After earning its first-ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, UCLA women’s basketball (30-2, 16-2 Big Ten) will host rounds 1 and 2 at home this weekend, and consecutive wins would send the team to Spokane, Washington, for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight.

This post was updated March 7 at 2:13 a.m.
No. 2 seed UCLA women’s basketball (27-2, 16-2 Big Ten) will enter its first Big Ten tournament after defeating every team it has played this season – except for No.

Two weeks ago, the Galen Center played host to the battle for Los Angeles.
And in front of a sold-out crowd, the Bruins were handed their first loss of the season.

Freshman Francesca Fiorellini left her team’s practice round at Valencia Country Club distraught, having shot 10 over through 12 holes.
Less than two weeks later, she walked off the Santa Clarita, California, course as the individual champion, setting the all-time tournament scoring record in the process.

Coach Alicia Um Holmes expected to have nine players on her roster for the spring season.
But after seniors Zoe Antoinette Campos and Caroline Canales departed the program following their success in the LPGA Tour’s Q-Series, the squad was trimmed to just seven.

This post was updated Feb. 24 at 12:07 a.m.
With Selection Sunday three weeks away, teams across the country are jockeying for March Madness seeding.
And a 12-point comeback victory may be just what the Bruins needed as the regular season comes to a close.

This post was updated Feb. 20 at 9:39 p.m.
After her team lost its first game of the season, coach Cori Close said that she knew they would respond.

The Bruins’ 2023-2024 season ended with a loss in the Sweet Sixteen, forcing the team to shift its focus toward the next season.
And as fate would have it, that would be the team’s last defeat for nearly a calendar year.

No. 1 UCLA women’s basketball (21-0, 9-0 Big Ten) will take on the second-best Big Ten team in No. 8 Ohio State (20-1, 9-1). UCLA women’s basketball is the only NCAA team, on both the men’s and women’s sides, to remain undefeated, and will face their highest-ranked conference opponent Wednesday night.

This post was updated Feb. 2 at 10:53 p.m.
Entering the final quarter with just two points to her name, 6-foot-7 center Lauren Betts found yet another way to contribute to a Bruin win.