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…
PHOENIX — If Dawn Staley and South Carolina beat UCLA in the national title game Sunday, she would become the fourth coach to win four championships. UCLA coach Cori Close is looking for her first. After 15 years of building the Bruins to a program that could get to the Final Four, and a year later, the…
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…
It’s a battle of the number one teams in this year’s Final Four. All the top seeds have made it to the semifinals of the women’s March Madness tournament, and they’ll face off in a double-header this Friday, April 3 at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, AZ. No. 1 UCLA will play No 1…
All four No. 1 seeds reached the 2026 Final Four of the women’s NCAA tournament: UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina. All that’s left to decide now is the champion — and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. The Huskies’ Azzi Fudd won it last year and could join the small club of…
With Kendrick Lamar’s “tv off” blaring outside the Mo Ostin Basketball Center, a crowd of cheering fans gave the UCLA women’s basketball team a fitting sendoff Tuesday as they left Westwood for Phoenix. The Bruins are back in the Final Four, where they’ll play Texas — the only team that has beaten them this season…
SACRAMENTO — The team that can’t stop dancing won’t stop dancing. The top-seeded UCLA women’s basketball team beat Duke 70-58 in the Elite Eight. It wasn’t balletic, but beautiful. Sunday’s game at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento wasn’t a fun, free-flowing joy ride that so many of the Bruins’ wins have been this season. It was a…
SACRAMENTO — During the UCLA women’s basketball team’s dominant run all season, a question has lingered. When the moment comes, can the No. 1 Bruins actually deal with adversity? They answered on Sunday, storming back from their first double-digit deficit of the season to earn a 70-58 Elite Eight victory over No. 3 Duke and advance to…
SACRAMENTO — While the UCLA women’s basketball team has a veteran roster that was in this exact position a season ago, the Bruins have an entirely different vibe during their current postseason run. The No. 1-seed Bruins (34-1) will face No. 3-seed Duke (27-8) in the Elite Eight on Sunday for the chance to go back to…
SACRAMENTO — Cori Close’s candid remarks about the growing challenges of coaching in modern college athletics sparked a reaction nationwide among her peers. On Thursday, the UCLA women’s basketball coach was asked about the rapid changes shaping college sports ahead of her Bruins’ Sweet 16 matchup against Minnesota on Friday night. The No. 1-seeded Bruins (33-1) entered…
