It was dominating. It was overwhelming. It was powder-blue pummeling, eight-clap crushing, Westwood wonderful. It was the UCLA women’s basketball team needing barely two hours to complete the struggles of 45 years, a stunningly swarming triumph unmatched in even the finest of Bruin athletic traditions. Break out a new banner. Make room in the Pauley…
The once-unbeaten team has fallen. There will be a new champion of women’s college basketball. Just 40 regulation minutes separate heroism from heartbreak, inscription from blank space. No one wants to be on the sad side of a confetti drop. UCLA arrives in pursuit of its first NCAA title, while South Carolina goes for a…
It was ugly. It was beautiful. It was a messy rock fight. It was Bruin ballet. In front of a stunned crowd at Phoenix’ Mortgage Matchup Center Friday night, the UCLA women’s basketball team defied stereotypes and defined toughness and did what few believed this dancing, dazzling group could do. They beat somebody up. They…
In less than two months, six UCLA women’s basketball players might be working out with WNBA teams. The draft is April 13, a week after the NCAA national championship game, and the season starts less than a month later. One of the most consequential pieces of the new WNBA collective bargaining agreement for current college…
The 34-0 UConn Huskies were well represented on the AP All-American list. UConn’s Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd became the 10th teammates to be named first team and the first since Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard made the list in 2020. Strong and Fudd carried the load for UConn this season. Strong averaged 18.5…
