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College basketball coaches play a huge role in terms of the success of a university’s basketball program. Given that the NCAA is one of the most competitive basketball leagues in the nation, bigger institutions are willing to pay more money to more seasoned coaches with a winning history. For this piece, let’s take a closer […]

A week after UCLA guard Jayden Clark declared for the 2023 NBA Draft, Jamie Jaquez Jr. followed suit on Thursday by announcing that he will forgo his remaining college eligibility to enter his name into this year’s draft. Jaquez took to Twitter on Thursday to bid his farewell to UCLA after a four-season run in […]

The UCLA Bruins suffered another devastating loss Thursday at the hands of the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Mick Cronin spoke on what Jaime Jaquez has meant to the UCLA program and community during his time in Westwood. Mick Cronin on Jaime Jaquez and what he’s meant to UCLA and the entire basketball […]

The UCLA Bruins’ season came to an end at the hands of Gonzaga on Thursday, as the Bulldogs clinched a 79-76 win to punch their ticket to the Elite Eight. UCLA built a 13-point lead at halftime of the contest, but Gonzaga did not throw in the towel. The Bulldogs clawed their way back into […]

After the UCLA men’s basketball program’s season-ending March Madness loss to the Gonzaga Bulldogs, no one should have expected Bruins head coach Mick Cronin to be in a good mood. Cronin, whose team lost on a last-second three by Gonzaga basketball’s Julian Strawther, was in a rotten mood in his postgame press conference, lashing out […]

Mick Cronin and the UCLA Bruins are preparing for a matchup against Drew Timme and the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the Sweet Sixteen. Ahead of the highly anticipated rematch of the 2021 Final Four game, Mick Cronin had some strong statements about the Gonzaga star. “He’s a guy who can always take over a game. You […]

The UCLA Bruins entered their NCAA Tournament West Region matchup against UNC Asheville with a chip on their shoulder. The Bruins were just days removed from their Pac-12 title game defeat to the Arizona Wildcats. While the Bruins won the Pac-12 regular season title, they wound up extending their Pac-12 tournament championship drought to nine […]

Despite losing in the championship of the Pac-12 Tournament, UCLA and Mick Cronin still enter March Madness as one of the top teams in the country. They’re a little bit banged up right now with injuries to two starters in Adem Bona and Jaylen Clark. While Clark is out for the remainder of the season, […]

Selection Sunday is just days away as the rest of the conference tournaments kick off across college basketball. One team worth monitoring is the UCLA Bruins, who are likely headed for a top seed in the Field of 68. However, star guard Jaylen Clark has been dealing with an injury, and head coach Mick Cronin […]

UCLA Bruins head coach Mick Cronin is far from amused by how the selection committee views his team. The NCAA’s selection committee recently released of its top 16 teams for the upcoming March Madness, but UCLA basketball, regarded as one of the best teams in the nation, ranked just No. 8 on the list. Unsurprisingly, […]

Jaime Jaquez Jr. is coming back to UCLA. The Bruins’ star wing announced Monday that he will return for his senior season. In a video he posted to his Twitter account, Jaquez cited “unfinished business”. UCLA made it to the Final Four as an 11-seed in 2021. In 2022, with high expectations, the Bruins bowed […]

Ahead of another hopeful Final Four run, the UCLA Bruins are rewarding Mick Cronin with a long-term extension. The Southern California powerhouse, who face Akron in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, have handed Cronin a brand new six-year contract. Via Pete Thamel of ESPN: Source: UCLA is giving coach Mick Cronin […]

In this post, we’re looking at Mirck Cronin’s net worth in 2021. More on that in second, though. Mick Cronin is the head coach of this year’s big Cinderella story: the UCLA Bruins. UCLA is not used to being considered an underdog and they have come to play this year. After a close first four […]

The UCLA Bruins are aware that most everyone has the undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs winning it all next Monday in the 2021 NCAA championship game, in what would be a perfect coronation for Mark Few’s good men. And it’s certainly possible. The Zags have looked unstoppable for most — if not all — of the season, […]

Student-athletes can n0w forego their collegiate career by going straight to the G League, which has ruffled some feathers. Mick Cronin, the head basketball coach at UCLA, called out the NBA for prying Daishen Nix away from the program ahead of the 2020 season. “(Nix) was signed. And the NBA – trust me – they […]

UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin joined us back in August on the Marching to Madness podcast to discuss expectations for his first season with the Bruins. Some of the topics Cronin discussed included: What Cronin and his staff are focusing on during their first offseason in Los Angeles Building a defensive mindset into the program […]

Last season, the American Athletic Conference had only two representatives in the NCAA Tournament, the SMU Mustangs and the Cincinnati Bearcats. The Mustangs got into the Big Dance automatically for winning the conference tournament championship, while the Mick Cronin-coached Bearcats had to wait for the selection committee to give them an at-large berth. This coming […]