Wednesday, February 4

Women’s Basketball

A Closer Look, Campus, News, Sports, Women's Basketball

|

April 6, 8:23 pm

UCLA hosts Final Four watch party for UCLA women’s basketball’s loss to UConn

This post was updated April 6 at 11:40 p.m. Everything was in place for a UCLA women’s basketball game as fans grabbed hot dogs, cheered with friends and wore UCLA gear – except this time, the players were over 2,000 miles away in Tampa, Florida. Read more...

Photo: Junior Center Lauren Betts tips the ball to her teammate during UCLA’s NCAA Tournament game against UConn. UCLA hosted a watch party for the Bruins’ first-ever Final Four matchup in the NCAA era on Friday at Pauley Pavilion. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

Sports, Women's Basketball

|

April 6, 10:39 am

How Husky hustle handily scouted UCLA women’s basketball out of its identity

This post was updated April 6 at 8:35 p.m. TAMPA, Fla. – If there’s one thing on every UCLA scouting report, it’s to find a way – any way – to survive the forest of limbs in the paint. Read more...

Photo: Junior guard Kiki Rice gathers her teammates – junior center Lauren Betts, freshman guard Elina Aarnisalo and junior guard Gabriela Jaquez – for a huddle. No. 1 seed UCLA women’s basketball was routed 85-51 by No. 2 seed UConn on Friday night, putting an end to its season. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

Sports, Women's Basketball

|

April 4, 9:16 pm

No. 1, done: UConn guts UCLA women’s basketball by 34, ending historic NCAA run

This post was updated April 6 at 8:58 p.m. TAMPA, Fla. – To shut down the Bruins, opponents have double- or even triple-teamed Lauren Betts. The Trojans – the only team that beat the Bruins in the regular season – found a way to limit the junior center to 18 and 11 points in the team’s two regular-season meetings, respectively. Read more...

Photo: Members of No. 1 seed UCLA women’s basketball put their heads down on the bench during a timeout. No. 2 seed UConn routed UCLA in the Final Four 85-51 to end the latter’s season. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

Sports, Sports Columns, Women's Basketball

|

April 4, 11:15 am

‘First Final Four’ claims cover up legacy of UCLA’s legendary AIAW teams

Denise Curry was a freshman the first time the Bruins reached the Final Four. A teenager still figuring out where to stand on the court. Sitting alongside already-Olympian Ann Meyers Drysdale may not have helped. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s basketball legend and Hall of Famer Ann Meyers Drysdale, who was the the first four-time All-American and first woman to sign an NBA contract, celebrates after her 1978 Bruin squad won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championship. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)

Sports, Women's Basketball

|

April 3, 12:10 pm

‘We’re ready’: UCLA women’s basketball to premiere on Final Four facing UConn

This post was updated April 3 at 11:21 p.m. Ten daggers from the free throw line in the last two minutes of the 2024 Sweet 16 game buried the Bruins’ season for good. Read more...

Photo: Junior guard Kiki Rice – touted the leader of No. 1 seed UCLA women’s basketball – bounces pass the ball to her teammate as LSU guard Shayeann Day-Wilson defends her. Rice and her team will face No. 2 seed UConn in the program’s first Final Four in the NCAA era on Friday night. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

Sports, Women's Basketball

|

April 2, 2:06 pm

Coach Cori Close, center Lauren Betts of UCLA women’s basketball earn Naismith Awards

This post was updated April 3 at 11:27 p.m. UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close has been named the 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year, and junior center Lauren Betts has been awarded the Naismith Women’s College Defensive Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday.  The prestigious pair of national honors for the top-seeded team in the country comes after a historic season for the Bruins, who posted one of the most dominant campaigns in women’s basketball history. Read more...

Photo: Junior center Lauren Betts (left) and coach Cori Close (right) celebrate after No. 1 seed UCLA women’s basketball downed No. 3 seed LSU in the Elite Eight, advancing to a program-first Final Four in the NCAA era. Close and Betts earned Naismith recognitions Wednesday afternoon. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)


1 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 179

Content copyright © 2026 the Daily Bruin