Cori Close didn’t want to talk about Uconn. As the 4-seed UCLA women’s basketball team (23-8, 13-5 Pac-12) plays 13-seed Boise State (25-7, 12-6 Mountain West) on Saturday, the coach insisted on the group’s need to focus on the opponent in front of them rather than the potential Sweet 16 match-up that may happen in just over a week. Read more...

Photo: Junior guard Jordin Canada was named an all-conference player this season as the Bruins head into the NCAA tournament. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Three years ago: a first-round Pac-12 Tournament exit. Two years ago: a Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship. Last year: a Sweet 16 loss to Texas. This year, if the trend were to continue, one would guess that UCLA women’s basketball would surpass the Sweet 16. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s basketball has one of the toughest roads to the NCAA championship, most likely needing to overcome teams such as top-seeded Uconn, Duke or Maryland to just get out of the Bridgeport region. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)

Redshirt senior guard Kari Korver played her last Pac-12 women’s basketball game with UCLA’s loss to Oregon State on Saturday. [Related: Women’s basketball ends Pac-12 tournament with 63-53 loss to Oregon State] After the loss, junior guard Jordin Canada was in tears while talking about her teammate. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior guard Kari Korver (right) leads UCLA with 62 3-pointers this season – in her career, she’s made 241. She has also been voted as a team captain for the past four years. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)

The UCLA women’s basketball team landed in Seattle with something to prove to its conference rivals in the Pac-12 tournament and certainly wasted no time in doing so. Read more...

Photo: Junior guard Jordin Canada led UCLA past Arizona State with a team-high 24 points to go along with seven assists and three steals. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)