'Come on, mom': Cori Close, with mother on hand, gets emotional after UCLA wins Women's March Madness
Watch UCLA women's basketball coach Cori Close give an emotional interview after the Bruins won their first Women's NCAA Tournament title on Sunday.
Cori Close had dreamt of this moment for the last 15 seasons as UCLA's women's basketball coach. After a long wait, the moment she had long coached to achieve finally came to fruition on Sunday, April 5, when she led No. 1 seed UCLA to a dominant 79-51 win vs.
No. 1 South Carolina at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. It is the program's first-ever Women's NCAA Tournament championship, and first national title since the Bruins won the AIAW championship in 1978.
UCLA vs. South Carolina final score: Bruins rolls past Gamecocks for first NCAA women's national championship Close understandably was full of emotion in a postgame interview with ESPN's Holly Rowe, even calling her mother over for a hug. "It's beyond my wildest dreams," Close said when asked about her emotions.
"It's been cool because of the people I've gotten to share it with. It's all about the heart. " .