After landing the No. 7 recruiting class in the SI All-American Team Rankings for 2022, Mick Cronin had yet to strike big in 2023.
That all changed Sunday evening when Centennial (Corona, Calif.) forward Devin Williams announced his commitment to the Bruins in an exclusive blog with Sports Illustrated.
“I can’t tell you guys how excited I am,” Williams wrote in his blog. “In the end, I picked UCLA over USC, and it really came down to Coach (Mick) Cronin just reminding me of my high school coach; very hard-nosed and real.