Mick Cronin led UCLA to a win at Assembly Hall, an open tryout of sorts should the Indiana basketball coaching search turn to him. Here's what Cronin said.

INDIANAPOLIS — Mick Cronin knows what it’s like to lose by winning a conference tournament that plays its championship game on Selection Sunday. It happened his last two seasons at Cincinnati.

Alexander: For UCLA’s Mick Cronin, ... (20-8, 11-6) a half-game out of the coveted double-bye in the 15-team Big Ten postseason tournament in 2½ weeks in Indianapolis, ...

This season his Bruins (19-7, 10-5) are in contention for a top-four seed in the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis with an unremarkable roster, other than 7-3 Spanish sophomore Aday Mara (eight ...

LOS ANGELES – Mick Cronin, at 53, is now the youngest college basketball coach to reach 500 victories. In his mind, that and five bucks might get you a tall latte if you drink the stuff.