UCLA's unconventional strategy to win a national title — all seniors, all the time

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One by one, UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close substituted out her starting lineup in the final minutes of her team’s national championship victory Sunday. Point guard Kiki Rice, a senior. All-American center Lauren Betts, a senior. Gabriela Jaquez, a senior. Gianna Kneepkens, a graduate student. No other team in college basketball this season, men’s or women’s, designed its roster to be as veteran-dependent as UCLA, whose 12-player roster featured eight who were either seniors or

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