In Reply to: Re: Of course you're wrong. UCLA was #22 in the AP preseason poll... posted by BruinsFTW on April 28, 2025 at 09:44:28
6th in the B1G and they finished 4th, so the Bruins and Cronin clearly fared better than you expected.
Cronin is the youngest active college coach with over 500 wins. The only coaches with more wins who finished above UCLA in kenpom.com last season are Kelvin Sampson, Bruce Pearl, Rick Barnes, Tom Izzo, and Rick Pitino; all certifiable legends, even though Sampson, Pearl, and Barnes, like Cronin, haven't won a championship yet.
Sure, I'm just a fan, and like you, I've never won a single college basketball game; so go ahead, take what I say with a grain of salt.
But Tom Izzo has forgotten more about basketball than you and I will ever know, even if we live a thousand lifetimes, and his position on Cronin is unequivical, "Better hope he keeps yelling."
Please don't be offended if trust Izzo's opinion over yours a million times out of a million.
To recap:
1) UCLA fared better than you expected last season.
2) Cronin is absolutely and undeniably a winner.
3) "Better hope he keeps yelling."
And I didn't even call you a troll.