March is here. Start the Dancing. No. 7 seed UCLA men’s basketball (23-11, 13-7 Big Ten) will face No. 10 seed UCF (21-11, 9-9 Big 12) in the Round of 64 on Friday night at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Read more...
Photo: (Photo by Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor. Design by Rachel Kristen Lee Yokota/Assistant Design director.)
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. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Kiki Rice dribbles a ball (left), senior center Lauren Betts eyes the basket (right). (Design by Rae Jameson/Daily Bruin staff)
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. Read more...
Photo: Then-junior guard Kiki Rice (right) runs down the court during UCLA women’s basketball’s Final Four game versus UConn last season. Guard Azzi Fudd (left) and the Huskies were named the No. 1 overall seed in this year’s NCAA tournament.
Five people play on the court. But it is the 10 others on the roster that turn a good team into a great one. From the sixth man to the No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball players celebrate around the Bruin bench. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
Eclipsing a record is normally accomplished with a minuscule difference. But senior utility Megan Grant’s 20th home run across just 26 games bashed UCLA’s previous record set across 43. Read more...
Photo: Senior utility Megan Grant prepares to swing during an at-bat. Grant hit her 20th home run across just 26 games this season against the Spartans on Friday, and she set the program record as the fastest Bruin to reach this four-bagger threshold. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
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. Read more...
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Landon Stump’s job was in jeopardy before Sunday. Coach John Savage said on Feb. 22 that he needed better Sunday starts and that a change in the rotation was on the table after the junior right-hander failed to get through the third inning. Read more...
Photo: Junior right-hander Landon Stump begins his pitch delivery. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin staff)
