Coach Cori Close talks to a player from the sideline. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
No. 1-seeded UCLA women’s basketball (34-1, 18-0 Big Ten) faces No. 3-seeded Duke (27-8, 16-2 ACC) in the Elite Eight in Sacramento on Sunday. The winner of the matchup will earn a bid to the Final Four in Phoenix.
This post was updated March 21 at 10:01
March means a team that lost just one game through the regular season and conference tournament is now suddenly one loss away from the end of its season.
UCLA women’s basketball (31-1, 18-0 Big Ten) returns for its second consecutive NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed Saturday when it plays No. 16 seed Cal Baptist at Pauley Pavilion.
Breaking records became a habit for the Bruins last season.
First 12-week streak atop the AP Poll by a Big Ten team. First No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament in program history.
No. 1 seed UCLA women’s basketball and No. 7 seed UCLA men’s basketball are both returning to the “Big Dance” for the 2025-26 campaign – with the former holding a stake of the title odds and the latter looking to go past the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since the 2020-21 season.
This post was updated March 16 at 10:53 p.m.
“We want Meg.”
Less than three minutes remain in a home game at Pauley Pavilion.
The Bruins are winning by a margin that requires a second look at the scoreboard.
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