Mostly UCLA Hoops: UCLA WBB: 'Everything was clicking' for UCLA in victory over South Carolina

Friday, April 10, 2026

UCLA WBB: 'Everything was clicking' for UCLA in victory over South Carolina | College Basketball on NBC Sports

Nicole Auerbach and Natalie Esquire analyze a "lopsided" women's national title, describing why UCLA's win over South Carolina was "unfathomable" and outlining how Cori Close's talented seniors made it "easier to feel confident." #NCAA #MarchMadness #WomensBasketball #UCLA #SouthCarolina

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2014-15 Schedule (W-L, Overall, Pac12, AP/USA Today Coaches Rank)

Oct 31 - (Exh) Asuza Pacific W 80-53
Nov 14 - Montana St W 113-78 (1-0)
Nov 16 - Coastal Carolina W 84-71 (2-0)
Nov 20 - Nicholls State W 107-74 (3-0)
Nov 23 - Long Beach St W 77-63 (4-0, xx, 22/23)
Nov 26 - #21 Oklahoma (B4A*) L 75-65 (4-1)
Nov 27 - #5 UNC (B4A*) LBT** 78-56 (4-2)
Nov 28 - UAB (B4A*) W 88-76; finishes in 7th place (5-2)
Dec 3 - Cal State Fullerton W 73-45 (6-2)
Dec 7 - San Diego W 75-68 (7-2)
Dec 10 - UC Riverside W 77-66 (8-2)
Dec 13 - #9 Gonzaga L 87-74 (8-3)
Dec 20 - #1 Kentucky (CBS SC***) LHBT**** 83-44 (8-4)
Dec 28 - at Alabama L 56-50 (8-5)
Jan 2 - Start of Pac12: at Colorado L 62-56 (8-6, 0-1)
Jan 4 - at #10 Utah LHBT**** 71-39 (8-7, 0-2)
Jan 8 - Stanford W 86-81 2OT (9-7, 1-2)
Jan 11 - Cal W 73-54 (10-7, 2-2)
Jan 14 - at USC W 83-66 (11-7, 3-2)
Jan 22 - at Oregon St L 66-55 (11-8, 3-3)
Jan 24 - at Oregon LBT** 82-64 (11-9, 3-4)
Jan 29 - # 11 Utah W 69-59 (12-9, 4-4)
Jan 31 - Colorado W 72-59 (13-9, 5-4)
Feb 5 - at Stanford W 69-67 (14-9, 6-4)
Feb 7 - at Cal L 64-62 (14-10, 6-5)
Feb 11 - Oregon St W 75-59 (15-10, 7-5)
Feb 14 - Oregon W 72-63 (16-10, 8-5)
Feb 18 - at ASU L 68-66 (16-11, 8-6)
Feb 21 - at #7 Arizona L 57-47 (16-12, 8-7)
Feb 25 - Washington W 88-66 (17-12, 9-7)
Mar 1 - Washington St W 72-67 (18-2, 10-7)
Mar 4 - USC W 85-74 (19-2, 11-7) End of Pac12 Reg Season.
Mar 12 - Pac12 Tourney #12 USC W 96-70 (20-12)
Mar 13 - Pac12 Tourney #1 Arizona L 70-64 (20-13)
Mar 19 - NCAA Tourney Rd 2 vs #6 SMU (27-6) W 60-59 (21-13)
Mar 21 NCAA Tourney Rd of 32 vs #14 UAB (20-15) W 92-75 (22-13)
Mar 27 - NCAA Sweet 16 vs #2 Gonzaga (34-2) L 74-62 (22-14) Season over.
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*B4A: Battle 4 Atlantis, The Bahamas; **LBT, Loss, Big Time; ***CBS Sports Classic, Chicago, IL; ****LHBT, Loss, Hella Big Time

2013-14 Schedule (W-L, Overall, Pac12, AP Rank)

