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    Bill Plaschke: Mick Cronin's hiring by UCLA meshes with basketball program's blue-collar identity

    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Apr 10, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Everyone who says Mick Cronin is a questionable choice as the new UCLA basketball coach needs to ask a different question.

    What is UCLA basketball?

    Don't answer with history, legacy or John Wooden. Don't talk about something that happened nearly a quarter of a century ago. Don't look at flapping banners, look at the grounded reality.

    What is UCLA basketball right now?

    If you think it's still a program that can attract the likes of John Calipari or Tony Bennett or any other coach with national championship credentials, you're wrong.

    If you think it's run by businessmen savvy enough

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