Mostly UCLA Hoops: CBS Sports College BBALL: UCLA's Mick Cronin explains why having the best team, means getting the oldest team

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CBS Sports College BBALL: UCLA's Mick Cronin explains why having the best team, means getting the oldest team

Aug 18, 2025

UCLA Head Coach chats with Jon Rothstein about his impact transfer Donovan Dent, the reason why you need to "get old and stay old" and how NIL and the transfer portal have altered college athletics.

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2014-15 Schedule (W-L, Overall, Pac12, AP/USA Today Coaches Rank)

Oct 31 - (Exh) Asuza Pacific W 80-53
Nov 14 - Montana St W 113-78 (1-0)
Nov 16 - Coastal Carolina W 84-71 (2-0)
Nov 20 - Nicholls State W 107-74 (3-0)
Nov 23 - Long Beach St W 77-63 (4-0, xx, 22/23)
Nov 26 - #21 Oklahoma (B4A*) L 75-65 (4-1)
Nov 27 - #5 UNC (B4A*) LBT** 78-56 (4-2)
Nov 28 - UAB (B4A*) W 88-76; finishes in 7th place (5-2)
Dec 3 - Cal State Fullerton W 73-45 (6-2)
Dec 7 - San Diego W 75-68 (7-2)
Dec 10 - UC Riverside W 77-66 (8-2)
Dec 13 - #9 Gonzaga L 87-74 (8-3)
Dec 20 - #1 Kentucky (CBS SC***) LHBT**** 83-44 (8-4)
Dec 28 - at Alabama L 56-50 (8-5)
Jan 2 - Start of Pac12: at Colorado L 62-56 (8-6, 0-1)
Jan 4 - at #10 Utah LHBT**** 71-39 (8-7, 0-2)
Jan 8 - Stanford W 86-81 2OT (9-7, 1-2)
Jan 11 - Cal W 73-54 (10-7, 2-2)
Jan 14 - at USC W 83-66 (11-7, 3-2)
Jan 22 - at Oregon St L 66-55 (11-8, 3-3)
Jan 24 - at Oregon LBT** 82-64 (11-9, 3-4)
Jan 29 - # 11 Utah W 69-59 (12-9, 4-4)
Jan 31 - Colorado W 72-59 (13-9, 5-4)
Feb 5 - at Stanford W 69-67 (14-9, 6-4)
Feb 7 - at Cal L 64-62 (14-10, 6-5)
Feb 11 - Oregon St W 75-59 (15-10, 7-5)
Feb 14 - Oregon W 72-63 (16-10, 8-5)
Feb 18 - at ASU L 68-66 (16-11, 8-6)
Feb 21 - at #7 Arizona L 57-47 (16-12, 8-7)
Feb 25 - Washington W 88-66 (17-12, 9-7)
Mar 1 - Washington St W 72-67 (18-2, 10-7)
Mar 4 - USC W 85-74 (19-2, 11-7) End of Pac12 Reg Season.
Mar 12 - Pac12 Tourney #12 USC W 96-70 (20-12)
Mar 13 - Pac12 Tourney #1 Arizona L 70-64 (20-13)
Mar 19 - NCAA Tourney Rd 2 vs #6 SMU (27-6) W 60-59 (21-13)
Mar 21 NCAA Tourney Rd of 32 vs #14 UAB (20-15) W 92-75 (22-13)
Mar 27 - NCAA Sweet 16 vs #2 Gonzaga (34-2) L 74-62 (22-14) Season over.
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*B4A: Battle 4 Atlantis, The Bahamas; **LBT, Loss, Big Time; ***CBS Sports Classic, Chicago, IL; ****LHBT, Loss, Hella Big Time

2013-14 Schedule (W-L, Overall, Pac12, AP Rank)