Nov 8 - Drexel (H) W 72-67 (1-0)
Nov 12 - Oakland (H) W 91-60 (2-0)
Nov 18 - Sacramento St (H) W 86-50 (3-0, #22)
Nov 22 - LV Inv/Morehead St (H) W 81-70 (4-0, #22)
Nov 24 - LV Inv/Chattanooga (H) W 106-65 (5-0, #19)
Nov 28 - LV Inv/Nevada (LV) W 105-84 (6-0, #19)
Nov 29 - LV Inv/Northwestern (LV) W 95-79 (7-0, #19)
Dec 3 - UCSB (H) W 89-76 (8-0, #18)
Dec 7 - @ Missouri (A) L 80-71 (8-1)
Dec 14 - Prarie View A&M (H) W 95-71 (9-1)
Dec 19 - #8 Duke (MSG, NY) L 80-63 (9-2)
Dec 22 - Weber St (H) W 83-60 (10-2)
Dec 28 - Alabama (H) W 75-67 (11-2)
Jan 4 - USC (H) W 107-73 (12-2, 1-0)
Jan 9 - #1 Arizona (H) L 79-75 (12-3, 1-1)
Jan 11 - Arizona St (H) W 87-72 (13-3, 2-1, #25)
Jan 16 - @ #21 Colorado (A) W 69-56 (14-3, 3-1, #25)
Jan 18 - @ Utah (A) L 74-69 (14-4, 3-2)
Jan 23 - Stanford (H) W 91-74 (15-4, 4-2)
Jan 26 - Cal (H) W 76-64 (16-4, 5-2)
Jan 30 - @ Oregon (A) W 70-68 (17-4, 6-2)
Feb 2 - @ Oregon St (A) L 71-67 (17-5, 6-3)
Feb 8 - @ USC (A) W 83-73 (18-5, 7-3)
Feb 13 - Colorado (H) W 92-74 (19-5, 8-3)
Feb 15 - Utah (H) W 80-66 (20-5, 9-3)
Feb 20 - @ Cal (A) W 86-66 (21-5, 10-3, #23)
Feb 22 - @ Stanford (A) L 83-74 (21-6, 10-4)
Feb 27 - Oregon (H) L 87-83 2OT (21-7, 10-5)
Mar 2 - Oregon St W (H) 74-69 (22-7, 11-5)
Mar 6 - @ Wash (A) W 91-82 (23-7, 12-5)
Mar 8 - @ Wash St (A) L 73-55 (23-8, 12-6)
Mar 13 - Pac12 Tourney Rd 2 - #7 Oregon W 82-63 (24-8)
Mar 14 - Pac12 Tourney Semis #6 Stanford W 84-59 (25-8)
Mar 15 - Pac12 Tourney Champ #1 Arizona W 75-71 (26-8)
Mar 21 - NCAA 2nd Rd #13 Tulsa (21-12) W 76-59 (27-8)
Mar 23 - NCAA 32 #12 SF Austin (32-2) W 77-60 (28-8)
Mar 27 - NCAA Sweet 16 #1 Florida (34-2) L 79-68 (28-9) The Gator Curse continues. Season over.

2012-13 Schedule/Results (Overall W-L, PAC-12 W-L, Nat'l Rank)

