No. 22 UCLA To Face NC State In NCAA 1st Round 8th-seeded Bruins meet NC State at 8:30 p.m.CT/6:30 PT on ESPN2 DATE: Mar. 16, 2010 • SID CONTACTS: Steve Rourke/Liza David PHONE: 310-206-6831 • E-MAIL: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: uclabruins.com GAMEDAY CENTRAL The Bruins completed the regular season with a 70-46 loss to No. 2 Stanford in the championship 2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS ***GAME #32: Sun., Mar 21, 2010 game of the Pac-10 Conference Tournament. That OPPONENT: North Carolina State setback snapped a string of 10 straight wins. In fact, SITE: Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN Overall/Pac-10 Record: 24-8 second-ranked Stanford is the only team to defeat TIP-OFF: approximately 8:30 p.m.CT/ 6:30 PT the Bruins (Feb . 4, March 14) since mid-January. NOVEMBER: TV: ESPN2 TALENT: Clay Matvick, Leslie Hill TV/Radio Notes — All games of the NCAA 14 v. Illinois State (@ Iowa Tny.) L 55-61 Tournament in which the Bruins participate will 15 v. Santa Clara (@ Iowa Tny.) W 77-51 AUDIO: uclabruins.com 19 Hawaii W 98-52 TALENT: Dave Marcus, Mike Sondheimer, Tracy Murray be radio broadcast live on the internet at www. uclabruins.com. Dave Marcus, Tracy Murray and 21 v. Utah (@ San Diego)the.mtn W 69-33 Note: the winner of the above game will play at Michael Sondheimer will be on hand to call the 25 Princeton W 69-59 8:30 p.m. CT. on Tuesday, Mar. 23 on ESPN/ESPN2 28 @ #6/5 Tennessee on FS South L 47-61 tournament action. ESPN is providing television NO. 22/23 BRUINS AT NCAA TOURNEY coverage (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Full DECEMBER: Court) of all 63 games in the 2010 NCAA women's 3 @ #24/- Kansas on FSN L 49-54 Coach Nikki Caldwell's No. 22 UCLA Bruins (24-8), basketball tournament. 15 @ UC Santa Barbara W 61-49 winners of 10 of the last 11 games, were selected 18 Texas Tech L 58-59 as the # 8 seed in the Kansas City Region and will THE VOTES ARE IN - RANKED BRUINS play the #9 seed North Carolina State (20-13, 21 St. Mary's W 83-58 The Bruins have received votes in the two major 28 LMU W 73-52 tied for fi fth in the ACC) in the fi rst round of the Top-25 polls in each of the last four weeks of the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The fi rst/second round regular season.UCLA was tabbed as the No. 22 JANUARY: games will be held at the University of Minnesota's team in the ESPN/ USA Today Coaches Poll for the 1 @ Arizona* W 67-58 Williams Arena in Minneapolis, MN. 3 @ #19/17 Arizona State* W 74-56 week of March 15 and is listed at No. 23 in the most 8 California* W 57-46 The game will tip-off at approximately 8:30 p.m. recent AP poll. This is UCLA's fi rst listing in the AP 10 #2/2 Stanford* L 61-65 CT/6:30 PT and will be broadcast live on ESPN2. poll since it was ranked No. 21 in Nov. of 2006. 17 @ USC* on FSN L 63-70 The winner will advance to play the winner of the 21 @ Washington State* W 59-56 Nebraska (#1 seed, 30-1) and Northern Iowa (#16 PAC-10 POST-SEASON HONORS 23 @ Washington* W 69-65 seed, 17-15) contest on Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. Nikki Caldwell was named Pac-10 Coach of the 28 Oregon* W 104-80 CT/6:30 PT. Nebraska and Northern Iowa start Year by both the coaches and the media, becoming 30 Oregon State* W 70-44 off the Sunday fi rst-round doubleheader and will the fi rst UCLA women's coach ever to win this tip-off at 6:06 CT/4:06 PT. The UCLA-NC State FEBRUARY: award. Doreena Campbell and Jasmine Dixon battle will tip 30 minutes following the end of the were chosen to the 15-member All-Pac-10 team, 4 @ #2/2 Stanford* L 53-74 fi rst game. 6 @ California* on Comcast W 44-32 while Markel Walker was an honorable mention 13 USC* on FSN W 74-56 The Bruins, who have no current players with NCAA selection. Walker was also named to the All-Fresh- 18 Washington* W 73-55 post-season experience, enter the tournament for man fi rst team and to the honorable mention All- 20 Washington State* W 93-58 the fi rst time since the 2005-06 season, when they Defensive team. The Pac-10 media selected Dixon 25 @ Oregon