UCLA women’s basketball team gets hero’s welcome in return to campus after national championship
The Bruins made their return to their Westwood campus on Sunday night.

The Bruins made their return to their Westwood campus on Sunday night.

Lady Vols head coach Kim Caldwell finally receives some much-needed positive news after a brutal week A to Z Sports

This originally appeared in Monday’s edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything going on in the sports media world. From inside the press conference room in Phoenix, the feeling permeating the room was not…

Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma clearly haven’t made amends.

Well, she can certainly afford it.

OKC Thunder guard Cason Wallace congratulates his girlfriend, Kiki Rice, for winning NCAA women's basketball championship with UCLA.

In one of its most uncharacteristic showings in recent years, the South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team succumbed 79-51 to the UCLA Bruins in the 2026 NCAA national championship game on Sunday. The 28-point defeat was South Carolina’s second straight title-game loss by more than 20 points and the third-largest margin in championship history. The […] The post South Carolina’s miserable first half vs. UCLA marks new low in more than 3 years appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Dawn Staley had a heated moment with Geno Auriemma after South Carolina’s Final Four win over the UConn Huskies on Friday. The heated altercation resulted in a lot of criticism for the UConn coach, who later apologized for his behavior via an official statement. Staley helped the Gamecocks to a 62-48 victory to break UConn’s […]

The UCLA Bruins took on Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks in this year’s women’s NCAA Tournament national championship game on Sunday. Coach Cori Close helped her team emerge victorious with a dominating 79-51 score at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. After the game, NBA legend Magic Johnson took to social media to […]

UCLA honored by Empire State Building after NCAA title win.

It is the program's first title in the NCAA era and the first time since 1978 that UCLA has ruled women's basketball.

Dawn Staley showed major respect for Cori Close following the South Carolina Gamecocks’ 79-51 loss to the UCLA Bruins in the women’s national championship game on Sunday afternoon. Staley has been the Gamecocks’ head coach since the 2008-09 season, while Close has led the Bruins’ direction since the 2011-12 campaign. Both coaches have enjoyed remarkable […] The post South Carolina WBB’s Dawn Staley praises ‘good human being’ Cori Close after championship blowout appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Here's everything we know about Lauren Betts' health scare during the UCLA Bruins vs the South Carolina Gamecocks national title game.

South Carolina fell to UCLA in the women's March Madness championship game, but the Gamecocks' win over UConn in the Final Four and Dawn Staley's masterful navigation of the Geno Auriemma controversy deserves credit.

The UCLA Bruins did a remarkable thing by defeating Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks in dominant fashion to win the women’s college basketball national title.

As the South Carolina women’s basketball team was dominated by UCLA in the national championship game on Sunday, 79-51, head coach Dawn Staley would get real on the disappointing result. While the South Carolina women’s basketball team had been surrounded by the heated exchange between Staley and UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, the main focus […] The post Dawn Staley doesn’t hold back about South Carolina women’s basketball title game rout: ‘We got smacked’ appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Raven Johnson doesn’t have an X account to check, and she’d like other women’s athletes to consider doing the same. “I don’t really be on social media,” the South Carolina senior said Saturday in Phoenix, the day before she played UCLA for the national championship. “I don’t be on Twitter, because that is a toxic…

For the first time ever, the UCLA women’s basketball squad has scaled the top of the college basketball world. On Sunday, the No. 1 seed Bruins completed their mission in the 2026 edition of the NCAA Tournament, as they took down the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks, 79-51, thanks in large part to the […] The post UCLA star Gabriela Jaquez’s huge title game joins Breanna Stewart, Dawn Staley in history appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Agugua-Hamilton had led the Cavaliers to a 70-58 record, including a 29-42 record in the ACC, after she was hired by UVA athletic director Carla Williams in 2022 to rebuild the program.

It had been a while since the Bruins had cut down the nets, which made Sunday's win over South Carolina even sweeter.

Dawn Staley Getting Mocked For Performance In National Title Game Sunday The Spun

As the UCLA women’s basketball team beat Texas in the Final Four to advance to the national championship game against South Carolina, there’s no denying that star Lauren Betts is leading the way. While Betts achieves various feats with the UCLA women’s basketball team, she looks to do it in the national title game, though […] The post Why was UCLA women’s basketball star Lauren Betts briefly sidelined during 1st half vs. South Carolina? appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Madina Okot may be able to challenge her eligibility after this season, as she spent her early college days in Kenya, not in the US.
