UCLA's Skyy Clark loses front tooth in March Madness thriller to help Bruins seal first-round victory

UCLA halfway Skyy Clark has a caller grin he’s showing disconnected aft the Bruins’ 75-71 triumph implicit UCF connected Friday night. 

The California autochthonal and elder mislaid his beforehand bony during UCLA’s archetypal circular crippled successful the men’s NCAA tourney aft helium caught a stray elbow from UCF’s Themus Fulks erstwhile the brace dove for a escaped shot precocious successful the 2nd half. 

UCLA’s Skyy Clark (55), right, has a bony chipped by UCF’s Themus Fulks (12) during the 2nd fractional of a first-round crippled of the NCAA men’s assemblage hoops tourney successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

The accidental interaction knocked retired fractional of Clark’s beforehand tooth, an disfigured country captured connected the CBS broadcast. 

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"It decidedly hurt," Clark said aft the game. "I person a small lisp going on."

As Clark was being attended to by the team’s staff, UCLA walk-on Jack Seidler jumped into enactment to find the missing tooth.

"Somebody’s got to get it, somebody’s got to get it," Seidler recalled.

UCLA Bruins defender Skyy Clark (55) reacts aft having his bony knocked retired against the UCF Knights successful the 2nd fractional of a first-round crippled of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament astatine Xfinity Mobile Arena successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected March 20, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

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The broadcast showed Seidler returning to the country and picking up what was near of Clark’s tooth, which helium said resulted successful his cellphone blowing up with reactions to his heroics. But for Seidler, the existent prima was Clark, who returned to play soon aft the incident. 

"That’s toughness close there," helium said. "Losing fractional a bony and coming backmost into the crippled to assistance america get the win."

Clark, who averaged 10.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.1 steals passim his collegiate career, returned and deed a escaped propulsion with seconds remaining to unafraid the Bruins’ victory. 

UCLA’s Skyy Clark (55), center, smiles aft chipping his bony during the 2nd fractional of a first-round crippled of the NCAA men’s assemblage hoops tourney against UCF successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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"He looked truthful bully successful the locker room," caput manager Mick Cronin said aft the game. "Looks similar a boxer. Keep trying to speech to these guys astir my aged days. He conscionable looked tough. Looks tough. In the locker room, smiling. There’s blood."

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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