State* W 74-53 were the #5 seed in the Cleveland, OH Regional. and Walker to the All-Pac-10 team and Walker to 27 @ Oregon* on FSN W 91-75 Coach Caldwell has plenty of NCAA experience, the All-Freshman team. MARCH: having been a player at Tennessee and an assistant coach at both Virginia and Tennessee. She owns UCLA FINISHES 2ND IN PAC-10 4 Arizona State* W 63-59 three NCAA championship rings. Caldwell was UCLA fi nished in second-place in the Pac-10 regular 6 Arizona* W 70-61 12 Oregon State (Pac-10 Trny) W 60-44 a member of Tennessee's 1991 National Champi- season standings and earned the #2 seed into the 13 USC (Pac-10 Trny) W 59-53 onship squad. She was also an assistant coach on conference tournament.The #2 seed was UCLA's 14 #2/2 Stanford (Pac-10 Trny) L 46-70 the 2007 and 2008 Tennesssee Lady Vol National highest ever for the tournament, which began in 21 North Carolina State (NCAA) 6:30 PT Championship teams. 2001-02. The Bruins won the Pac-10 Tournament, once before, in the 2005-06 season. note- home games listed in bold; Pac-10 conf. This will be UCLA's 10th overall appearance in game denoted by * the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins have posted a The second-place fi nish is UCLA's best since it record of 8-9 in tournament action. captured a share of fi rst-place in the 1998-99 season, Final Pac-10 Standings (3/12) PAC-10 OVERALL STANFORD 18-0 31-1 2009-10 NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA 15-3 24-8 USC 12-6 19-12 No. Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School/ Last School) CAL 11-7 18-12 1 Nina Earl F 6-1 Jr. Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch HS) ARIZONA STATE 9-9 17-13 2 Jackie Shepard G 5-10 Fr. Palo Alto, CA (Menlo School) OREGON 7-11 16-15 3 Darxia Morris G 5-8 Jr. Pasadena, CA (Muir HS) WASHINGTON 7-11 12-17 4 Christina Nzekwe F/C 6-4 Jr. Seattle, WA (Chief Sealth HS) ARIZONA 6-12 14-17 5 Mariah Williams G 5-4 Fr. Colorado Springs, CO (Regis Jesuit HS) WASH. STATE 3-15 8-22 OREGON STATE 2-16 11-20 10 Allison Taka G 5-8 Sr. Culver City, CA (Culver City HS) 11 Atonye Nyingifa F 5-11 So. Torrance, CA (Redondo Union HS) UCLA's NCAA Tournament Schedule at Minneapolis: 13 Erica Tukiainen G 6-0 Sr. Los Angeles, CA (Windward HS) 21 Doreena Campbell G 5-10 Jr. Alexandria, VA (Edison HS) Mar. 21: #1 Nebraska v. #16 Northern Iowa - 6:06 p.m. 23 Markel Walker F 6-1 Fr. Philadelphia, PA (Schenley HS) CT / 4:06 PT 31 Moniquee Alexander C 6-6 Sr. Harbor City, CA (Edison Academic Center) #8 UCLA v. #9 North Carolina State - approx. 8:30 p.m. 33 Jasmine Dixon F 5-11 So. Long Beach, CA (Poly HS / Rutgers) CT / 6:30 PT 35 Rebekah Gardner G 6-0 So. Upland, CA (Ayala HS) Mar. 23: winners play at approx. 8:30 p.m. CT / 6:30 PT Head Coach: Nikki Caldwell, 2nd season (Tennessee '94) Asst. Coaches: Stacie Terry, Tony Perotti, Tasha Butts; Dir. of Operations: Pam Walker pg. 1 of 9 which is the Bruins' lone Pac-10 title. UCLA has Reg. fi nal - Louisiana Tech 88, UCLA 62 – at Los Angeles fi nished second (tied) in the Pac-10 conference, Sports Arena '09-10 BY THE NUMBERS once before, in 1997-98. Double-Double (pts/reb) 1997-98---#7 seed in the Midwest Walker (6) Dixon (6) Alexander (1) STRONG PAC-10 PERFORMANCE 1st Rd. - UCLA 65, Michigan 58 – at Alabama Double-Figure Points 2nd Rd. - Alabama 75, UCLA 74 -- at Alabama UCLA's 15-3 record in conference play matches Dixon (21) Walker (19) Morris (15) Campbell (13) its best performance ever in the Pac-10. The 1991-92---#5 seed in Midwest 1998-99 team captured a share of fi rst place with Tukiainen (8) Gardner (7) 1st Rd. - UCLA 93, Notre Dame 72 – at UCLA Alexander (3) Earl (2) a 15-3 fi nish. 2nd Rd. - UCLA 82, Texas 81 – at Texas Williams (2) Nzekwe (1) Reg. semis - SW Missouri St. 83, UCLA 57 – at The Bruins won eight out of nine conference games 20 Pt. Scoring in the second-half of Pac-10 play. It is the most wins Colorado Dixon (6) Campbell (3) Tukiainen (3) ever by a Bruin team down the stretch in the Pac-10. 1989-90---#10 seed in West Walker (2) Morris (1) UCLA had won as many as seven Pac-10 second-half 1st Rd.