UCLA women’s basketball (14-12, 8-8 Pac-12) will begin its quest for a second Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship under coach Cori Close and will have the opportunity to host the first few rounds, beginning with a home matchup against UC Irvine (21-11, 14-4 Big West) on Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball will commence its quest for a WNIT championship with a home matchup against UC Irvine on Friday. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
With March upon us, UCLA men’s and women’s basketball are set to enter the postseason coming off of differing regular-season results. The men’s squad earned its highest NCAA Tournament seed since 2017, while the women’s team missed out on the Big Dance and will compete in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Read more...
Photo: (Design by Shirley Yao, Benny Zhang and Lauren Ho/Daily Bruin staff. Photos (left to right) by Sakshi Joglekar, Marie Goldfarb, Anika Chakrabarti and Esther Ma/Daily Bruin staff.)
After barely missing out on a spot in the Big Dance, UCLA women’s basketball (14-12, 8-8 Pac-12) accepted its invitation to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, drawing a placement in Group 1 of the bracket. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball players watch their teammates from the bench. The Bruins will commence their Women’s National Invitation Tournament run by hosting UC Irvine in Pauley Pavilion on Friday. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 14 at 11:08 p.m. to reflect a change in the tipoff time of UCLA women’s basketball’s game against UC Irvine. For the second time in seven years, the Bruins will not be dancing in March. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball players huddle together during a game in the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas. The Bruins finished the season with their worst overall record since the 2014-2015 season. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
In this episode of “Out of Bounds,” Daily Bruin’s sports podcast, Sports editor Jon Christon talks with Gavin Carlson, a Daily Bruin staff writer on the women’s basketball and softball beats, about their thoughts on UCLA men’s and women’s basketball’s seasons thus far and their predictions for tournament runs. Read more...
This post was updated March 10 at 12:37 a.m. The Bruins fell just short of advancing to the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament Thursday. Now they are left hoping they won’t miss out on the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2014-2015 season. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Charisma Osborne and graduate student forward IImar’I Thomas celebrate during UCLA women’s basketball’s win over USC in the Pac-12 tournament. The pair combined for 32 points Wednesday. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated March 7 at 12:09 a.m. LAS VEGAS — With three seconds remaining, the Bruins were down by three. Graduate student guard Jaelynn Penn got a look from the top of the key, but it went long as the buzzer sounded. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball players console graduate student guard Jaelynn Penn after she misses the game-tying jumper. Penn scored 18 points – including 13 in the first half – while making four 3-pointers in the team’s quarterfinal loss to Oregon. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
