UCLA Bruins women's basketball

UCLA Bruins
2025–26 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Head coachCori Close (15th season)
LocationLos Angeles, California
ArenaPauley Pavilion
(capacity: 12,829)
ConferenceBig Ten
NicknameBruins
ColorsBlue and gold
   
Student sectionThe Den
All-time record890–549 (.618)
NCAA Division I tournament Final Four
2025
Other NCAA Division I tournament results
Elite Eight1999, 2018, 2025
Sweet Sixteen1985, 1992, 1999, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025
Appearances1983, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
AIAW tournament champions
1978
Other AIAW tournament results
Final Four1978, 1979
Quarterfinals1978, 1979
Second round1978, 1979
Appearances1978, 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. 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.