This post was updated Feb. 22 at 6:35 p.m. In four years, Mick Cronin has brought appearances in the Final Four, Sweet 16 and a Pac-12 championship game to Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. dribbles past a defender in a home game against Washington State. Jaquez paced No. 7 UCLA men’s basketball, with 25 points and 12 rebounds in its win over Oregon in Eugene on Saturday night. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Feb. 9 at 11:46 p.m. Late in the second half, coach Mick Cronin pulled Amari Bailey over to the sideline. But Cronin didn’t have any words of wisdom for the freshman guard. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Amari Bailey takes on a pair of defenders in a game against Maryland. Bailey scored 18 points in the second half and a career-high 24 for the game as No. 7 UCLA men’s basketball powered past Oregon State on Thursday night. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin staff)
Another Pacific Northwest trip awaits the Bruins. This time, though, Amari Bailey is back in the fold. No. 7 UCLA men’s basketball (19-4, 10-2 Pac-12) will travel north to take on Oregon State (9-15, 3-10) in Corvallis on Thursday and Oregon (14-10, 8-5) in Eugene on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Amari Bailey puts up a shot in a game against Oregon on Dec. 4. Bailey and No. 7 UCLA men’s basketball will head to Oregon for a two-game road trip Thursday and Saturday. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 4 at 10:28 p.m. Earlier this season in Pullman, the Bruins needed some late-game heroics from Jaime Jaquez Jr. to prevent an upset. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. jumps as he attempts a layup. Jaquez’s 24 points and 15 rebounds paced both teams and gave him his fifth double-double of the season. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin staff)
Just like their last game, it was an offensive outburst for the Bruins in the first half and a much different story in the second. Once again, turnovers were to blame. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Amari Bailey dribbles around a screen. No. 9 UCLA men’s basketball never trailed in a wire-to-wire win over Washington in Pauley Pavilion on Thursday night. The Bruins’ 16-point halftime lead shrunk to single digits in the second half as their offense regressed, but UCLA hung on to snap its two-game losing streak. Bailey notched 13 points in the game but also posted five turnovers. (Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Even after back-to-back defeats, coach Mick Cronin isn’t worried about UCLA’s wins and losses. And he certainly doesn’t care about those that bet on his Bruins, metaphorically and literally. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball junior guard Jaylen Clark defends USC guard Drew Peterson during the Bruins’ loss to the Trojans on Jan. 26. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)
Coach Mick Cronin has built a reputation for his emphasis on deflections and full-court ferocity in post-game press conferences. Defense wins championships, but Thursday night forced the fourth-year coach to acknowledge the Bruins’ shortcomings on the other end. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin coaches from the sideline during his team’s loss to USC on Thursday. The Bruins have lost two straight games after stringing together 14 consecutive wins. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)
