The women's basketball team at UCLA had one of the best home records in the country this season. But on the road?
Not so much.
Which is why Coach Cori Close looked at the heavy highway traffic that delayed her team's arrival for Friday's practice at Webster Bank Arena as an omen more than an inconvenience.
"I did feel right at home, having the 405 right next to where I am," said Close, who team was 15-1 in Westwood and 11-7 everywhere else.
But a 20-mile traffic jam is just one of many obstacles the Bruins have had to overcome to make it to the Sweet 16 of an NCAA women's basketball tournament for the first time since 1999.