2024–25 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's basketball
Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Next Year:2025–26
Team:UCLA Bruins
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Coachrank:1
Aprank:1
Record:8–0
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:14th
Assoc Coach:Shannon Perry-LeBeauf
Asst Coach1:Tasha Brown
Asst Coach2:Tony Newnan
Asst Coach3:Soh Matsuura
Asst Coach4:James Clark

The 2024–25 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represents the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins are led by head coach Cori Close in her fourteenth year, and play their home games at Pauley Pavilion. This marks the program's first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.[1]

Previous season

The Bruins finished the 2023–24 season with a 27–7 record, including 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament, and were eliminated in the sweet sixteen by LSU.[2]

Offseason

Departures

UCLA departures
NameNumPos.HeightYearHometownReason for Departure
11 F 6'4" Redshirt junior Munich, Germany Graduated
20 G 5'9" Graduate student Graduated
21 F 6'3" Sophomore Kleinmachnow, Germany Retired
Camryn Brown 35 G 5'11" Graduate student Graduated
Izzy Anstey 43 F 6'4" Redshirt junior Melbourne, Australia Graduated
Christeen Iwuala 22 F 6’2” Sophomore San Antonio, Texas Transferred to Mississippi

Incoming

UCLA incoming transfers
NamePositionHeightYearHometownPrevious school
Janiah Barker F 6'4" Junior Texas A&M
Charlisse Leger-Walker F 5'10" Graduate student Washington State
Timea Gardiner F 6'3" Junior Oregon State

Recruiting

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

Rankings

See main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UCLA Officially Joins Big Ten Conference . uclabruins.com . August 2, 2024 . October 2, 2024.
  2. Web site: Bruins Fall to LSU in Sweet Sixteen, 78-69 . uclabruins.com . March 30, 2024 . October 2, 2024.