It was a hard-fought battle that included a bloody nose, back-and-forth scoring and wrestling matches for 50-50 balls. But in the end, UCLA showed why the Bruins have owned the No. 1 national ranking for most of the season as they held off the Tigers to win 72-65 and earn the program’s first NCAA Final Four berth.

"Let's go, ladies!" wrote Westbrook. The former NBA MVP helped UCLA to back-to-back appearances in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in the two years he played for the famed program, teaming up with fellow future NBA players Kevin Love, Darren Collison, Arron Afflalo and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute.

Gabriela Jaquez, the sister of Miami Heat star Jaime Jaquez, leads the UCLA women's basketball team to first NCAA Final Four

The No. 3 seed LSU Tigers (31-5) and the No. 1 seed UCLA Bruins (33-2) will meet on Sunday in the NCAA Tournament Elite 8.

The top-seeded Bruins showed off their depth in a 72-65 victory over the third-seeded Tigers that secured a spot in Tampa.

The last perfect women’s NCAA Tournament has been busted. Top-seeded UCLA's 72-65 win over LSU on Sunday ended the final perfect bracket out of 3.2 million on ESPN’s bracket tracker. The final flawless brackets on the CBS Sports platform ended with TCU's 71-62 win over Notre Dame on Saturday.

The top-seeded UCLA Bruins battle the No. 3 LSU Tigers Sunday afternoon in Spokane with a spot in the NCAA Women’s Final Four on the line.

Dent returns back to his home state after a breakout season with the Lobos where he earned Player of the Year honors in the MWC