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UCLA basketball has been happy with their progress as a program, and it’s because of the leadership of head coach Mick Cronin. That led the program to give him a new five-year contract worth $4.5 million annually through the 2029-30 season, according to Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times. The contract was quietly signed […]

UCLA Bruins head coach Mick Cronin got brutally honest about why players choose specific schools to represent throughout their collegiate careers. Cronin is going through the 23rd season of his head coaching career, his seventh with the Bruins. He has helped the program be consistent with NCAA Tournament contention, reaching the Final Four in 2021 […]

UCLA is now 1-0 on the season. The team is projected as one of the Top 25 teams in the Power Rankings, but the first game of the season was a struggle. After an 80-74 win over Eastern Washington, head coach Mick Cronin was not happy with the team’s performance. “Arrogance. Lack of humility… there’s […]

The 2024-25 season was the first year for the UCLA Bruins in the Big Ten Conference after being one of the main stalwarts in the old Pac-12. The Bruins were actually fairly successful in their first season in a new conference, compiling a record of 13-7. Last season was also the sixth season since Mick […]

The UCLA basketball team just finished up its first-ever season in the Big Ten, and it was a solid one. The Bruins ended up being one of the better teams in the conference, and they made it to the NCAA Tournament. UCLA didn’t make a very deep run in the big dance as it lost […]

Two players will make their way to the West Coast as they join Mick Cronin and the UCLA Bruins. Xavier Booker and Jamar Brown announced their transfers to the Bruins on Friday, per On3 insider Joe Tipton. Booker comes from the Michigan State Spartans while Brown departs from Missouri-Kansas City. Booker leaves Michigan State after […]

UCLA basketball scored one major college basketball transfer portal addition following its March Madness exit. But the Bruins won’t see Donovan Dent and Sebastian Mack team together. The guard Mack has entered the transfer portal, with Pete Nakos of On3 revealing Mack’s decision on Saturday evening. Mack is entering the portal after helping lead UCLA […]

The UCLA basketball program got bounced from March Madness too soon. UCLA lost 67-58 again the No. 2 seed Tennessee on Saturday night. Tennessee advances to the Sweet 16 with the victory. Unfortunately, the Bruins have to head back home while still reeling from their defeat. UCLA head coach Mick Cronin fired back at a […]

Mick Cronin does not think highly of the NCAA Tournament selection committee. Following UCLA’s first-round win over Utah State, the Bruins head coach bashed the committee’s seeding process. Cronin said he told his team that believing in their odds of winning is their best chance in the tournament in his post-game presser. The UCLA basketball […]

UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin is reiterating his commitment to the program. Cronin is shooting down any rumors he’s leaving the school any time soon. “I’m not leaving UCLA until they make me leave,” Cronin said, per Bruin Report Online. There are rumors that Cronin is interested in exiting the program. Those rumors got more […]

Throughout the 2024-25 college basketball season, if there’s one coach who isn’t afraid to be outspoken in his postgame press conferences, it’s UCLA Bruins’ head coach Mick Cronin. Following UCLA’s 86-70 thrashing by the Wisconsin Badgers to eliminate the Bruins from the Big Ten Tournament, Cronin had a doozy of a postgame presser when responding […]

UCLA basketball’s first season in the Big 10 was impressive, under head coach Mick Cronin. However, once Stephen Curry joined his alma mater, Davidson, and will be their assistant general manager, Cronin called upon Russell Westbrook. The latter is a legend and well-respected around the Bruins campus. The two-year UCLA basketball guard showed his brilliant […]

UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin is not happy with the play of his team at times this season. Following a recent loss to Purdue, Cronin voiced some of his frustrations. The Bruins lost to the Boilermakers 76-66 on Friday. “Even when we were playing well and it was a close back-and-forth game and we got […]

Mick Cronin and the UCLA Bruins honored the late legend Bill Walton with a solid 69-61 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday. The win over the Buckeyes marked the 500th win of Cronin’s career. He’s been coaching the Bruins since 2019, leading them to an appearance in the national championship game and two […]

The Duke Blue Devils entered Madison Square Garden on Saturday night for a rare late-season non-conference matchup with a very good Illinois squad as considerable favorites, but even the most optimistic supporters of the Dukies likely didn’t have a 43 point victory on their Bingo card. In a 110-63 win, superstar freshman Cooper Flagg did […]

Mick Cronin is at it again. Approximately a month and a half after he skewered his entire team while talking himself up during a postgame press conference, the UCLA basketball head coach unleashed another fiery rant. This time, he took aim at fans. Following an embarrassing collapse at home versus Minnesota, which saw the Bruins […]

Indiana basketball revealed last week that Mike Woodson will step down as head coach after the season, fueling speculation about his replacement. Several outlets have identified UCLA head coach Mick Cronin as a possible candidate for the position. Mick Cronin has built an impressive resume over 15 seasons at UCLA and Cincinnati, guiding his teams […]

UCLA basketball head coach Mick Cronin did not hold back in his response to rumors about him taking the Indiana job. With Hoosiers’ head coach Mike Woodson set to leave this offseason, the Big Ten powerhouse are likley already browsing candidates for this soon-to-be vacant position. Cronin would certainly be a candidate if he were […]

In its first year in the Big Ten, UCLA is steamrolling towards an NCAA tournament bid after a very successful season. Mick Cronin and company got off to a blazing hot start before a rough stretch in the middle of the year, but they are now building momentum again. The Bruins continued to do so […]

