No. 1 seed UCLA women’s basketball and No. 7 seed UCLA men’s basketball are both returning to the “Big Dance” for the 2025-26 campaign – with the former holding a stake of the title odds and the latter looking to go past the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since the 2020-21 season.

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UCLA men’s basketball is officially Dancing. And now, coach Mick Cronin’s squad has an opportunity to end the Bruins’ 31-year national title drought.

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You find a way.
Or you find an excuse.
In today’s college basketball landscape, many choose the latter.

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They are dancing.
Back-to-back seasons.
The same seed.
With the same goal in mind.
“Next week is what it’s about for us,” said coach Mick Cronin after UCLA fell to No.

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CHICAGO – Mick Cronin seemed to jinx himself before tip-off even commenced.
“If I didn’t have bad luck, I’d have no luck at all since I’ve been at UCLA with injuries,” the UCLA men’s basketball coach said after his squad upset No.

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CHICAGO – Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
Author Charles Swindoll coined it.

Eric Dailey Jr. scored zero points in UCLA’s 82-80 victory against Washington on Dec. 3.
He simmered on the plane ride from Seattle back to Los Angeles.