The tears running down UCLA basketball head coach Cori Close’s face at the postgame presser said it all. Even before she spoke, you could tell what this game and this team means to her.
Though the Close and her Bruins were the 4th ranked team in this tournament, they played as if they were #1 as they were neck-and-neck with Oregon for the majority of this game. But in the waning moments of this Pac-12 quarterfinal game, the Bruins made a few mistakes that wrapped this game up for the Ducks.
Close’s emotions could not be contained, even as she tried to be that rock for her players she has been all season long, her disappointment was noticeable during her emotional chat with the media.