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UCLA's Cori Close credits John Wooden-inspired mentality as key to season-long success

The UCLA women’s basketball team won its first-ever NCAA national championship Sunday, and head coach Cori Close cited her ...

A title is a prelude to roster rebuilding for UCLA women’s basketball

Win a championship, restock the roster. The former made the latter significantly easier for UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close in the hours before the transfer portal opened Monday.

Superstar Caitlin Clark shows Cori Close and Gabriela Jaquez some love

UCLA won their first-ever NCAA title on Sunday and the title got star Caitlin Clark to tweet about both head coach Cori Close ...

Lauren Betts scores 16 as UCLA storms past South Carolina to claim its 1st NCAA women’s basketball title

Gabriela Jaquez scored 21 points, Lauren Betts added 16 and UCLA routed South Carolina 79-51 Sunday to win its first NCAA ...

UCLA coach shares verdict on Geno Auriemma meltdown after 'texting a little bit' with Dawn Staley

UCLA coach Cori Close spoke warmly of South Carolina coach Dawn Staley before the pair meet in Sunday's NCAA title game, ...

Large crowd of fans welcome Bruins back to UCLA campus after NCAA win

It was a big homecoming on Sunday night for the UCLA women's basketball team after their historic NCAA national championship ...
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UCLA wins historic NCAA title as Dawn Staley's rough weekend ends in humiliation

Dawn Staley's South Carolina suffered a near-historic defeat to UCLA in the 2026 NCAA national championship game after an ...