Nov 9 - Indiana State (H) W 86-59 (1-0)
Nov 13 - UC Irvine/Legends Classic (H) W 80-79 OT (2-0)
Nov 15 - James Madison/Legends Classic (H) W 100-70 (3-0)
Nov 19 - Georgetown/Legends Classic (N) L 78-70 (3-1)
Nov 20 - Georgia/Legends Classic (N) W 60-56 (4-1, #11)
Nov 25 - Cal Poly (H) L 70-68 (4-2)
Nov 28 - CSU Northridge (H) W 82-56 (5-2)
Dec 1 - SDSU/Wooden Classic (N) L 78-69 (5-3)
Dec 4 - CSU San Marcos (Exh) (H) W 83-60 (5-3)
Dec 8 - Texas (A) Pac-12/Big-12 series W 65-63 (6-3)
Dec 15 - Prarie View A&M (H) W 95-53 (7-3)
Dec 22 - Fresno State (H) W 91-78 (9-3)
Dec 28 - Missouri (H) W 97-94 OT (10-3)
Jan 3 - Cal (H) W 79-65 (11-3, 1-0)
Jan 5 - Stanford (H) W 68-60 (12-3, 2-0)
Jan 10 - Utah (A) W 57-53 (13-3, 3-0)
Jan 12 - Colorado (A) W 78-75 (14-3, 4-0, #24)
Jan 17 - Oregon St (H) W 74-64 (15-3, 5-0, #24)
Jan 19 - Oregon (H) L 76-67 (15-4, 5-1, #24)
Jan 24 - Arizona (A) W 84-73 (16-4, 6-1)
Jan 26 - Arizona St (A) L 78-60 (16-5, 6-2)
Jan 30 - USC (H) L 75-71 OT (16-6, 6-3)
Feb 7 - Romar (H) W 59-57 (17-6, 7-3)
Feb 9 - WSU (H) W 76-62 (18-6, 8-3)
Feb 14 - at Cal (A) L 76-63 (18-7, 8-4)
Feb 16 - at Stanford (A) W 88-80 (19-7, 9-4)
Feb 24 - USC (A) W 75-59 YES!!! (20-7, 10-4)
Feb 27 - Arizona St (H) W 77-74 OT (21-7, 11-4)
Mar 2 - Arizona (H) W 74-69 (22-7, 12-4)
Mar 6 - at WSU (A) L 73-61 (22-8, 12-5)
Mar 9 - Romar (A) W 61-54 (23-8, 13-5, Pac12 RS Champs!!!)
Mar 14 - Pac-12 T 2nd Rd vs. #9 ASU W 80-75 (24-8)
Mar 15 - Pac-12 T Final 4 vs. #4 Arizona W 66-64 (25-8)
Mar 16 - Pac-12 T Champ. vs. #3 Oregon L 78-69 (25-9)
Mar 22 - MM 2nd Rd vs. #11 Minnesota L 83-63 (25-10) Season over.

UCLA Schedule/Results 2011-12 (overall w-l, pac-10 w-l)

Nov 6 - CS San Bernandino (Exh) W 80-72
Nov 11 - Loyola Marymount L 69-58 (0-1)
Nov 15 - Maui Inv vs Mid Tenn St L 86-66 (0-2)
Nov 21 - Maui Inv vs Chaminade W 92-60 (1-2)
Nov 22 - Maui Inv vs Kansas L 72-56 (1-3)
Nov 23 - Maui Inv vs Michigan L 79-63 (1-4)
Nov 28 - Pepperdine W 62-39 (2-4)
Dec 3 - Texas L 69-59 (2-5)
Dec 10 - Penn W 77-73 (3-5)
Dec 14 - Eastern Washington W 60-47 (4-5)
Dec 17 - UC Davis W 82-39 (5-5)
Dec 20 - UC Irvine W 89-60 (6-5)
Dec 23 - Richmond W 71-63 (7-5)
Dec 29 at Stanford L 60-59 (7-6, 0-1)
Dec 31 at Cal L 85-69 (7-7, 0-2)
Jan 5 - Arizona W 65-58 (8-7, 1-2)
Jan 7 - Arizona State W 75-58 (9-7, 2-2)
Jan 15 at USC W 66-47 (10-7, 3-2)
Jan 19 at Oregon State L 87-84 (10-8, 3-3)
Jan 21 at Oregon L 75-68 (10-9, 3-4)
Jan 26 - Utah W 76-49 (11-9, 4-4)
Jan 28 - Colorado W 77-60 (12-9, 5-4)
Feb 2 at Lorenzo Romar L 71-69 (12-10, 5-5)
Feb 4 at WSU W 63-60 (13-10, 6-5)
Feb 9 - Stanford W 72-61 (14-10, 7-5)
Feb 11 - Cal L 73-63 (14-11, 7-6)
Feb 15 - USC W 64-54 (15-11, 8-6)
Feb 18 at Steve Lavin L 66-63 (15-12, 8-6)
Feb 23 at Arizona State W 66-57 (16-12, 9-6)
Feb 25 at Arizona L 65-63 (16-13, 9-7)
Mar 1 - WSU W 78-46 (17-13, 10-7)
Mar 3 - Lorenzo Romar W 75-69 (18-13, 11-7)
Mar 7 - PAC-12 T - USC W 55-40 (19-13)
Mar 8 - PAC-12 T - Arizona L 66-58 (19-14) Season over.
Mar 15 - March Madness, Baybeee!!!

