No. 1 UCLA expects to be tested when it opens Big Ten play in Seattle against Washington on Sunday.
The Bruins (8-0) got a taste of what it’s like to be the most hunted team in women’s basketball during the Rainbow Wahine Showdown in Hawaii.
“I was thankful to have a hostile crowd,” UCLA coach Cori Close said of the crowd in Hawaii. “It’s going to be more so that way at UW this weekend. ... They’re a really good team. We have a huge target on our back now, so I was thankful for the adversity and what that forced us to face.