Nov 8 - Drexel (H) W 72-67 (1-0)
Nov 12 - Oakland (H) W 91-60 (2-0)
Nov 18 - Sacramento St (H) W 86-50 (3-0, #22)
Nov 22 - LV Inv/Morehead St (H) W 81-70 (4-0, #22)
Nov 24 - LV Inv/Chattanooga (H) W 106-65 (5-0, #19)
Nov 28 - LV Inv/Nevada (LV) W 105-84 (6-0, #19)
Nov 29 - LV Inv/Northwestern (LV) W 95-79 (7-0, #19)
Dec 3 - UCSB (H) W 89-76 (8-0, #18)
Dec 7 - @ Missouri (A) L 80-71 (8-1)
Dec 14 - Prarie View A&M (H) W 95-71 (9-1)
Dec 19 - #8 Duke (MSG, NY) L 80-63 (9-2)
Dec 22 - Weber St (H) W 83-60 (10-2)
Dec 28 - Alabama (H) W 75-67 (11-2)
Jan 4 - USC (H) W 107-73 (12-2, 1-0)
Jan 9 - #1 Arizona (H) L 79-75 (12-3, 1-1)
Jan 11 - Arizona St (H) W 87-72 (13-3, 2-1, #25)
Jan 16 - @ #21 Colorado (A) W 69-56 (14-3, 3-1, #25)
Jan 18 - @ Utah (A) L 74-69 (14-4, 3-2)
Jan 23 - Stanford (H) W 91-74 (15-4, 4-2)
Jan 26 - Cal (H) W 76-64 (16-4, 5-2)
Jan 30 - @ Oregon (A) W 70-68 (17-4, 6-2)
Feb 2 - @ Oregon St (A) L 71-67 (17-5, 6-3)
Feb 8 - @ USC (A) W 83-73 (18-5, 7-3)
Feb 13 - Colorado (H) W 92-74 (19-5, 8-3)
Feb 15 - Utah (H) W 80-66 (20-5, 9-3)
Feb 20 - @ Cal (A) W 86-66 (21-5, 10-3, #23)
Feb 22 - @ Stanford (A) L 83-74 (21-6, 10-4)
Feb 27 - Oregon (H) L 87-83 2OT (21-7, 10-5)
Mar 2 - Oregon St W (H) 74-69 (22-7, 11-5)
Mar 6 - @ Wash (A) W 91-82 (23-7, 12-5)
Mar 8 - @ Wash St (A) L 73-55 (23-8, 12-6)
Mar 13 - Pac12 Tourney Rd 2 - #7 Oregon W 82-63 (24-8)
Mar 14 - Pac12 Tourney Semis #6 Stanford W 84-59 (25-8)
Mar 15 - Pac12 Tourney Champ #1 Arizona W 75-71 (26-8)
Mar 21 - NCAA 2nd Rd #13 Tulsa (21-12) W 76-59 (27-8)
Mar 23 - NCAA 32 #12 SF Austin (32-2) W 77-60 (28-8)
Mar 27 - NCAA Sweet 16 #1 Florida (34-2) L 79-68 (28-9) The Gator Curse continues. Season over.

2012-13 Schedule/Results (Overall W-L, PAC-12 W-L, Nat'l Rank)