Upsets can happen at any moment in college basketball and UCLA basketball, and head coach Mick Cronin had a taste of that. They defeated Michigan State, coached by Tom Izzo, 63-61 on the Bruins home court on Tuesday. Following the win, Izzo briefly told reporters that Cronin’s coaching style is working. “You better hope he […]

Mick Cronin revealed the key for UCLA basketball after the 63-61 win over No. 9 Michigan State. After getting off to a slow start in the Big Ten, the Bruins are picking up steam with their second straight ranked win. With its recent signature win, UCLA is now 17-6 and 8-4 in its new conference. […]

Big Ten basketball has not been kind to UCLA basketball, and their head coach, Mick Cronin. Many stories have circulated since conference play began. For starters, Cronin called out UCLA basketball’s ‘delusional’ players after a loss against Michigan. Then, when they traveled to play Maryland, they made headlines once again. The head coach was ejected […]

To say UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin was not happy after the Bruins’ 94-75 loss to Michigan yesterday would be an understatement. Cronin, known for his sideline outbursts and comments made out of frustration, stayed true to form in the postgame press conference Tuesday after his team allowed Vladislav Goldin to score 36 points and […]

UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin knows that his team will be much better this season. Cronin is issuing a take that he hopes will light a fire under Bruins fans. “Night and day,” Cronin said on the College Hoops Today program, per Sports Illustrated. “Our NIL program just wasn’t what it needed to be. There’s […]

The UCLA basketball team will have a schedule that they aren’t used to this season as it will be their first year in the Big Ten. They will still have conference games against USC, Washington and Oregon, but everything else will be new for the Bruins. UCLA also just announced that they will play Gonzaga […]

UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin is offering his opinion about why his school is doing well in the transfer portal. Cronin says UCLA is able to offer a strong financial package to prospective players. “Our NIL grew exponentially,” Cronin said, per the Los Angeles Times. “All you have to do is look at our recruiting […]

The UCLA basketball program is reloading after a challenging 2023-24 season. The Bruins will have a fearsome squad going into 2024-25, which is further highlighted by their college basketball transfer portal additions. Former Oklahoma State basketball forward Eric Dailey Jr. announced his commitment to UCLA on Tuesday and spoke very highly of Coach Mick Cronin […]

UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin appeared on The Herd today to discuss the national championship game between UConn and Purdue, as well as John Calipari leaving Kentucky for the Arkansas job, and he had a funny response to being asked what he would do if he were to receive a call regarding the Kentucky head […]

USC guard Bronny James understandably had a rocky freshman campaign following his cardiac arrest in a preseason practice. His father, LeBron James, has openly expressed his desire to play with him in the NBA, but that doesn’t seem like a realistic option anytime soon. UCLA basketball head coach Mick Cronin hopped on FS1 talk show […]

UCLA basketball is remembering one of their own. Bruins’ student manager Alex Moriarty passed away after fighting a battle with brain cancer, per the school. Moriarty is being remembered by head coach Mick Cronin as a young man who loved basketball. Our basketball program mourns the loss of student manager Alex Moriarty, who has passed […]

UCLA’s string of NCAA Tournament appearances under head coach Mick Cronin will come to an end this season after the Bruins loss to Oregon in the second round of the Pac-12 Tournament. It’s been a tough year for the Bruins and Cronin who has garnered headlines this season for some of his postgame comments. But […]

Despite some intriguing additions to the roster, UCLA basketball could not survive the departures of Jaime Jaquez Jr., Tyger Campbell, Jaylen Clark and Amari Bailey. Mick Cronin and the Bruins are unlikely to go dancing this March after reaching the Sweet Sixteen in consecutive NCAA Tournament trips and going on a surprise Final Four run […]

The UCLA basketball team has had a very up and down season this year, and so has sophomore forward Adem Bona. Inconsistency has been a problem for the Bruins. They started off the season very poorly, then won six games in a row, and now they’re back to their losing ways. Inconsistency has also been […]

There are not many veterans in the UCLA basketball program which means the team will be prone to a lot of mistakes. This expands Coach Mick Cronin’s head coaching duties by a lot as he hopes to guide this team to stellar runs in the Pac-12 tournament and, maybe, March Madness. Those woes seem to […]

UCLA basketball suffered its fourth straight loss at the hands of Washington State basketball on Sunday. Despite leading by as much as 13 points, the Bruins had no answer for Jaylen Wells and the Cougars, who used a 22-7 run in the second half to notch the comeback win. Following the game, UCLA head coach […]

After starting out the 2023-24 season poorly, the UCLA Bruins had been playing better basketball as of late. However, UCLA dropped a game over the weekend against crosstown rival USC. It was a poor loss as USC has been hovering near the bottom of the Pac-12 standings all season. In any case, the Bruins have […]

UCLA basketball head coach Mick Cronin has a coaching style that certainly involves some yelling, but his Bruins players don’t mind it. Cronin had been successful during his time at UCLA and he has even taken the Bruins to Final Four. Clearly, something that he is doing is working. There is much more to his […]

UCLA basketball guard Sebastian Mack was ejected from the game on Sunday when the Bruins took on Utah basketball. Mack was going through a screen and appeared to raise his elbow up and strike a Utah player. UCLA doesn’t play again until Saturday, and it sounds like Mack will be able to play. UCLA's Sebastian […]

The UCLA basketball program dropped to Utah at home on Sunday by the score of 70-69, and head coach Mick Cronin got real on if his young team is mature enough to bounce back in the next game against USC on Saturday. “We’ll see. I mean, if you are haven’t matured by now, we have […]