Overview
- No. 1 seed UCLA faces No. 16 California Baptist on Saturday at 10:00 p.m. ET at Pauley Pavilion, airing on ESPN with streaming on Fubo.
- The Los Angeles pod features UCLA, California Baptist, No. 8 Oklahoma State and No. 9 Princeton for first- and second-round play.
- USA TODAY picks unanimously back UCLA over Cal Baptist, with an opening spread listed at UCLA -52.5.
- No. 7 UCLA men beat UCF 75-71 behind 20 points from Eric Dailey Jr. and will play No. 2 UConn on Sunday in Philadelphia at Xfinity Mobile Arena (5:45 p.m. MST on TNT).
- Limited tickets remain for the UCLA women’s home games in Los Angeles and for the Bruins’ men’s Round of 32 matchup.