After falling short in their Pac-12 championship game, the Bruins begin their March Madness run against a conference champion. No. 3 seed UCLA women’s basketball (16-5, 12-4 Pac-12) will take on No. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Michaela Onyenwere has played in two NCAA tournaments, averaging 12.1 points per game in seven career March Madness appearances. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)
Kelli Hayes knew she wanted to do something different. In late 2017, when Hayes was a senior guard for UCLA women’s basketball, many teams across the nation were kneeling during the national anthem as a form of peaceful protest against racial inequality and other forms of social injustice. Read more...
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When the difference between the men’s and women’s NCAA tournament conditions became public, Cori Close was not surprised. “We’re not blown away by this, this is not a surprise – it’s just that it’s way more public to everybody else,” the UCLA women’s basketball coach said. Read more...
Photo: Like the men’s tournament, the entirety of the 2021 women’s NCAA tournament is being held in one place – San Antonio – but the conditions are not the same between the two “controlled environments.” (Courtesy of NCAA)
UCLA women’s basketball (16-5, 12-4 Pac-12) will enter the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Hemisfair region, giving the Bruins a first-round matchup against the Mountain West champions, No. Read more...
Photo: No. 3-seeded UCLA women’s basketball has gone to five consecutive NCAA tournaments, advancing to the second weekend in each of the last four, including an elite eight run in 2018. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 16 at 1:10 p.m. As No. 9 UCLA women’s basketball prepares for its upcoming NCAA tournament run, it holds two of the Pac-12’s four leading scorers in senior forward Michaela Onyenwere and sophomore guard Charisma Osborne. Read more...
This post was updated March 15 at 6:56 p.m. After nearly a two-year break, the Bruins are dancing once again. No. 9 UCLA women’s basketball (16-5, 12-4 Pac-12) was selected as a No. Read more...
Photo: With No. 9 UCLA women’s basketball’s selection as a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament, coach Cori Close has guided her team to five straight NCAA tournament selections. Close and the Bruins have made it past the first weekend in each of the past four tournaments. (Daily Bruin file photo)
After the Bruins’ loss in the Pac-12 championship game, Cori Close said her team had a lot to work on. Luckily for the 10th-year coach, her players have the most time off between games as they have had all season. Read more...
Photo: No. 10 UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close will have either 13 or 14 days off before her team takes the court again in the NCAA tournament following its loss in the Pac-12 championship game. Close and the Bruins will find out their NCAA tournament seed next Monday. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
