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MrBug708

If the guy loves being constantly armed he should just be a teacher in a red state.

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Micro Mick isn't a guy they're lining up to play for. I'll give him five more seasons at that job, tops. He can thank Juzang for buying him some time with that FF run. Also, the portal has changed the sport in a much more dramatic way than I anticipated. These are the amazing tales I've come to lov...

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Micro Mick isn't a guy they're lining up to play for. I'll give him five more seasons at that job, tops. He can thank Juzang for buying him some time with that FF run. Also, the portal has changed the sport in a much more dramatic way than I anticipated. These are the amazing tales I've come to lov...

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Fact. USC basketball just became a "hot ticket" for the TV market merely with the addition of Bronny. Fact. It's likely that Arizona, and other Pac-12 teams will get less nationally broadcast games as a consequence next season. Ironically, Bronny might not even be a starter his frosh year. And, if ...

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Certainly putting to bed that "take" that UCLA doesn't play freshmen that was just really one kid who got drafted anyways.

I wonder if he stays or chases his NBA dreams

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He was expected to come in as a 5* because of the G-League interest, but ended up as a shockingly low rating. In the end, I dont think it matters much. If nobody else rates him, he won't hit the 247 composite ranking.

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Chip's bread and butter is the RB spot. There might be a drop off from the top guy, but I expect to be an elite rushing team still.

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A lot riding on the freshmen QB Moore. He looks like the real deal, very polished, and Chip knows how to create an offense. But who really knows what will happen.

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Amari Bailey declared for the draft.

UCLA also landed the commitment of 5* French International guard, Ilane Fibleuil. He chose UCLA over the G-League.

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Reports of Reese Dixon-Waters transferring to SDSU

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I could argue that Veesaar is terrible for only averaging 1.5 rebounds per game this year but, unlike you, I possess the ability to understand how minutes played factored into these numbers. Mara's rebounding rate, for example, is higher than Ballo's rebounding rate per minute was. You know who else...

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Yes, it's random (or disingenuous) to compare a U-18 tournament performance of Veesaar to the actual Euro League performance of Mara. Veesaar wasn't going to play for Real Madrid's first team so he came to the US. Mara joined the first team of Zaragoza as a 17 year old. As a 17 year old, he was play...

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These are just random numbers you are throwing out like we are just supposed to avoid context. Aday was playing as a 17 year old in one of the best Euro leagues. His U-17 world Cup that he played in last year , he averaged 12.5 and 5 points. Spain lost in the finals to the US and he had 16 and 7 for...

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He should be. I'd imagine they will play ten minutes together, ten each at center by themselves. Bona can defend fours, Mara will play the high post with his passing ability.

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There has been a mystery Euro alluded to for a bit, I'm guessing this is him. Not sure how that 600,000 Euro number comes over, but the opportunities in LA probably don't hurt, plus the P12 POTY being Spanish speaking, combined with Ivo, the Euro coach that we have, does seem nice for UCLA to land t...

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It took him 15 minutes for Scheer to walk back that original claim from 800K to like 50K.

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Gonna be weird not seeing JJJ out there on the court next season. Officially declared for the draft.

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Ken's son also works for UCLA

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BeachCat's hate for all things UCLA really is something. Oh I just gotta call out their fans for being trolls. This guy is basically the very definition of a troll and has been for years. He also only comes out of his sewer when ucla is halfway decent, which is so on brand for bruin fans. Anyway, e...

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I think the point Bug is not that Mic doesn’t commend his players, especially when softball questions such as “what has your best players over the last couple of years meant to your program?” are asked. It’s that the several whiny, being a dick, almost Bobby Knight-esque comments overshadow everyth...

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What? The comment was "There’s something to be said for lauding your players" insinuating that Mick never did that and I merely quoted the press conference word for word. I'm sorry it didn't fit the narrative lol

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Nwuba announces he will return for his COVID year.

