This post was updated April 6 at 11:40 p.m.
Everything was in place for a UCLA women’s basketball game as fans grabbed hot dogs, cheered with friends and wore UCLA gear – except this time, the players were over 2,000 miles away in Tampa, Florida.

This post was updated April 6 at 8:35 p.m.
TAMPA, Fla. – If there’s one thing on every UCLA scouting report, it’s to find a way – any way – to survive the forest of limbs in the paint.

This post was updated April 6 at 8:58 p.m.
TAMPA, Fla. – To shut down the Bruins, opponents have double- or even triple-teamed Lauren Betts.
The Trojans – the only team that beat the Bruins in the regular season – found a way to limit the junior center to 18 and 11 points in the team’s two regular-season meetings, respectively.

Denise Curry was a freshman the first time the Bruins reached the Final Four. A teenager still figuring out where to stand on the court. Sitting alongside already-Olympian Ann Meyers Drysdale may not have helped.

This post was updated April 3 at 11:21 p.m.
Ten daggers from the free throw line in the last two minutes of the 2024 Sweet 16 game buried the Bruins’ season for good.

This post was updated April 3 at 11:27 p.m.
UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close has been named the 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year, and junior center Lauren Betts has been awarded the Naismith Women’s College Defensive Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday. 
The prestigious pair of national honors for the top-seeded team in the country comes after a historic season for the Bruins, who posted one of the most dominant campaigns in women’s basketball history.