Jaylen Hands and Kris Wilkes are getting ready for the next step. The two guards both elected to forgo their final two years of NCAA eligibility in favor of the 2019 NBA Draft earlier this offseason. Read more...
Photo: Guard Jaylen Hands announced he was entering the 2019 NBA Draft on April 7 on Twitter. Hands led the Pac-12 in assists with 6.1 per game. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Moses Brown has made it official. The freshman center’s name was on the official league-released list of underclassmen entering the 2019 NBA Draft. Although Brown has not made a personal statement confirming this, a team spokesman told the Los Angeles Times that Brown would enter the draft pool with no intention of returning to school. Read more...
Photo: Freshman center Moses Brown put up nine double-doubles for UCLA men’s basketball last season. With Brown going to the NBA Draft, the Bruins will be without their top-three scorers from a year ago. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
The dust has settled and, for better or worse, the Mick Cronin era has begun. UCLA men’s basketball hired Cronin to be the program’s 14th head coach April 9, one day after a deal fell apart with Tennessee’s Rick Barnes. Read more...
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Moses Brown may be on his way out of Westwood. UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin appeared on The Jim Rome Show on Tuesday morning and said he believes the freshman 7-footer will be following guards Jaylen Hands and Kris Wilkes to the 2019 NBA Draft. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin said he expects freshman center Moses Brown to enter the 2019 NBA Draft. Brown averaged 9.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in his first collegiate season. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated April 16 at 1:26 p.m. Men’s basketball Sam Connon, assistant Sports editor Mick Cronin is starting to round out his staff. The new UCLA men’s basketball coach is expected to hire his first new assistant after Cincinnati associate head coach Darren Savino was passed up on for the Bearcats’ coaching vacancy. Read more...
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If UCLA’s 99-day head coach search was an increasingly strenuous workout, then Wednesday’s introductory press conference was a refreshing shower. How long it takes until the aches and pains set in is still to be determined, but the Bruins’ lengthy search – which included thorough background checks and at least three other reported candidates – is over. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero helped introduced new UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin on Wednesday at a press conference in Pauley Pavilion. Guerrero, along with Golden State Warriors General Manager Bob Myers, helped lead the search to fill the position. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Mick Cronin would lay in his bed at night, 2,000 miles away from Westwood, watching the Bruins. He never thought he would have the chance to lead UCLA men’s basketball from the sidelines, but he wondered what he would do if he ever got the job. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball signed former Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin to a six-year, $24 million contract Tuesday morning. Cronin has accumulated 365 career wins as a head coach. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)