Nov 9 - Indiana State (H) W 86-59 (1-0)
Nov 13 - UC Irvine/Legends Classic (H) W 80-79 OT (2-0)
Nov 15 - James Madison/Legends Classic (H) W 100-70 (3-0)
Nov 19 - Georgetown/Legends Classic (N) L 78-70 (3-1)
Nov 20 - Georgia/Legends Classic (N) W 60-56 (4-1, #11)
Nov 25 - Cal Poly (H) L 70-68 (4-2)
Nov 28 - CSU Northridge (H) W 82-56 (5-2)
Dec 1 - SDSU/Wooden Classic (N) L 78-69 (5-3)
Dec 4 - CSU San Marcos (Exh) (H) W 83-60 (5-3)
Dec 8 - Texas (A) Pac-12/Big-12 series W 65-63 (6-3)
Dec 15 - Prarie View A&M (H) W 95-53 (7-3)
Dec 22 - Fresno State (H) W 91-78 (9-3)
Dec 28 - Missouri (H) W 97-94 OT (10-3)
Jan 3 - Cal (H) W 79-65 (11-3, 1-0)
Jan 5 - Stanford (H) W 68-60 (12-3, 2-0)
Jan 10 - Utah (A) W 57-53 (13-3, 3-0)
Jan 12 - Colorado (A) W 78-75 (14-3, 4-0, #24)
Jan 17 - Oregon St (H) W 74-64 (15-3, 5-0, #24)
Jan 19 - Oregon (H) L 76-67 (15-4, 5-1, #24)
Jan 24 - Arizona (A) W 84-73 (16-4, 6-1)
Jan 26 - Arizona St (A) L 78-60 (16-5, 6-2)
Jan 30 - USC (H) L 75-71 OT (16-6, 6-3)
Feb 7 - Romar (H) W 59-57 (17-6, 7-3)
Feb 9 - WSU (H) W 76-62 (18-6, 8-3)
Feb 14 - at Cal (A) L 76-63 (18-7, 8-4)
Feb 16 - at Stanford (A) W 88-80 (19-7, 9-4)
Feb 24 - USC (A) W 75-59 YES!!! (20-7, 10-4)
Feb 27 - Arizona St (H) W 77-74 OT (21-7, 11-4)
Mar 2 - Arizona (H) W 74-69 (22-7, 12-4)
Mar 6 - at WSU (A) L 73-61 (22-8, 12-5)
Mar 9 - Romar (A) W 61-54 (23-8, 13-5, Pac12 RS Champs!!!)
Mar 14 - Pac-12 T 2nd Rd vs. #9 ASU W 80-75 (24-8)
Mar 15 - Pac-12 T Final 4 vs. #4 Arizona W 66-64 (25-8)
Mar 16 - Pac-12 T Champ. vs. #3 Oregon L 78-69 (25-9)
Mar 22 - MM 2nd Rd vs. #11 Minnesota L 83-63 (25-10) Season over.

UCLA Schedule/Results 2011-12 (overall w-l, pac-10 w-l)

Nov 6 - CS San Bernandino (Exh) W 80-72
Nov 11 - Loyola Marymount L 69-58 (0-1)
Nov 15 - Maui Inv vs Mid Tenn St L 86-66 (0-2)
Nov 21 - Maui Inv vs Chaminade W 92-60 (1-2)
Nov 22 - Maui Inv vs Kansas L 72-56 (1-3)
Nov 23 - Maui Inv vs Michigan L 79-63 (1-4)
Nov 28 - Pepperdine W 62-39 (2-4)
Dec 3 - Texas L 69-59 (2-5)
Dec 10 - Penn W 77-73 (3-5)
Dec 14 - Eastern Washington W 60-47 (4-5)
Dec 17 - UC Davis W 82-39 (5-5)
Dec 20 - UC Irvine W 89-60 (6-5)
Dec 23 - Richmond W 71-63 (7-5)
Dec 29 at Stanford L 60-59 (7-6, 0-1)
Dec 31 at Cal L 85-69 (7-7, 0-2)
Jan 5 - Arizona W 65-58 (8-7, 1-2)
Jan 7 - Arizona State W 75-58 (9-7, 2-2)
Jan 15 at USC W 66-47 (10-7, 3-2)
Jan 19 at Oregon State L 87-84 (10-8, 3-3)
Jan 21 at Oregon L 75-68 (10-9, 3-4)
Jan 26 - Utah W 76-49 (11-9, 4-4)
Jan 28 - Colorado W 77-60 (12-9, 5-4)
Feb 2 at Lorenzo Romar L 71-69 (12-10, 5-5)
Feb 4 at WSU W 63-60 (13-10, 6-5)
Feb 9 - Stanford W 72-61 (14-10, 7-5)
Feb 11 - Cal L 73-63 (14-11, 7-6)
Feb 15 - USC W 64-54 (15-11, 8-6)
Feb 18 at Steve Lavin L 66-63 (15-12, 8-6)
Feb 23 at Arizona State W 66-57 (16-12, 9-6)
Feb 25 at Arizona L 65-63 (16-13, 9-7)
Mar 1 - WSU W 78-46 (17-13, 10-7)
Mar 3 - Lorenzo Romar W 75-69 (18-13, 11-7)
Mar 7 - PAC-12 T - USC W 55-40 (19-13)
Mar 8 - PAC-12 T - Arizona L 66-58 (19-14) Season over.
Mar 15 - March Madness, Baybeee!!!

