Cori Close didn’t want to talk about Uconn. As the 4-seed UCLA women’s basketball team (23-8, 13-5 Pac-12) plays 13-seed Boise State (25-7, 12-6 Mountain West) on Saturday, the coach insisted on the group’s need to focus on the opponent in front of them rather than the potential Sweet 16 match-up that may happen in […]
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NCAA Tournament poses series of challenges for UCLA women’s basketball
Three years ago: a first-round Pac-12 Tournament exit. Two years ago: a Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship. Last year: a Sweet 16 loss to Texas. This year, if the trend were to continue, one would guess that UCLA women’s basketball would surpass the Sweet 16. However, to do so will require possibly the most monumental […]
UCLA women’s basketball secures No. 4 seed in NCAA Tournament
UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close may not have had her players seated around her during the reveal of the NCAA Tournament bracket due to classes, but that certainly did not take away from her team’s No. 4 seed in the Bridgeport Regional. The Bruins (23-8, 13-5 Pac-12) will host the No. 13 Boise State […]
Women’s basketball guard Kari Korver plays last Pac-12 game of career
Redshirt senior guard Kari Korver played her last Pac-12 women’s basketball game with UCLA’s loss to Oregon State on Saturday. [Related: Women’s basketball ends Pac-12 tournament with 63-53 loss to Oregon State] After the loss, junior guard Jordin Canada was in tears while talking about her teammate. “There’s no one that I’d rather play basketball […]
Women’s basketball ends Pac-12 tournament with 63-53 loss to Oregon State
UCLA women’s basketball was eliminated from the Pac-12 tournament Saturday night following an underwhelming performance on the offensive end, finishing just 4-of-23 from beyond the arc, and 31 percent from the field overall. In the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament, the fourth-seeded Bruins (23-8, 13-5 Pac-12) fell to the top-seeded Oregon State Beavers (29-3, 16-2) […]
Women’s basketball defeats ASU in first round of Pac-12 tournament
The UCLA women’s basketball team landed in Seattle with something to prove to its conference rivals in the Pac-12 tournament and certainly wasted no time in doing so. Against the fifth-seeded Arizona State Sun Devils (19-12, 9-9 Pac-12) in the quarterfinals, the fourth-seeded Bruins (23-7, 13-5) came out scorching, jumping out to a 26-7 first-quarter […]
Women’s basketball ready for postseason push as Pac-12 tournament starts
The Pac-12 tournament is here, and it’s been a season of highs and lows for UCLA women’s basketball. The Bruins (22-7, 13-5 Pac-12) started out the season 17-4, looking like the team that was picked to win the conference. Over the course of the season, they would lose three players to injuries and five of […]