The UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team won its first NCAA championship Sunday night, closing out a 37-1 season with a dominant 79-51 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks in Phoenix. Head coach Cori Close and the top-seeded Bruins controlled

Cori Close and her Bruins etched their names in history with the program's first national championship.

Close is the head coach of UCLA women's basketball. Close is 54 years old. She was born on July 29, 1971. Close is from Milpitas, Calif., a city in the Bay Area. Close played for UC Santa Barbara as a guard from 1989 to 1993.

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UCLA's standout seniors made them a favorite to win the NCAA women's basketball title, and they delivered in dominant fashion against South Carolina.

Cori Close and the UCLA Bruins are going to have to work hard to repeat as champions. They lose their top six players to graduation after putting on one of the most dominant performances in championship history to win their first NCAA title and second overall,

The UCLA men’s basketball team appears well on its way to keeping a good chunk of its core together. While three players have publicly announced that they intend to return next season, two others might be closing in on a similar move.

Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. spent an off day in Phoenix to watch his sister, Gabriela, and the UCLA Bruins win their first women’s basketball national title.