UCLA Men's & Women's Basketball Finish 2015 in the Top-25

In spite of an underwhelming performance against McNeese State last week, UCLA Men's Basketball claimed the last spot in the top-25 of the final AP Poll of 2015. It's the Bruins' second entry into the top-25 this season. The previous visit lasted just one week.

UCLA remains just outside of the top-25 in the most recent USA Today Coaches Poll. The Bruins' 20 points put them 28th nationally.

Only two Pac-12 teams are ranked higher than UCLA in the AP Poll: Arizona at #8 and Utah at #21.

Meanwhile UCLA Women's Basketball dropped two spots in the latest AP Poll after losing to then #21 California in double overtime. The Bruins are now 21st-ranked in the AP Poll behind four Pac-12 foes: Oregon State at #10, Stanford at #11, Arizona State at #17, and California at #19.

UCLA is still on the verge of entering the USA Today Coaches Poll with 44 points--good for 26th place.

After grinding out a hard-fought victory over UC Riverside on Monday, #21 UCLA opens Pac-12 play tonight against #26 Southern Cal before hosting #31 Oregon on Saturday.

UCLA Men's Volleyball begins its 2016 campaign on Sunday with an exhibition game against British Columbia. The Bruins are ranked fifth in the preseason AVCA Coaches Poll behind three MPSF opponents: BYU is the top-ranked team in the nation, UC Irvine is ranked second, and Long Beach State is ranked fourth. Two more MPSF teams (Hawai'i and UC Santa Barbara) are ranked in the preseason top-10.

Coach Speraw has recruited a lot of very talented players in the past three years, and he finally has an elite setter. This should prove to be a very exciting season for UCLA volleyball.

Men's Basketball

Last Week: UCLA defeated McNeese State 67-53.

Associated Press Poll (December 28, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	RECORD	PREVIOUS
1	Michigan St. (64)	1623	13-0	1
2	Kansas (1)	1534	10-1	2
3	Oklahoma	1498	11-0	3
4	Maryland	1428	11-1	4
5	Virginia	1351	10-1	5
6	Xavier	1296	12-0	6
7	North Carolina	1219	10-2	7
8	Arizona	1081	12-1	8
9	Butler	984	10-1	9
10	Kentucky	963	10-2	12
11	Iowa State	938	10-1	11
12	Providence	923	12-1	10
13	Miami (Fla.)	867	10-1	13
14	Purdue	818	12-1	14
15	Duke	781	9-2	15
16	Villanova	643	9-2	17
17	SMU	636	11-0	18
18	Louisville	516	11-2	16
19	West Virginia	500	10-1	19
20	Texas A&M	371	9-2	21
21	Utah	224	10-2	24
22	Cincinnati	199	10-3	22
23	Baylor	195	9-2	23
24	South Carolina	175	11-0	25
25	UCLA	51	9-4	NR

USA Today Coaches Poll (December 28, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Michigan State (27)	13-0	771	1
2	Oklahoma (3)	11-0	730	2
3	Kansas (1)	10-1	715	3
4	Maryland	11-1	683	4
5	Virginia	10-1	648	5
6	Xavier	12-0	610	6
7	Arizona	12-1	544	8
8	North Carolina	10-2	530	7
9	Iowa State	10-1	480	9
10	Butler	10-1	471	12
11	Kentucky	10-2	465	11
12	Duke	9-2	434	10
13	Providence	12-1	396	14
14	Purdue	12-1	378	13
15	Miami (FL)	10-1	367	16
16	Villanova	9-2	309	17
17	West Virginia	10-1	299	18
18	Louisville	11-2	249	15
19	Texas A&M	9-2	220	19
20	South Carolina	11-0	157	23
21	Baylor	9-2	146	22
22	Utah	10-2	94	NR
23	Cincinnati	10-3	90	21
24	Gonzaga	10-3	79	24
25	Pittsburgh	10-1	49	NR

UCLA (9-4) received 20 points (28th place).

Women's Basketball

Last Week: #19 UCLA lost to #21 California 108-104 (2 OT).

Associated Press Poll (December 28, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	RECORD	PREVIOUS
1	Connecticut (32)	800	9-0	1
2	South Carolina	763	12-0	2
3	Notre Dame	725	10-1	3
4	Baylor	712	13-0	4
5	Texas	662	11-0	5
6	Maryland	654	11-0	6
7	Kentucky	597	10-0	7
8	Mississippi St.	556	11-1	8
9	Ohio St.	550	8-3	9
10	Oregon St.	479	9-1	11
11	Stanford	472	9-2	12
12	Duke	402	9-3	13
13	Tennessee	394	8-3	14
14	Northwestern	349	11-1	15
15	Florida St.	345	8-3	10
16	Texas A&M	327	9-3	16
17	Arizona St.	244	8-3	22
18	Oklahoma	239	9-2	18
19	California	224	8-2	21
20	South Florida	192	7-2	20
21	UCLA	137	7-3	19
22	Miami (Fla.)	119	12-1	23
23	Missouri	101	12-0	25
24	Michigan St.	99	9-2	24
25	DePaul	84	8-5	17

USA Today Coaches Poll (December 28, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Connecticut (32)	10-0	800	1
2	South Carolina	12-0	768	2
3	Notre Dame	11-1	720	3
4	Baylor	13-0	708	4
5	Maryland	11-1	659	5
6	Texas	11-0	654	6
7	Kentucky	11-0	607	7
8	Mississippi State	12-1	550	8
9	Ohio State	8-3	517	10
10	Oregon State	9-2	506	9
11	Stanford	10-2	475	11
12	Duke	9-3	411	12
13	Texas A&M	9-3	369	13
13	Florida State	10-3	369	14
15	Northwestern	11-1	352	15
16	Tennessee	8-3	290	16
17	South Florida	7-2	282	17
18	California	8-2	237	18
19	Oklahoma	9-2	209	19
20	Miami (FL)	12-1	165	20
21	Arizona State	9-3	164	21
22	Michigan State	9-2	129	22
23	Seton Hall	10-1	83	24
24	DePaul	8-5	79	23
25	Iowa	10-2	54	25

UCLA (7-3) received 44 points (26th place).

Men's Volleyball

Last Week: UCLA was not in action.

AVCA Coaches Preseason Poll (December 9, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	2015 Final Rank
1	BYU (13)	268	8
2	UC Irvine	258	3
3	Loyola-Chicago (6)	236	1
4	Long Beach State	213	11
5	UCLA	193	12
6	Ohio State	182	10
7	Hawai'i	168	6
8	Lewis (1)	158	2
9	UC Santa Barbara	153	9
10	Penn State	145	4
11	Pepperdine	126	5
12	Southern California	95	7
13	Stanford	91	14
T-14	Ball State	35	NR
T-14	George Mason	35	NR

This Week In UCLA Sports

Wednesday, December 30

• UCLA Women's Basketball vs. Southern Cal at Pauley Pavilion (7:00 PM PST)

Friday, January 1

• UCLA Men's Basketball vs. Washington in Seattle, WA (8:00 PM PST)

Saturday, January 2

UCLA Women's Basketball vs. Oregon at Pauley Pavilion (2:00 PM PST)