The UCLA Women’s Basketball team is going dancing! The Bruins will host Cal State Univetsity Bakersfield at Pauley Pavilion in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. The Bruins and Roadrunners will get things going at 7 p.m. On Thursday, March 19. This will be the first time the Bruins will participate in the WNIT.
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UCLA to host CSU Bakersfield in @WomensNIT on March 19. Tip time announced tomorrow. http://t.co/lhEzribjXq pic.twitter.com/ZgegYgVcyw
— UCLA W. Basketball (@UCLAWBB) March 17, 2015
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— ODU Women's Basketball (@ODUWBB) March 17, 2015
Though this season did not meet expectations for the Bruins, they now have a chance once again prove themselves as they look to make some noise in the WNIT. UCLA finished with a 13-18 record and took sixth place in conference. The Bruins ended the season in the Pac-12 Tournament by mauling Arizona 80-62 in their first round match-up, yet lost 67-62 in a very close game in the the quarter-finals to #14 Stanford.
As for CSU Bakersfield, they are ending their season second in the Western Athletic Conference. The Roadrunners went 23-8 this season. Though they lost in their second game of the WAC Tournament, they have been very efficient lately. That loss broke an 8-game win streak in which CSU Bakersfield won by a margin of 13.3 points.
Needless to say, it will be a battle. Good luck to UCLA, head coach Cori Close and…