TAMPA, Fla. — The best two players left in March Madness are competing in Friday’s second game of the Final Four: UCLA has 6-foot-7 center Lauren Betts, and UConn has sensation Paige Bueckers. Through the first four rounds of the NCAA Tournament, neither has faced a one-on-one matchup that has truly stopped them.
Led by UCLA’s Cori Close, coaching in her first Final Four, and UConn’s Geno Auriemma, coaching in his 24th, these teams are very different. Which is why enlisted the help of coaches who saw them firsthand.
As the Bruins and Huskies gear up for a game that could go either way, multiple coaches who coached against them this season weighed in.