Culver City Observer -

After their last second loss to the USC Trojans in the final regular season game, head coach Mick Cronin of the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team was at a loss for words. The Bruins had fallen in three consecutive games and had slipped from first place in the Pac-12 conference standings to fourth place in the standings. They had blown second half leads in all three games and they were struggling to overcome the loss of key players.

In the game against the Trojans, the Bruins were without leading scorer Johnny Juzang, yet had an eight-point lead with four minutes remaining. "We're playi...