In short, UCLA’s 77-63 loss to Cincinnati on Saturday was a case study in “men against boys.”
Mick Cronin is loud, fiery and can be annoying sometimes, and his Bearcats team played just like him in bullying around a young and shaken Bruins squad. Meanwhile, UCLA played true to the form of their head coach - sloppy, undisciplined and without much of a counter after Plan A was scrapped.
A 18-0 run over 15 stifling minutes of Bearcats defense turned a 5 point UCLA lead in the first half into a 13 point Cincinnati lead early in the second half.