TAMPA — Lauren Betts has seen a lot in her career, but one thing she has never seen is another Lauren Betts. College basketball has only one of those.
The UCLA Bruins center is, in some ways, an old-school player in that she uses her size to her advantage near the basket. Betts is 6' 7" with a polished post game, and if she gets the ball in position down low, all you can really do is hope she misses, and good luck with that. She is shooting 64.9% from the floor (75% during the women’s NCAA tournament), easily the best percentage of anybody who shoots so often. Double-teaming Betts sounds better in theory than it usually is: She is an adept passer, and the Bruins excel at moving the ball around until they find an open shot.
