Tuesdays with Wooden: How visits with legendary UCLA coach shaped Cori Close’s Final Four path
On a random Tuesday in November, Lavin surprised Close by showing up after one of the UCLA women’s practices and told her ...
USC’s JuJu Watkins, UCLA’s Cori Close win AP top women’s basketball season honors
Watkins was a near unanimous pick for national player of the year, while Close, who led the Bruins to their first-ever Final ...
‘Those two carried me’: UCLA’s Cori Close recalls bond with Bueckers, Fudd from USA Basketball
UCLA coach Cori Close first met Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd as teenagers playing for USA Basketball and remains a fan of the UConn stars.
Amid athletic lore in Pauley Pavilion, UCLA women’s basketball finally has a legacy to add
UCLA has won 124 national championships in school history. The women’s basketball team comes into its home gym of Pauley ...
Coaches shared time, now square off
When Cori Close was starting out at UCLA 14 years ago, she called Geno Auriemma and asked if she could fly across the country ...
UConn’s Jim Mora was a women’s basketball fan, and candy raider at UCLA
UConn football coach Jim Mora is a former colleague, and still an fan of UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close, the ...
Even at No. 1, UCLA understands underdog role vs. UConn
UCLA is an underdog against UConn in the Final Four, but the No. 1 Bruins say they are used to being overlooked this season.