Tuesday, June 17

Women’s basketball juniors Londynn Jones and Janiah Barker enter transfer portal

This post was updated April 10 at 9:25 p.m. UCLA women’s basketball juniors guard Londynn Jones and forward Janiah Barker entered the transfer portal Thursday morning, according to Bruin Report Online. Read more...

Photo: Forward Janiah Barker (left) prepares to pass the ball down court while guard Londynn Jones (right) dribbles the ball up the floor. The UCLA women’s basketball juniors entered the transfer portal Thursday morning, per Bruin Report Online. (Left to right: Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor, Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Ira’s Intuition: Legacy crafted by UCLA women’s basketball will stretch past Final Four scoreboard

This post was updated April 8 8:43 p.m. Cori Close’s leaders rose from the press conference podium after taking the toughest loss of their careers. And then the coach turned her head with one thing to say. Read more...

Photo: Junior guard Gabriela Jaquez and her teammates celebrate after top-seeded UCLA women’s basketball defeated LSU in the Elite Eight to advance to the program’s first Final Four in 46 years. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)


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)


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)


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)



‘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)