SPOKANE — Cori Close cut down the net but kept the scissors. She had one more tiny snip to make. The UCLA Bruins coach had a regional championship net to wear in celebration after leading the program to its first women’s NCAA Final Four. She also had one little scrap of nylon that she had cut out separately, a piece that she wanted to share with her mother, Patti.
Patti has watched her daughter build this UCLA program into a contender over the last decade and a half. She has also watched her build a village.