UCLA Schedule/Results 2010-11 (overall w-l, pac-10 w-l)

Nov 4 - Westmont W 95-59 (Exhibition)
Nov 9 - CSULA W 84-59 (Exhibition)
Nov 12 - CSUN W 83-50 (1-0, 0-0)
Nov 15 - Pepperdine W 79-69 (2-0, 0-0)
Nov 16 - Pacific W 57-44 (3-0, 0-0)
Nov 24 - Pre-Season NIT Semis #7 Villanova L 82-70 (3-1, 0-0)
Nov 26 - Pre-Season NIT 3rd Place VCU L 89-85 (3-2, 0-0)
Dec 2 - at #4 Kansas L 77-76 (3-3, 0-0)
Dec 5 - Montana L 66-57 (3-4, 0-0)
Dec 11 - Cal Poly W 72-61 (4-4, 0-0)
Dec 13 - UC Davis W 74-67 (5-4, 0-0)
Dec 18 - #16 BYU W 86-79 (6-4, 0-0)
Dec 21 - Montana State W 75-59 (7-4, 0-0)
Dec 23 - UC Irvine W 74-73 (8-4, 0-0)
Dec 29 - WSU W 80-71 (9-4, 1-0)
Dec 31 - Washington L 74-63 (9-5, 1-1)
Jan 9 - at USC L 63-52 (9-6, 1-2)
Jan 13 - at OSU W 62-57 (10-6, 2-2)
Jan 15 - at Oregon W 67-59 (11-6, 3-2)
Jan 20 - Cal W 86-84 (12-6, 4-2)
Jan 22 - Stanford W 68-57 (13-6, 5-2)
Jan 27 - at Arizona L 85-74 (13-7, 5-3)
Jan 29 - at ASU W 73-72 OT (14-7, 6-3)
Feb 2 - USC W 64-50 (15-7, 7-3)
Feb 5 - St. John's W 66-59 (16-7, 7-3)
Feb 10 - Oregon W 64-54 (17-7, 8-3)
Feb 12 - OSU W 69-61 (18-7, 9-3)
Feb 17 - at Stanford W 69-65 (19-7, 10-3)
Feb 20 - at Cal W 76-72 OT (19-8, 10-4)
Feb 24 - ASU W 71-53 (20-8, 11-4)
Feb 26 - Arizona W 71-49 (21-8, 12-4)
Mar 3 - at Washington L 70-63 (21-9, 12-5)
Mar 5 - at WSU W 58-54 OT (22-9, 13-5)
Mar 10 - PAC-10 tourney vs Oregon L 76-59 (22-10)
Mar 17 - Apr 4 - March Madness, Baybee!!!
Mar 17 - MM Rd 2 - vs #10 Michigan St W 78-76 (23-10)
Mar 19 - MM Rd 3 - vs #2 Florida L 73-65 (23-11) Season ends

UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball Team 2010-11

Point Guards
Jerime Anderson 6-2 174 Jr (5.8 pts, 1.9 rbds, 3.4 a, 2.2 to, 1.6/1 a/to, 1 stl)
Lazeric Jones 6-2, 195 Jr (14.5 pts, 4.9 rbds, 5.7 a, 3.5 stls, JC 2009-10)
Shooting Guards
Malcolm Lee 6-4 191 Jr (12.1 pts, 4.4 rbds, 3.1 a, 2.6 to, 1.2/1 a/to, 1.1 stls)
Tyler Lamb 6-4 195 Fr (14 pts, 4.6 rbds, 3.5 a, 3.3 stls, 1.1 blks, Sr HS)
Forwards
Tyler Honeycutt 6-7 178 So (7.2 pts, 6.5 rbds, 2.7 a, 2.4 to, 1.1/1 a/to, 1.5 stls, 1.2 blks)
Reeves Nelson 6-8 228 So (11.1 pts, 5.7 rbds)
Brendan Lane 6-9 205 So (2.4 pts, 1.5 rbds)
Centers
Joshua Smith 6-10 280 Fr (26.8 pts, 13.5 rbds, Sr HS)
Anthony Stover 6-10 225 rFr (14 pts, 11 rbds, 9.5 blks, Sr HS)
Practice Team
David Wear 6-10 230 Fwd RS (2.9 pts, 1.7 rbds Fr UNC)
Travis Wear 6-10 230 Fwd RS (3.5 pts, 2.2 rbds Fr UNC)

UCLA Schedule/Results 2009-2010 (overall w-l, pac-10 w-l)

Nov 4 - Concordia (CA) W 62-61
Nov 10 - Humboldt St W 74-57
Nov 16 - CSU Fullerton L 68-65, 2OT (0-1)
Nov 20 - CSU Bakersfield W 75-64 (1-1)
Nov 23 - Pepperdine W 71-52 (2-1)
Nov 26 - Portland L 74-47 (2-2)
Nov 27 - Butler L 69-67 (2-3)
Nov 29 - CSULB L 79-68 (2-4)
Dec 6 - Kansas L 73-61 (2-5)
Dec 12 - Mississippi St L 72-54 (2-6)
Dec 15 - New Mexico St W 100-68 (3-6)
Dec 19 - at Notre Dame L 84-73 (3-7)
Dec 22 - Colorado St W 75-63 (4-7)
Dec 27 - Delaware St W 66-49 (5-7)
Dec 31 - ASU W 72-70 (6-7, 1-0)
Jan 2 - Arizona L 77-63 (6-8, 1-1)
Jan 6 - at Cal W 76-75 (7-8, 2-1)
Jan 9 - at Stanford L 70-59 (7-9, 2-2)
Jan 16 - USC L 67-46 yikes!!! (7-10, 2-3)
Jan 21 - Wash W 62-61 (8-10, 3-3)
Jan 23 - WSU W 74-62 (9-10, 4-3)
Jan 28 - at Oregon L 71-66 OT (9-11, 4-4)
Jan 30 - at OSU W 62-52 (10-11, 5-4)
Feb 4 - Stanford W 77-73 (11-11, 6-4)
Feb 6 - Cal L 72-58 (11-12, 6-5)
Feb 14 - at USC L 68-64 (11-13, 6-6)
Feb 18 - at WSU W 71-51 (12-13, 7-6)
Feb 20 - at Washington L 97-68 (12-14, 7-7)
Feb 25 - OSU W 65-56 (13-14, 8-7)
Feb 27 - Oregon L 70-68 (13-15, 8-8)
Mar 4 - at Arizona L 78-73 (13-16, 8-9)
Mar 6 - at ASU L 56-46 (13-17, 8-10)
Mar 10 - PAC-10 Tournament
Mar 11 - Pac-10T - #4 Arizona W 75-69 (14-17)
Mar 12 - Pac-10T - #1 Cal L 85-72 (14-18)
Mar 18 - March Madness, Baby!!!