Anything Noelle Quinn can do, Lisa Willis can do better. At least that’s the competitive rivalry the Bruin guards employed in UCLA’s 74-61 win over Bowling Green in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Quinn and Willis, as they have done all season long, put the Bruins on solid footing just when they appeared […]
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[Women's NCAA Tournament]: Women’s basketball advances in tourney
It had tightened its grip on Nikki Blue a little more with each passing year. Moments after her club’s 74-61 win over Bowling Green in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, the senior guard no longer felt that lingering pain. “It’s a big monkey to get off my back,” Blue said. UCLA women’s basketball […]
Bruins work for tourney success
Every inch of success breeds that much more hope. As recently as two weeks ago, the UCLA women’s basketball team would have gladly accepted any place in the NCAA Tournament with no questions asked. What a difference two weeks can make. After beating No. 15 Arizona State and No. 13 Stanford to claim the Pac-10 […]
Playing to a different tune
Nikki Blue is about to close out her last season in Westwood, one that has been as clearly defined by her ability to adapt as it has been by UCLA’s ability to win. Maybe even more so. Now she is trying to make sure the changes were not in vain. Blue’s undeniable talents on the […]
[Online Exclusive]: Women’s basketball given No. 5 seed in Cleveland Regional
The UCLA women’s basketball team received a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament and is heading to West Lafayette, Ind. to play 12th-seeded Bowling Green in the Cleveland Regional. The seeding is the latest in a series of events that has seen the No. 21-nationally ranked Bruins go from strictly a bubble team to […]
World Classic reveals sports’ cross-cultural capabilities
The American pastime may just be at the dawn of a global renaissance. The World Baseball Classic started this spring not to open up international competition, but to build a united sports community with the roots of American baseball and the excitement and perspective of Latin American culture. So why are so many livelong baseball […]
Quinn plays in pain, hits clutch shots
SAN JOSE “”mdash; Noelle Quinn’s right hamstring didn’t just tighten up, but it threatened to put the clamp down on UCLA’s chances to win the Pac-10 Tournament and the automatic bid that comes with it. The junior guard was feeling the effects of playing three games in three consecutive days, and she limped off the […]