NCAA Champ Toby Bailey content from 2020- 2022

May 9, 2020 on Sports Stories with Denny Lennon

March 3, 2021 in conversation with fellow NCAA champ Kris Johnson on the latter's You Tube channel "Those Four Letters."  The first video might be a snippet from the second video? Not sure. 

July 20, 2022 on Tyler's Takes

Former UCLA Assistant Coach Mark Gottfried's podcast: "Mick Cronin: At The Helm of UCLA Men's Basketball"

 

Apr 17, 2024

Coach Mark Gottfried sits down with Mick Cronin, Head Coach of the Men’s Basketball program at UCLA. Both coaches talk about the grind of coaching, the undeniable sacrifices you have to make in order to be great, and the change in college basketball’s landscape.

1:41 – Childhood influenced by father’s coaching and scouting.

3:54 – Gaining coaching experience at the high school level.

6:24 – Learning opportunities in coaching basketball at Murray State.

12:02 – Challenges of building a sustainable NCAA program amidst the NIL and transfer portal.

18:18 – Concerns about uncertainty in student-athlete pay in college sports.

22:14 – Embrace challenges, avoid complaints, and seek solutions.

23:18 – Mick is admired for his honesty and integrity with players.

29:38 – Upholding honesty and dedication in parenting and coaching.

32:09 – Coaches’ expectations and recruiting tactics analyzed critically.

35:42 – Influential coaching experiences and learning from mentors.

39:22 – Coach Bob Huggins’ distinctive coaching enhances players’ rebounding skills.

41:47 – Alabama’s 1987 Sweet 16 loss to Providence.

47:31 – Grew up and coached in Cincinnati for 18 years.

49:05 – Mick left Cincinnati for a better opportunity to be head coach at UCLA.

51:42 – UCLA’s move to the Big Ten and the opportunities and challenges that come with it.

54:52 – “People don’t realize how busy you are during the sports season.”

Welcome to UCLA, Skyy Clark, Eric Dailey Jr., and Kobe Johnson!

from uclabruins.com 

April 18 2024

Join us in welcoming the three newest Bruins to the UCLA men’s basketball roster. UCLA has officially added incoming transfers Skyy Clark, Eric Dailey Jr. and Kobe Johnson for the 2024-25 season.

Clark (6-foot-3, guard) will enter as a junior next season, having spent the 2023-24 season at Louisville. Dailey Jr. (6-foot-8, forward) will be a sophomore with the Bruins next year, after finishing his freshman season in 2023-24 at Oklahoma State. Johnson (6-foot-6, guard) spent the past three seasons at USC and will enter as a senior with the Bruins in 2024-25.

"We are excited to be adding Skyy, Eric and Kobe to our program," The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach Mick Cronin said. "We are familiar with all three of these young men, and they are going to be important players for our team. Our staff had recruited Skyy when he was in high school, and we know he's a dynamic guard who can score and distribute the ball. Eric is a big guard, built in the Jaime Jaquez Jr. mold. He can rebound like a big, but he is a young man with guard skills in a big, strong body. Kobe has made really strong strides in each of his three years in college, showing that he can be an impact player. He is a smart and tenacious athlete, especially on the defensive end, but he also provides versatility as a scorer and distributor. We will lean on the experience of all three players, and we are looking forward to getting them on campus."