The UCLA Bruins women's basketball program was established in 1974. The current coach is Cori Close. The team was a member of the

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(AIAW) until joining the

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in 1984. The UCLA Bruins women's basketball team won the AIAW National Championship in 1978, and a banner commemorating the championship hangs in

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, the current home of the Bruins basketball teams. The 2014–15 team won the 2015 WNIT championship.

2012–13 season

* November 9, 2012 – The team returned to the newly renovated

and defeated San Diego State 66–52 * November 23, 2012 – No. 19 UCLA were defeated by No. 5 Notre Dame 76–64 * January 13, 2013 – UCLA opened the conference with 4 straight victories.

2011–12 season

While Pauley Pavilion was being renovated, the women's basketball team played its 2011–12 season home games at the John Wooden Center. * April 21, 2011 – Cori Close was named head coach.

2010–11 season

*November 12, 2010 – The No. 16 Bruins opened the season with a win over San Diego State 55–48. *November 18, 2010 – UCLA upset No. 12 Notre Dame in double overtime, 86–83 at Notre Dame to begin the season with a 3–0 record. * February 6, 2011 – UCLA defeated USC for the second time this season at

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. * March 12, 2011 – The Bruins were defeated by Stanford in the 2011 Pac-10 Women's Basketball Tournament Final in the

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. * March 25, 2011 – Mariah Williams, Rebekah Gardner and Markel Walker were named to the 2011

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Women's Basketball All-Academic Team.

1978 National championship

The 1978 team, led by

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and Anita Ortega, won the 1978 AIAW tournament under head coach Billie Moore. The Bruins defeated Maryland 90–74 on March 25, 1978 in front of a record crowd of 9,351 at

for the championship. Meyers had 20 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists and eight steals. Ortega recorded a team high 23 points. This team finished the season with a 27–3 record, including a then WCAA conference title.

Head coaches

* Cori Close *

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* Billie Moore *Ellen Mosher * Kenny Washington

Notable players

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Monique Billings Monique Charice Billings (born May 2, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted into the WNBA in 2018 by the Dream. College career UCLA Bill ...

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Nikki Blue Anitra Necole "Nikki" Blue (born March 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball assistant coach for the Phoenix Mercury. High school Born and raised in Bakersfield, California, Blue played her high school career at West High School. Bl ...

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Michelle Greco Michelle Greco (born March 24, 1980) is a retired basketball player. Greco started her basketball career with Crescenta Valley High School, where she scored 2,397 career points during the mid to late 1990s. While on the UCLA Bruins women's basketbal ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals in tho ...

Maylana Martin Maylana Lynn Martin (born April 17, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American former professional women's basketball player and currently a collegiate coach. Although born in Hawaii, she grew up in Southern California. She attended Perris High ...

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* Natalie Nakase *

Teiko Nishi Teiko Nishi (born January 24, 1967) is an American former women's basketball player. She played for the UCLA Bruins each year from 1985 until 1988. In 1987, Nishi, from North Torrance, California, was the only Asian American woman playing Division ...

* Anita Ortega * Rehema Stephens *

Noelle Quinn Noelle Quinn (born January 3, 1985) is a basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). As a player, Quinn played for many WNBA teams and for Botaş S ...

* Sandra Van Embricqs *

Natalie Williams Natalie Jean Williams (born November 30, 1970) is an American basketball executive and former player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Williams was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. She was also an acc ...

Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the 2000 season began. The team is owned ...

Lisa Willis Lisa Camille Willis (born June 13, 1984) is an American basketball coach currently working as an assistant coach for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. She played professionally in the WNBA with the Los Angeles Sparks, New York Liberty a ...

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Retired numbers

Year by year results

Conference tournament winners noted with # Source , -style="background: #ffffdd;" , colspan="8" align="center" ,

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Postseason results

NCAA Division I

AIAW Division I

The Bruins made three appearances in the

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, with a combined record of 8–3.

References

External links

* {{Pacific-12 Conference women's basketball navbox