If it’s important to your fan base, Mick Cronin said this week, it better be important to you.
From several pockets inside Galen Center, the UCLA fans loudly let their coach know how much this meant.
Dozens seated behind the Bruins’ bench roared their approval in the final minutes. An eight-clap broke out in one section of the upper deck.
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Yes, this was important. For their team and their coach.
In his first five seasons at UCLA, Cronin had taken his teams to a Final Four and two more Sweet 16s in the NCAA tournament.