Gabriela Jaquez jumped in the air and joined her teammates screaming with joy as ESPN revealed UCLA earned its highest NCAA tournament position in school history, securing the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed. The Bruins will start play in the Spokane regional on Friday.
Coming off their first conference tournament title since 2006, a comeback win over USC in the Big Ten tournament final, the Bruins (30-2) will host the winner of No. 16 seed UC San Diego (20-15) versus No. 16 seed Southern (20-14) in the first round at Pauley Pavilion. If UCLA wins, it will face the winner of No.