cross-country, women’s basketball, men’s basketball, men’s volleyball, beach volleyball, men’s golf, men’s tennis, men’s track & field and baseball.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 8: “For the second time in the last three years, the Bruins have prevailed in the head-to-head all-sports competition with rival USC known as the Crosstown Cup.”
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Two independent web sources (Facebook and AOL.com) explicitly state that UCLA has won the Crosstown Cup for the second time in the last three years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Southern California Crosstown Cup is a year-long all-sports college competition between the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans. While UCLA and USC have had a sports rivalry since the 1920s, the offic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California_Crosstown_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Victory Bell is the trophy that is awarded to the winner of the UCLA–USC football rivalry game. The game is an American college football rivalry between the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans, part of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Bell_(UCLA–USC)
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Claim 9: “UCLA swept all four meetings between the teams in men’s and women’s basketball”
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The provided evidence discusses basketball championships and general history, but does not list the specific head-to-head results for the four basketball meetings in the most recent cycle.
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web search NEUTRAL — Conference Champion: 7 Times (Reg. Seas.), 1 Time (Tourn.) NCAA Tournament: 21 Years (17-23), 2 Final Fours, 0 Championships. NCAA ...
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/southern-califo…
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web search NEUTRAL — UCLA went undefeated a record four times (1964, 1967, 1972, and 1973). Coach Jim Harrick led the team to another NCAA title in 1995. Former coach Ben Howland ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 5, 2026 ... Michael Bingham. South Carolina's championship was beating UConn… 8w · 72 likes ; Neil Stewart. UCLA dominate the whole entire game , South ...
https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/breaking-ucla-has-def…
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Claim 10: “USC’s football team prevailed in the most high-profile matchup”
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While evidence shows the football game took place in November 2025/2026, there is no specific result provided in the evidence to confirm that USC prevailed in that specific matchup.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Southern California Crosstown Cup is a year-long all-sports college competition between the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans. While UCLA and USC have had a sports rivalry since the 1920s, the offic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California_Crosstown_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UCLA–USC rivalry is the American collegiate athletics rivalry between the UCLA Bruins sports teams of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and USC Trojans teams of the University of So…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA–USC_rivalry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Victory Bell is the trophy that is awarded to the winner of the UCLA–USC football rivalry game. The game is an American college football rivalry between the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans, part of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Bell_(UCLA–USC)
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Claim 11: “Five sports — women’s volleyball, men’s water polo, women’s soccer, women’s water polo and women’s tennis — split the points.”
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Claim 12: “topping the conference leaderboard with three NCAA Championships and eight Big Ten titles”
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The official UCLA Athletics source confirms that the Bruins topped the conference leaderboard with three NCAA Championships and eight Big Ten titles in the 2025-26 period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UCLA Bruins softball team represents the University of California, Los Angeles in NCAA Division I softball. The Bruins are one of the most decorated programs in all of NCAA softball, leading all s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_softball
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It determined the champion of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I wo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NCAA_Division_I_women's_b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UCLA_Bruins_baseball_team
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Claim 13: “winning the Bruins’ first NCAA championship in the latter sport.”
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Multiple independent sources (UCLA Athletics, NY Post, and a web search result) confirm that UCLA won its first-ever NCAA championship in women's basketball in 2026 by defeating South Carolina.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 1977-78 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team won the 1978 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship, and a banner commemorating the championship ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_women's_basketball
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 5, 2026 ... 1-seed UCLA women's basketball team defeated No. 1-seed South Carolina, 79-51, to win its first-ever NCAA Championship on Sunday afternoon ...
https://uclabruins.com/news/2026/4/5/womens-basketball-captu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 5, 2026 ... Watch the final seconds and postgame celebration from UCLA women's basketball's first NCAA title to conclude the 2026 NCAA tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFuYGD0fUvo
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