If there’s one thing UCLA’s Elite Eight victory showed, it’s that the Bruins are about more than just Lauren Betts.

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"1978 AIAW, they won the national championship and went to the Final Four, and we had some of the alumni here from that team," Close said after UCLA's Elite Eight victory. "Debbie Willie Haliday and Denise Curry, and we had so many other alums."

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The tourney’s overall 1 seed, UCLA, knocked off LSU 72-65 to advance to its first women’s Final Four behind another big game by Lauren Betts. The 6-foot-7 All-American had 17 points, seven rebounds and six blocked shots despite sitting out the second quarter.

Heading into Sunday’s women’s Elite Eight games, there was one bracket remaining in the ESPN Tournament Challenge (out of 3.4 million) that had correctly picked the previous 57 games, but it had the No.

UCLA, South Carolina and Texas — punched their tickets to the Final Four in Tampa Bay. UConn is the lone No. 2 seed to advance.