USC got destroyed as expected. UCLA stomped Michigan as they usually do. Coaching, coaching, coaching... UCLA has no NBA players on their team. they KY Reject Jew Zing maybe has a chance but he hasn't played this good all year. He's had one terrible game and the rest, he's helped carry UCLA but there is something odd or diff about this team. they all suck but they all do a little. Mick is 10X the coach J Howard is and that was the difference in the game.
I tried to bet UCLA to win it all - i have 3 online books and none of them even had UCLA in their top 50 so I couldn't bet it. Thank god because Nix (top player in country) bailed on UCLA a week after. with Nix, first round NBA, Chris Smith, would have been First rounder and Hill? Sheeet, Ucla beats Zags by 20. Zags have had the easiest path to not only a regular season but path to a title in history... have the Zags even played a team better than a 8 seed?
You need to read a boxscore. Jaime Campbell Bernard Riley are getting it done. Of course so is Juzang.
Excellent post Art. People forget that UCLA is doing this w/o their leading rebounder (Hill), their leader scorer (Smith) and a one-and-done PG (Nix) all absent. We can surmise that the rest of the team has developed more by getting the extra minutes, but, I would have liked our chances to match up with Zaga if we had those guys.
Artie stop killing these foos with facts.
yep yep - fax man, they can't handle the truth. If Mick wins this game, they should reitre him as best coach in history... no way he should be inside 10 points but if he wins it, hands down best coach in the history of the game except maybe Wooden... WOoden took a terrible basketball school, won a few titles with chumps then was able to attract some talent like Kareem. Mick is here with chumps... best player was a 3 star Chris Smith who got hurt... crazy yo bitsh
Juzang Riley Bernard Campbell Jacquez are all 4 stars. Oops
From what I've seen, Baylor has a great chance to win the title.
How many 5 stars does USC have? UCLA 0... how many does USC have? at least 3, maybe 4... 4 stars are a dime a dozen in college and UCLA doesn't have many, lots of 3 stars... JewZing was a reject at KY. He left to try to get some PT with these rejects at UCLA.... if Chris Smith, Jew Zing and Hill come back its all over..... it will be the deepest team UCLA has ever had. I kind of want Chris Smith to leave to be honest.
oh chris smith was a 3 star as well...
@art_vandele my understanding is USC has two 5 stars. The Mobley Bros. O’Bannon JR was a 5 star but he was a bust. Went to smaller school and busted again. Vegas kids are starting to be like Ventura kids. Buyer Beware.
Oingo Boingo was but he was one and Done. Notice USC doesn’t constantly cry about if we had him on the team nonsense.
who else?
@Pasadena Trojan Only 2? I went to 247 Sports, USC and they have 4 solid 5 stars and a bunch of 4 stars... Maybe 1 of those 5 stars have left school or failed out. You can clearly see the 4 five stars... that's like a World class team better than DUKE... you saw what Mick was able to do with his 2nd team of 3 stars vs. what USC coach was able to do with all those 5 stars.... Blow out city.
First, the argument was utla only has 3 star talent. I post there are 5 or 6
4 stars on the CURRENT roster and now your argument is that 4 stars are overrated?? This is exactly my point. Utla fans are trying to create this narrative that Cronin is working with no talent. I guess to explain why they lost first round in the Pac12 tourney and were swept by USC.
Dude stop. This is getting embarrassing.
4 stars are OK but somebody was saying UCLA has great players.. I'm like, prior to the tourney they didn't have one legit NBA player but Jew Zang played at a high level and he is now one of them... USC has a WAY fawkign higher average star count if you look at the starting lineups. Not even close... Mick did a lot with much less than Oregon, USC, Michigan, Bama, even Michigan St. All College players are good dude.. That's not what I'm saying. Tyger Cambell shoots 24% from 3.... he's not as stupid as most PG's is all but not as talented. Bernard the retard? I don't know about this guy... The mexican? He's good but not NBA guy but he works hard.. The bad part about UCLA's run is JewZing got hot and probably will leave now.
Cody Riley and JuzaNg. #48 and #33 ranked recruits in the Nation. I wonder if anyone else offered these scrubs? Oh yeah. Kentucky did. Do they get highly rated players?
campbell Bernard singleton are all top 100 dudes As well
this is Jacquez
For the record, Juzang and Jacquez played like 6 stars this tourney. Time to give them some respect. Not sure why bruin fans are trying so hard to take away from their efforts.
Juzang had an all time tourney...
@Pasadena Trojan It's called coaching man - you can elevate a player with good coaching, you know this. I will say Jew Zang had a confidence this tourney he did not have at any point of the regular season.
Is that why USC was so much better than ucla this year?
@troystory They were? "So much better"? LOL!!!
I'm guessing at this point about .000001% of the basketball world would agree with you.
@Waldorf Well the head-to-head, season record, most wins in the Pac tells the story of the season. Not some hot streak with OT's and near OT.
@troystory LOL! Five postseason wins and a trip to the Final Four is not a "hot streak."
You should hang a banner in Gayland that reads: "We got ass-raped by Gonzaga, but we did beat UCLA twice...oh, and we had a higher seed in the tournament!"
Some of you people are priceless. But, hey, whatever gets you through the night.
Well USC was a #6 seed and Utla was a gift play in team. So there is that.
and this....
who is the kid in the 0? Is he on the Ucla team? or is that a doctored pic? never seen that dude.... I'm glad USC was able to barely beat UCLA by 1 at the buzzer without 3 of our starters... USC always gets the 5 stars, both sports, can't do sheeeeet with it.
Ask Cronin.