Mick Cronin Criticizes Question on East-West Team Travel

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00:00All right. UCLA beat Iowa 94-70 Friday night. Here's Mick Cronin. So he's asked, it's a little

00:06long, but it's good. He's asked about Iowa and these other Big Ten teams having to come to the

00:12West Coast. And let's just say Mick was not happy with this question. Have you seen anything from

00:17the teams that have to come out here and stay out here? Is there any kind of balance with that in

00:21terms of the wear and tear and just what you've seen on the court? Wear and tear on them? Yeah.

00:24Is that a joke? Please tell me that's a joke. Is it even comparable is essentially what I'm

00:29trying to say. Have you ever looked at the NBA stats of the gamblers and all those people do on

00:33West versus East? Talk to Eric Musselman asking that question, who coached in the NBA. Good luck

00:39West going East. Okay. And ask me UCLA's record East of the Mississippi in the last 20 years,

00:46because when I got the job, I looked it up for scheduling purposes. It's under 500. Okay.

00:52We have to go back four times. Oh, the Big Ten teams get to come to Los Angeles,

00:58where it's 70 degrees one time a year. They don't even have to switch hotels.

01:04We're in the same, we're 12 miles apart. Are you kidding me? Please tell me you're kidding me.

01:10I mean, is this a planet question? I mean, you cannot be serious with that. And meanwhile,

01:17we've seen the Eiffel Tower or we've seen the Statue of Liberty twice in the last three weeks

01:23while we were landing. We also saw downtown. We also the Capitol Capitol building.

01:30Are you kidding me? I mean, you can't possibly, and we still got to go back.

01:33And then we got to go back for the Big Ten tournament.

01:37I mean, you can't possibly be serious. Yeah, they do it one time. You can't possibly stop.

01:45I'm going to eat. I mean, he's asked me to feel sorry because I went to come to LA for a few days.

01:53He's the greatest press conference personality on this show, bar none. I mean, he is now moved to

02:03the head of the class. My guy, Mick Cronin, honestly, I hope they fire him and I want him

02:10to get the best job in the East Coast. Money can buy because he's a great coach and UCLA is not

02:17going to put up with his behavior. They're going to eventually get rid of him because he'd know

02:20John wouldn't. But I'm telling you, that guy is just. That was the best. That's the best thing

02:29I've seen since Bob Knight. I mean, I don't think he's wrong either, but this is what you got. You

02:35wanted to join the Big Ten. You got to fly east three or four times a year. I mean, this is what

02:40you get. That's a shame.