Carolina University Bruins Womens Basketball

The 2025–26 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team will represent the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins will be led by head coach Cori Close in her fifteenth year, and will play their home games at Pauley Pavilion. In the preseason, the Bruins were voted the favorite to win the Big Ten conference, with senior center Lauren Betts named the 2025-26 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year. Betts and senior guard Kiki Rice were named to the All-Big Ten preseason conference team.