UCLA water polo rallying around coach Adam Wright’s loss on NCAA title-game run

LOS ANGELES — When Sunday ends, UCLA coach Adam Wright said, he doesn’t know what’ll happen.

When his father died in early October, there was no public acknowledgement. And Wright never missed a game, the 15-year UCLA head coach still on the pool deck for every single Bruins match through the end of a shimmering two-loss season. Catharsis, for the time being, has been put on hold.

But Wright’s mind has been a jumble in the last few month, crowded with thoughts of family and grief and the program he’s held so dear...