After finishing his collegiate career with UCLA men’s basketball in the 2026 NCAA Tournament, guard Donovan Dent is not pursuing a professional career, according to Geoff Grammer of the Albuquerque Journal.

Instead, Dent is shifting his focus to giving back to the younger generation of basketball players by becoming a personal trainer.

“I’m done with pro basketball,” Dent told the Albuquerque Journal. “I want to give back to the youth and I want to start training.”

Dent Is Going Back to New Mexico

Dent transferred to UCLA from New Mexico ahead of his senior season, while his girlfriend Katelyn Estrada is attended medical school at UNM.

Estrada reportedly told Dent if UCLA football lost to UNM when the teams played at the beginning of the season in September, he would have to come back to New Mexico. The Lobos ended up defeating the Bruins 35-10 at the Rose Bowl, and Dent said he would fulfill his end of the deal with Estrada.

“She told me I had to come back if the Lobos won,” Dent told the Journal in September after the loss, “so this is me transferring back, I guess.”

His personal training will take place back in New Mexico. The former Lobos star is hosting a Memorial Day pop-up clinic in New Mexico on Monday. He is also scheduled to host a basketball camp in mid-July at UNM’s practice facility.

Although Dent is not pursuing a professional career, he will compete with other former New Mexico players on The Enchantment in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) this summer.

TBT is a tournament that features eight alumni teams from top college programs and eight non-alumni teams. The 16 teams compete for a $2 million prize. Dent and The Enchantment will open the tournament against Wichita State’s alumni team, the AfterShocks.

Dent’s Career With UCLA

Dent was a full-time starter for UCLA during the 2025-26 season. He ranked second on the team in scoring (13.3 ppg) behind NBA Draft prospect Tyler Bilodeau and led the Bruins with 265 assists.

The Riverside, California native finished the regular season as an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention and helped lead UCLA to the 2026 NCAA Tournament.

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UCLA softball is headed back to Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series.

This marks the Bruins’ 34th appearance in the WCWS, which is the most for any NCAA softball program in history. UCLA also has an NCAA-record 12 national championships, with Arizona and Oklahoma tied for the second-most with eight titles.

UCLA head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez contributed to eight of those national championships as both a player and coach. As the Bruins look to win their first NCAA title since 2019, Inouye-Perez said this season’s squad resembles previous UCLA championship teams.

“I still have visuals of how we went about [winning national championships,] that there’s a good magic feeling of really everyone committing to sticking to a plan on how we’re going to find a way to win,” Inouye-Perez said, per the Los Angeles Times. “And this team, you can feel it.”

UCLA Hits NCAA-Record 200 Home Runs

UCLA pulled off a sweep over Central Florida in the best-of-three super regional at Easton Stadium. On Friday, the Bruins run-ruled the Knights 9-1 in five innings. Then, on Saturday, UCLA defeated UCF 14-4 to clinch a spot in the WCWS.

The Bruins have one of the best offenses in NCAA history and proved that on Saturday when it became the first NCAA Division I softball team to hit 200 home runs in a season.

UCLA hit seven home runs across both super regional game to reach the mark. Redshirt freshman infielder Aleena Garcia hit two, three-run homers on Saturday, while freshman third baseman Bri Alejandre hit a home run on both nights.

Defensively, ace Taylor Tinsley pitched all 12 innings for UCLA in the super regional. The Third Team All-American senior pitcher struck out 13 batters while giving up 12 hits and five runs throughout the series.

“She’s a true competitor,” UCF coach Cindy Ball-Malone said of Tinsley, per the Los Angeles Times. “She’s good, and she got better as she kept going and her offense makes her really lethal, too.”

Who Will UCLA Play in WCWS?

UCLA will kick off the WCWS against Alabama on Thursday at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. The Bruins and Crimson Tide will be part of Bracket 1.

Bracket 1 will also include the winner between Oklahoma and Mississippi State and the winner between Texas Tech and Florida. Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Florida all made appearances at the WCWS last season, while Mississippi State has never been to a WCWS.

In the other bracket, Arkansas, Tennessee and Nebraska have punched their tickets to the WCWS. The final team in that bracket will either be defending champions, Texas, or Arizona State.

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