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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 intense in recent weeks, especially since the job opened up at Indiana. Cronin said that anytime he complains after a loss it is interpreted as he is unhappy, per the outlet.
UCLA basketball lost in the Big Ten conference tournament on Friday to Wisconsin, 86-70. The Bruins now await to hear their seeding in the NCAA tournament.
It’s been a rebound this season for Mick Cronin and UCLA basketball
UCLA basketball has been dealt a tough hand this season. The Bruins are playing their first season in the Big Ten conference, traveling thousands of miles to road games. UCLA joined USC, Oregon and Washington in joining the conference.
UCLA also entered the season trying to avenge a disappointing 2023-24 campaign. The Bruins had a rare losing season last year with Cronin and finished 16-17. There was pressure on Cronin to get the ship turned in the right direction.
The club did just that. UCLA won 22 games this season, and will head to March Madness once again under the veteran coach.
The Bruins didn’t continue excellence though in the conference tournament. Cronin wasn’t pleased with how his team played in a brutal loss to Wisconsin in the quarterfinal.
“We got our ass kicked,” Cronin said, per the Los Angeles Times. “That’s the headline.”
Wisconsin basketball shot lights out from three point range. The Badgers made 59 percent of their shots from the perimeter. It proved to be too much for the Bruins on Friday.
“All around, defensively, we weren’t very good,” said UCLA forward Tyler Bilodeau. “And we didn’t band together there to get what we wanted on offense and they just kept rolling.”
UCLA fans hope the team has another deep NCAA tournament run in them this season. Cronin led the club to a Final Four in the 2020-21 season. He also led the program to back-to-back appearances in the Sweet Sixteen.
Before coming to UCLA, Cronin coached at Cincinnati and Murray State. He led both of those programs to the NCAA tournament, including a Sweet Sixteen with the Bearcats.
The Big Ten tournament continues on Saturday. UCLA now awaits for Selection Sunday.
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Milwaukee Brewers: Craig Counsell Blasts Former Team’s 14-Game Winning Streak, Gets Caught Lying
The Milwaukee Brewers saw their 14-game win streak, the longest in franchise history, come to an end on Sunday afternoon in an extra innings loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Milwaukee’s bats, which had been red hot for weeks, suddenly cooled and the taxed bullpen could not close out the game, which the Brewers led in the ninth inning. Now, Milwaukee will look to start a new win streak as they head to Chicago for a five-game series, which will be played in a four-day span, against the Cubs. Of course, the Brewers and Cubs have one of the most intriguing rivalries in the game as Chicago’s manager, Craig Counsell, is the winningest skipper in Milwaukee’s franchise history. But, after the 2022 season, Counsell ditched the Brewers, the team his father worked for and he himself played for Milwaukee for a good portion of his career in order to take the Cubs’ job away from David Ross, who was still the team’s manager when they decided to hire their former rival. Earlier this season, Chicago led Milwaukee in the standings by as many as 6.5 games, but now, thanks to the Brewers’ long run of stellar play, are eight games behind the Brewers in the standings. Chicago Cubs Manager Craig Counsell Doesn’t Think the Milwaukee Brewers Are Doing Anything Great Counsell, who still resides in Whitefish Bay on Milwaukee’s north side, is not much loved anymore by Brewers fans, and he has done little to save face in their eyes with comments he has made about the team since joining their I-94 rivals. He added more fuel to the fire in a recent interview with the Chicago Sun Times, Counsell was asked about his thoughts on the Brewers’ winning streak. “What’s so great about it?” he responded. “They’re playing good. I mean, they’re playing great. They haven’t lost since we played them.” And then, to the bewilderment of many, Counsell claimed that, despite being a Milwaukee native, he had “never seen” a George Webb’s” restaurant. Former Milwaukee Brewers Manager Craig Counsell Flat Out Lied Aside from saying that Milwaukee’s 14-game winning streak was not that great, Counsell flat-out lied about his knowledge of George Webb’s. As fans may recall, he himself was the manager of the Brewers the last time they won 12 games in a row, the needed amount of consecutive wins for fans to be able to claim a free hamburger at the local chain. Local fans and reporters quickly unearthed a story from 2018, the year the Brewers won 12 consecutive games (eight at the end of the regular season and their first four postseason games) in which Counsell talks about the giveaway: “I remember the concept of free hamburgers going back so long, it’s hard to believe that it’s never happened since then.” At this point, it is not hard to determine why Counsell said what he said on Sunday. He is just stoking the fires of what is sure to be a hard-fought five-game series in Chicago.
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Commanders Trade? Washington 'Shopping' Starting Running Back, Per Report
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