Mick Cronin likes to use a baseball analogy when discussing how he’s reaching his players. Others require more coddling, so the UCLA coach will take a softer approach and use one of his offspeed pitches. “It’s the best analogy because you have to throw them different pitches to different personalities,” Cronin said Friday. It took them more than half a season, but the Bruins seem to have finally embraced a defensive identity. “The biggest difference is our team mentality of, that’s how we’re going to win — we’re not going to let these guys score,” Cronin said.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 25, 2020 19:41 UTC