Bruins Fans Already Eyeing a Bright Future

So now is a good time for UCLA fans to reflect on the season and what it means for the team going forward, which revolves around two main beliefs: there is a new bar to hit, and UCLA is here to stay.

The First Belief Surrounding The Bruins: A New Bar Has Been Set

• The first belief is somewhat self-explanatory, as the Bruins had an amazing season in which they only lost one game to the Texas Longhorns on an off-night, but dominated in everything else.

• UCLA would win by double-digits nearly every game, and even if they did not it still would be an impressive win because it would likely have been against a highly ranked team.

• However, the bar that has been set more likely revolves around the post-season success of the Bruins for reasons other than it being the first D-1 national title in the program's history.

• This is because the Bruins experienced more than one off-night, and every time issues arose their season was being threatened, yet they kept moving forward to what was right in front of them.

• Now that coach Cori Close is returning to the team once again, and especially with every year she is with the Bruins henceforth, a new bar of off-season grit has been set that will be hard to match, but under Close absolutely can be matched.

The Second Belief Surrounding The Bruins: UCLA Is Here To Stay

• The second belief may be a bit harder to believe than the first, as the Bruins lost their top six players due to graduation and new endeavors with the WNBA, but it has the same validity to it as the first.

• Whether it comes from new players that UCLA has already begun to bring in, or players that have been with the Bruins for some time and got to experience the championship run this year, it is clear that UCLA will not have any shortage of good players come next season.

• With that in mind it could very well be that the Bruins could make a deep run again next year, and even if they don't many members of the team will have much more time with UCLA to make something happen.