SEATTLE —
Some intrigue has filtered into the final games of a season going nowhere.
After his team fell back to .500 with a third consecutive defeat, UCLA coach Mick Cronin could be heard yelling inside the team’s locker room at Alaska Airlines Arena late Thursday night.
“Coach was delivering a big message to us,” Bruins point guard Dylan Andrews said. “We don’t allow 90 points.”
UCLA’s defense was somehow worse than that, its 94-77 loss to Washington representing a season high for points allowed. More pointedly, it prompted Cronin to essentially tell his players that he would be holding de facto tryouts over the balance of the season to remain on the team.