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UCLA Bruins
UCLA Bruins
	2025–26 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team
University	University of California, Los Angeles
Head coach	Cori Close (15th season)
Location	Los Angeles, California
Arena	Pauley Pavilion ; (capacity: 12,829)
Conference	Big Ten
Nickname	Bruins
Colors	Blue and gold;
Student section	The Den
All-time record	890–549 (.618)
NCAA Division I tournament Final Four
	2025, 2026
Elite Eight	1999, 2018, 2025, 2026
Other NCAA Division I tournament results
Elite Eight	1999, 2018, 2025, 2026
Sweet Sixteen	1985, 1992, 1999, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Appearances	1983, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
AIAW tournament champions
	1978
Final Four	1978, 1979
Other AIAW tournament results
Final Four	1978, 1979
Quarterfinals	1978, 1979
Second round	1978, 1979
Appearances	1978, 1979, 1981
Conference tournament champions
	Pac-12: 2006; Big Ten: 2025, 2026
Conference regular-season champions
	Pac-12: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1999; Big Ten: 2026
Uniforms
Home	Away

The UCLA Bruins women's basketball team, established in 1974, represents the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Big Ten Conference. The team competes in women's college basketball against teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The current coach is Cori Close.^[2] Home games are played in Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.

The team was a member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) until joining the NCAA in 1981-82 season. The team was a member of the Western Collegiate Athletic Association conference until women's basketball was organized in the Pac-10 conference for the 1986-87 season. The UCLA Bruins women's basketball team won the AIAW National Championship in 1978, and a banner commemorating the championship hangs in Pauley Pavilion. The 2014–15 team won the 2015 WNIT championship. In the 2025 season, the Bruins made their first Final Four appearance in the modern era of the NCAA championship.^[3]

^ "Style Guide // UCLA Athletics for Print and Digital Applications" (PDF). UCLA Nike Jordan Style Guide. July 7, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Cori Close is introduced as UCLA women's basketball coach". Los Angeles Times. 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
^ Smith, Allison. "UCLA Bruins Advance to First Final Four in Modern Era". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-07-30.

[1] "Style Guide // UCLA Athletics for Print and Digital Applications" (PDF). UCLA Nike Jordan Style Guide. July 7, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[:0-2] "Cori Close is introduced as UCLA women's basketball coach". Los Angeles Times. 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2021-05-29.

[3] Smith, Allison. "UCLA Bruins Advance to First Final Four in Modern Era". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-07-30.

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