Before routing the Bluejays Monday night, the Bruins watched all three 11-seeds upset the 3-seeds in Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament. “Christian (Blanks), our video coordinator, brought it to our attention,” said senior guard Jordin Canada“Seeing the upsets that day… that wasn’t going to be us.” No. 3-seeded UCLA went on to steamroll No. […]
Category Archives: Women’s Basketball
Women’s basketball defeats Creighton 86-64, advances to NCAA semifinals
Before 2016, the Bruins had made the Sweet 16 just three times. Now, they’ll be heading there for the third time in the last three seasons. No. 3-seeded UCLA women’s basketball (26-7) took down No. 11-seeded Creighton (19-13) at 86-64 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to advance to the regional semifinals in […]
UCLA defeats American 71-60 in first round of NCAA Tournament
This post was updated March 17 at 5:51 p.m. No Selection Show party, no problem. The Bruins individually watched Monday’s Selection Show either in class or at home, while teams across the nation cheered and celebrated as they punched tickets to the NCAA Tournament. No. 3 seed UCLA (24-7) was all business, and defeated No. […]
Video: UCLA women’s basketball links up part one
Members of the UCLA women’s basketball team met before the start of the season to decide on a method of demonstrating during the national anthem. Senior guard Kelli Hayes turned their decision to link arms into a social movement called Together We Link. Part two of this series will be released next week after the […]
Projected WNBA top pick talks modeling, future plans
Monique Billings leapt across the stage at a ballet recital when she was 6 years old, but she looked more fit for a jersey than a tutu. “They were doing their twirls and pirouettes and all these graceful moves,” said her father Chuck Billings. “And then here comes (Monique Billings) looking like she’s going up […]
No 3. seed women’s basketball to face American in NCAA Tournament
The Bruins are going dancing for the third consecutive year – a stretch that ties a program record among its 15 total NCAA Tournament appearances. UCLA women’s basketball (24-7) earned a No. 3 seed and will take on No. 14 seed American (26-6) in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday afternoon in the schools’ first-ever meeting. Although […]
The Rundown: March 6
Men’s basketballRyan Smith, assistant Sports editor The Pac-12 announced its All-Pac-12 teams Monday afternoon following the conclusion of the regular season over the weekend. UCLA men’s basketball had two of its players selected – junior guard Aaron Holiday and senior center Thomas Welsh. Holiday was named to the first team while leading the conference in […]