COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Three days after calling his players “soft” and “delusional” in their estimation of their abilities, Mick Cronin wasn’t around to offer a final assessment Friday night.
The UCLA coach was in the locker room, having been ejected with 5 minutes and 14 seconds left after receiving two rapid-fire technical fouls with his unraveling team down by nine points.
It wasn’t the final indignity for his team. Far from it.
UCLA couldn’t get out of its own way inside the Xfinity Center, the No. 22 Bruins stumbling to a 79-61 loss to Maryland that represented a season-worst third consecutive defeat.