2017 – 18 UCLA Bruins women 's basketball team represented the University of California , Los Angeles during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Bruins , led by seventh year head coach Cori Close , played their home games at the Pauley Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference . They finished the season 27 – 8 , 14 – 4 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place . They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Women 's Tournament where they lost to Oregon . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women 's Tournament in which they defeated American and Creighton in the first and second rounds , respectively . They went on to defeat Texas in the Sweet Sixteen and advance to the program 's first Elite Eight since 1999 . They lost to Mississippi State in the Elite Eight
Pac-12 Women 's Tournament
2018 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team