Mick Cronin was able to try a trip as a sneer on the sill in the assembly, and he directed his UCLA Team with a victory, but not without drama. Two stories programs dreaming of yesteryear to various degrees have come together as Indiana basketball Hosted Bruins in a Big Ten conference match.
A coach, Cronin, seems unhappy with his arrangement and could very well replace the man who was held on the opposite touch line. In fact, Indystar columnist Gregg Doyel wrote as much After Bruins beat Indianaconduit by Mike Woodson who withdrew At the end of the season which, for the moment, seems to be a minimum of six games – five regular season and an opening match of the Big Ten tournament.
Only 15 teams from the 18 team league will descend to the city of Circle for the event from March 12 to 16 in Gainbridge Fieldhouse. THE Hoosiers (15-11, 6-9 Big Ten) have 1 ½ games on Northwestern and Washington, who are equal in the 16th row, and three games on Penn State. But Iu’s road could make them miss the tournament: against Purdue, against Penn State, Washington, Oregon and Ohio State.
“I just think it’s hard to do this kind of thing during the season. Everything has become so crazy, and I don’t like to see that. Regarding me, I would never comment on a coach situation. It would be extremely inappropriate, “said Cronin, while continuing.” I am the son of a coach and the way I look at him, Mike Woodson is the Indiana coach. He was national champion and I knew him and his staff. I have enormous respect for their children and their team. For me, no one should say anything that distracts from what they are doing. I think it would be extremely inappropriate, mainly because of my respect for coach Woodson. He is there training his team. This is my position.
In any case, the Hoosiers will seek a new coach in the hope of returning to the days of glory. Their latest Sweet 16 took place in 2016 and they were at the NCAA tournament only twice since, both in the first two seasons of Woodson. Last Elite Eight de l’Iu took place in 2002, the year when Indiana lost against Maryland during the national championship match.
Indiana is successful, aspiring to win its sixth national championship. He claims the fame of the last undefeated national champion, which was 49 years ago. Of course, the UCLA won 11 national championships, including seven consecutive from 1967 to 1973. Three of them were undefeated seasons, plus another in 1964. And Cronin even led the Bruins to a Final Four there At four years old.
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The parallels are similar, and Cronin said it on Friday.
“To be a big program, you must have a great tradition and the backbone of the support of all the guys in your tradition that has played. I have guys like Kareem (Abdul-Jabbar) and Mike Warren and Jamaal Wilkes, the enormous guys’ support for each game, “he said.” You need tradition, support, your fans base and your former players. I do not know the answer to what is intact here, but I know my mentality. I go out and see the coach (bob) Knight as I go out in my establishment and that I see the coach (John) Wooden. »»
But the UCLA (19-7, 10-5) is in Severe financial debt And Cronin stressed that the journey of travel was part of his team, and he assimilated it to the NBA teams struggling with similar trips. Friday’s victory against IU was the first of the Bruins of this season in the central or oriental time zones.
It is a popular name on hot boards and is included in Indystar’s warm board. The same goes for Brad Stevens, the president of Boston Celtics who made a statement Say that he is happy in his role. If sports director Scott Dolson had cronin on his list of coach candidates, here is what Big Whistle of Ucla said about rumors.
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“Some people would be happy because some people want I was live. When you are a coach, you need to check your ego, “said Cronin.” They hue John Calipari in Kentucky. They would not have hooked Bob Knight, if he entered here, I can promise you. It’s like that. I am well aware that I could be on board of directors for a job, but someone might want me to lose my job. We were beaten on Tuesday, go ahead and check these tips. »»
A tendency to hire coaches who can bring players with them is Cronin. This is a strategy that has already worked for Dolson when he hired Curt Ciggnetti to lead Indiana football, who went to the play football playoffs with a host of James Madison transfers. Even CIGNETTI had to deny that he was lobbying For someone on Saturday.
But Cronin has a winning experience: won the Ohio Valley and reached two NCAA tournaments in three seasons in Murray State, made nine consecutive NCAA tournaments and won two regular season of the American sports conference in Cincinnati and continued to succeed in the UCLA with the last four in its second season and winning the PAC-12 in 2022-2023.
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Dylan Andrews, who had 1 for 7 on the field and a two -year -old, frozen the game with free throws and would integrate into this category. Four starters also do it, and the reserves in a 3 -foot 3 inch position, Aday Mara and Sebastian Mack, from Chicago, could give Cronin a nucleus to be built in Bloomington, softens the learning curve and the management of the ‘alignment.
“We play the Hall Assembly – You don’t just come to Indiana and win a match like that,” said Andrews. “It was a grainy victory. It’s just a credit to my team, my coach, to everyone. It is a big victory for us.”
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