The UCLA basketball team is preparing for its toughest test of the season this week, the NCAA Tournament. Because UCLA is on the quarter system, the Big Dance also not so conveniently coincides with finals week on campus. Read more...
Men's Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
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March 19, 1:22 am
UCLA’s Kenny Donaldson helps teams balance grades, games
Sports, Women's Basketball
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March 11, 12:35 am
Stanford clinches Pac-12 title with heartbreak win over UCLA
The red numbers above the backboard read 0.0. The final buzzer had already sounded. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard/forward Markel Walker led the UCLA Bruins with 16 points in a 51-49 loss to the Stanford Cardinal in the Pac-12 conference tournament title game. The team came back from an early deficit, only to surrender the game-winning shot with seven seconds to play.
Sports, Women's Basketball
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March 10, 6:43 pm
Stanford women’s basketball upsets UCLA in Pac-12 tournament finals
The UCLA women's basketball team lost 51-49 to Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament Finals, missing a game-tying shot at the buzzer. Read more...
Sports, Women's Basketball
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March 9, 9:48 pm
Women’s basketball dominates against Cal to reach Pac-12 Tournament final
Redshirt senior forward Alyssia Brewer looked down, adjusted her feet and then leapt up, batting the ball behind her. Redshirt junior forward Atonye Nyingifa grabbed the loose ball and then fired it ahead to senior forward Markel Walker for a wide-open layup. The Bruins never looked back. Read more...
Sports, Women's Basketball
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March 8, 5:28 pm
UCLA women’s basketball holds off Utah to advance to semifinals of Pac-12 Tournament
After blowing a 13-point lead, UCLA fought back to beat Utah 54-43 in the second round of the Pac-12 Tournament, overcoming a sluggish offensive performance. It was a slow start for both teams, with just two points scored in the game’s first five minutes. Read more...
Sports, Women's Basketball
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March 8, 12:39 am
Women’s basketball to face Utah in Pac-12 quarterfinals
Before the start of the season, UCLA women’s basketball sat down as a team and discussed the direction it wanted to take the program. The team developed two key long-term goals: becoming a top-10 program and winning a Pac-12 title. Read more...
Photo: Junior forward Atonye Nyingifa and the women’s basketball team will play in the Pac-12 Tournament today, after receiving a first-round bye.
Sports, Women's Basketball
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March 7, 1:12 am
Alyssia Brewer shines as unquestioned leader of women’s basketball
Alyssia Brewer flapped her arms and flashed a hawk-like glare as she played traffic cop, directing her UCLA women’s basketball teammates this way and that way. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Alyssia Brewer has been a leader since she arrived at UCLA.