UC's Mick Cronin on the art of recruiting a Bearcat Scott Springer, sspringer@enquirer.com
There may not be any crying in baseball, but University of Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin readily admits weeping over losing a basketball recruit. Prior to the Twitter rage, Cronin had doggedly pursued Kemba Walker out of The Bronx to become a Bearcat.
Then Jim Calhoun and Connecticut became involved and Cronin was left at the proverbial altar. To make matters worse, Walker and the Huskies eliminated Cronin's 'Cats in 2011 in the second round of the NCAA tournament. If you don't recall, UConn won five games in five days to win the Big East tournament (UC's league at the time) then reeled off six more for the 2011 national championship.