Whispers that Tyger will take his last year and go get paid as a grad transfer

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Jaylen Clark declared for the NBA draft. He was a second round pick before the injury. Curious to see what the injury does. If a team doesn't mind using a second on a kid with elite defensive abilities and rehab him for part of next year, it's a pretty good steal. If he comes back to UCLA he probabl...

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You're welcome UConn.

- Mick Cronin's press conference.

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I'm glad RC's self proclaimed exile lasted...one week..haha At least he's still on brand for ignoring the inconvenient truths! Inconvenient truths: AZ won the season series with ucla. again. and has won 4 out of the last 5 games in the series. Most Arizona fans have bigger goals in than beating UCL...

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I'm glad RC's self proclaimed exile lasted...one week..haha At least he's still on brand for ignoring the inconvenient truths!

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I think Mick's drive for perfection, including his press conference personality, is what makes him so good of a coach. Players love him, so the press conference soundbytes end up as message board fodder more than anything

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I don’t think Mick has ever or will ever take the high road. He’s a brawler in every interaction. I bet he makes store clerks count his change twice. There’s something to be said for lauding your players and refusing to make excuses. It puts all the focus on their amazing achievement and none on wh...

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The game was a grueling battle that left us feeling like we had won and lost it multiple times. The defeat was particularly painful, but under Cronin's leadership, our team has once again given their all on the court, for the third time in four years. Despite missing two key starters, we came incred...

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Man, it wasn't even like we had bad shots, just couldn't make them go down. That's the way it goes in March

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Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:42 pm UCLA out of gas

It was a great run but injuries finally caught up us.

MrBug708

Lot of whispers that Bona might not be cleared for the game tonight. Not sure I believe it. Hopefully it won't matter, but one less body will make it tough to stay with Timme at all.

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You have to love bug preemptively trotting out possible reasons for ucla to lose to gonzaga. he has impressive confidence in his team. Notice that there's no scenario where ucla just, you know, loses. In recent losses to AZ, ucla didn't merely lose these games. They were victims of great misfortune...

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My guess is Arizona's scouting report will be limited in scope just simply on UCLA's available personnel. One game was UCLA playing without Bona and Clark. Another game was UCLA without Bailey. The third was half a game of UCLA at full strength before Clark got hurt, which is essentially what this m...

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Drew Timme as someone other than a villain was not the take I was expecting to read this morning. I'm surprised to see any Arizona fans rooting for Gonzaga, considering they see Arizona and UCLA as threats to their self-claimed best program in the West with their 8 straight sweet 16 appearances. Lov...

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Mick said day to day but I really think the only player who won't play is Clark.

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Line opened at UCLA -1 and moved to -2.5. That kind of surprises me right now.

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And the buyout is next to nothing in two years

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You heard it from Mick, JJJ for year 5! That will be Jaime's decision not Mick's. Well yeah, Mick was hyping him up, standing next to him and all..lol See what I mean? Time slows down around Mick. We will all be 70 years old by the time JJJ leaves UCLA. And to think that someone like JJJ is still y...

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Catintheheat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:12 pm
MrBug708 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:06 pm You heard it from Mick, JJJ for year 5!
That will be Jaime's decision not Mick's.

Well yeah, Mick was hyping him up, standing next to him and all..lol

MrBug708

You heard it from Mick, JJJ for year 5!

MrBug708

That could have been a broken leg. Oof. Walking it off is a good sign though, hoping just a bad tweak.

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Campbell and Singleton are 1-12, 0-6 from 3

MrBug708

UCLA definitely in trouble right now. The seniors are getting played off the court right now

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Bona in the starting lineup

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Can't complain about that performance by the Bruins. Nuwba looked all world, that's how bad UNC-Asheville was. Next game will be more of a challenge than this one was. JJJ had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 steals.

Condolences on your loss. In my one bracket, I had you guys winning it all.

MrBug708

I definitely don't miss the Steve Alford experience

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