Even after a 5-0 loss in the Big Ten tournament championship Sunday, No. 15 seed UCLA baseball (42-16, 22-8 Big Ten) was selected to host its first NCAA tournament regional since 2019, as UC Irvine (41-15, 24-6 Big West), Arizona State (35-22, 18-12 Big 12) and Fresno State (31-27, 18-12 Mountain West) travel to Jackie Robinson Stadium.

No. 2 seed UCLA baseball (39-15, 22-8 Big Ten) missed out on the conference playoffs last season but will enter its first-ever Big Ten tournament as co-conference regular season champions, with No.

Last year’s sweep of the Cardinal saved the Bruins from a last-place finish in the Pac-12 to close out the regular season.
But a final sweep this year could land UCLA the top seed in next week’s Big Ten tournament.

Quarterbacks like Nico Iamaleava seem to come around once in a lifetime in Westwood.
And in April, the Bruins found their front man for the 2025 season.

It can be easy to overlook a Tuesday nonconference matchup, especially when a team like the Bruins has its sights explicitly set on its first Big Ten title.

Many longtime Bruin fans feared rivalries built after 95 years in the Pac-12 would vanish once UCLA moved to the Big Ten.
However, the now-separated conference’s longstanding matchups have proven the test of time.

For the fourth time this season, the Bruins will have to prove it’s not how they start the weekend that matters – it’s how they finish.

This post was updated April 10 at 9:04 p.m.
The Bruins had lost five of their last eight weekend series – and were on the verge of a sixth – as they headed to Seattle this time last year.

BaseballJack Clarke, Daily Bruin contributor
Despite winning five in a row, nine of their last 10 and finding themselves perched atop the Big Ten standings, the Bruins remain unranked by D1Baseball, Baseball America and the USA Today Sports baseball coaches poll.

If there’s one positive that a 54-game schedule offers, it’s opportunity.
And one shot is all it takes for a player to break out of a slump.