Overtime buzzer-beater ends Bruins impressive tourney run
At halftime Saturday night, UCLA coach Mick Cronin challenged his team to keep it close for 10 more minutes and that they should then be able to crank up the pressure on unbeaten Gonzaga. The flawless combination created a masterpiece of a college basketball game. It just didn’t lead to a win for the upstart […]
To the bank! Suggs hits the winner, Zags top UCLA 93-90
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The shot by Jalen Suggs — perfect! The Gonzaga freshman banked in a shot at the buzzer from just inside the halfcourt logo Saturday night to lift the Zags to a 93-90 overtime win over UCLA and move them one win away from an undefeated season and a national title. It was […]
Father Hep: Cronin’s dad relishes UCLA’s run to Final Four
Father’s Day has come early for Hep Cronin this year. Actually, it has been more like Father’s Month. The 79-year-old dad of UCLA coach Mick Cronin has become an unlikely celebrity during the Bruins’ run to the Final Four. CBS and Turner’s cameras have been focused on the elder Cronin as much as his son […]
UCLA’s Juzang could be first Asian American NBA lottery pick
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Johnny Juzang’s impact at UCLA has been immediate since he transferred from Kentucky, giving the Bruins the scorer and dynamic player they had been missing in recent years. The junior guard is playing his best at just the right time, leading the Bruins into the Final Four for the first time since […]
Next up: UCLA gets chance to stop undefeated Gonzaga
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Next up on the long list of wannabes eager to stop, or even slow, the undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs is a team basketball fans might have heard of: UCLA. In a strange twist that typifies a strange year, the legacy program with more national championships than anyone is a plucky up-and-comer this time […]
PODCAST: Mulligan – Episode 8
This week Matt previews the Final Four and what the National Championship will look like. He dives into some of the biggest trades in the NBA, talks pro days and the upcoming NFL draft. Episode 8 features guest Mitchell Speltz.
BVM Sports Chalk Talk: Episode 23
BVM Sports’ Lucas Semb, Scott Procter and Matt Morris breakdown the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four as well as the trades and buyouts that shook up the NBA.
Injuries, opt-outs and underdogs: UCLA’s ride to Final Four
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As he basked in the glow of a win over Michigan, UCLA coach Mick Cronin was asked whether he thought he had the kind of team in his second season in Westwood to make a Final Four run. Cronin thought for a moment about five-star prospect Daishen Nix, who reneged on his […]
Juzang sends No. 11 seed UCLA past Michigan to Final Four
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Johnny Juzang poured in 28 points while playing most of the second half on a hurt ankle, and UCLA survived a series of nail-biting misses by top-seeded Michigan in the closing seconds for a 51-49 victory Tuesday night that made the Bruins the fifth No. 11 seed ever to reach the Final […]
No. 11 UCLA beats ‘Bama 88-78 in OT to reach Elite Eight
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 17 points, hitting two big jumpers early in overtime, and No. 11 seed UCLA held on after Alabama’s Alex Reese drained a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of regulation to beat the second-seeded Crimson Tide 88-78 in a Sweet 16 showdown Sunday night. With star guard Johnny Juzang […]