Be at your best when your best is needed.
Coach John Wooden’s sentiments continue to echo through Pauley Pavilion and Westwood more than three decades after the Bruins’ most recent title and more than four decades since the last one with the historic coach.

In the spirit of Bruin excellence, coach Mick Cronin once again brings in a talented class of four transfers and four freshmen – including a 17-year-old already named to the Julius Erving Award Watch List – to match with three returning starters for No.

This post was updated Nov. 2 at 2:18 p.m.
The game opened with a sight the Bruin faithful are used to – Betts winning the tip-off. 
But this time, it was sophomore forward Sienna Betts.

Two programs. But one name, one city, one goal. The 2026-27 season sees two strikingly different circumstances for No. 22 UCLA men’s and No. 11 women’s basketball.

No. 11 UCLA women’s basketball enters the 2026-27 season coming off the program’s first national championship run in the NCAA era. The entire starting lineup that brought home the title has since departed for the WNBA, leaving little continuity heading into the upcoming campaign.

Champions set the tone before the season starts.
And the reigning National Champions will be able to display their revamped tone in front of local students Monday.

The Bruins rounded off their fall season in a hotly contested match play event.
UCLA men’s golf fell 3-2 to Arizona in the consolation round of the East Lake Cup on Wednesday, following a 3-2 loss to No.