UCLA Schedule/Results 2010-11 (overall w-l, pac-10 w-l)

Nov 4 - Westmont W 95-59 (Exhibition)
Nov 9 - CSULA W 84-59 (Exhibition)
Nov 12 - CSUN W 83-50 (1-0, 0-0)
Nov 15 - Pepperdine W 79-69 (2-0, 0-0)
Nov 16 - Pacific W 57-44 (3-0, 0-0)
Nov 24 - Pre-Season NIT Semis #7 Villanova L 82-70 (3-1, 0-0)
Nov 26 - Pre-Season NIT 3rd Place VCU L 89-85 (3-2, 0-0)
Dec 2 - at #4 Kansas L 77-76 (3-3, 0-0)
Dec 5 - Montana L 66-57 (3-4, 0-0)
Dec 11 - Cal Poly W 72-61 (4-4, 0-0)
Dec 13 - UC Davis W 74-67 (5-4, 0-0)
Dec 18 - #16 BYU W 86-79 (6-4, 0-0)
Dec 21 - Montana State W 75-59 (7-4, 0-0)
Dec 23 - UC Irvine W 74-73 (8-4, 0-0)
Dec 29 - WSU W 80-71 (9-4, 1-0)
Dec 31 - Washington L 74-63 (9-5, 1-1)
Jan 9 - at USC L 63-52 (9-6, 1-2)
Jan 13 - at OSU W 62-57 (10-6, 2-2)
Jan 15 - at Oregon W 67-59 (11-6, 3-2)
Jan 20 - Cal W 86-84 (12-6, 4-2)
Jan 22 - Stanford W 68-57 (13-6, 5-2)
Jan 27 - at Arizona L 85-74 (13-7, 5-3)
Jan 29 - at ASU W 73-72 OT (14-7, 6-3)
Feb 2 - USC W 64-50 (15-7, 7-3)
Feb 5 - St. John's W 66-59 (16-7, 7-3)
Feb 10 - Oregon W 64-54 (17-7, 8-3)
Feb 12 - OSU W 69-61 (18-7, 9-3)
Feb 17 - at Stanford W 69-65 (19-7, 10-3)
Feb 20 - at Cal W 76-72 OT (19-8, 10-4)
Feb 24 - ASU W 71-53 (20-8, 11-4)
Feb 26 - Arizona W 71-49 (21-8, 12-4)
Mar 3 - at Washington L 70-63 (21-9, 12-5)
Mar 5 - at WSU W 58-54 OT (22-9, 13-5)
Mar 10 - PAC-10 tourney vs Oregon L 76-59 (22-10)
Mar 17 - Apr 4 - March Madness, Baybee!!!
Mar 17 - MM Rd 2 - vs #10 Michigan St W 78-76 (23-10)
Mar 19 - MM Rd 3 - vs #2 Florida L 73-65 (23-11) Season ends

UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball Team 2010-11

Point Guards
Jerime Anderson 6-2 174 Jr (5.8 pts, 1.9 rbds, 3.4 a, 2.2 to, 1.6/1 a/to, 1 stl)
Lazeric Jones 6-2, 195 Jr (14.5 pts, 4.9 rbds, 5.7 a, 3.5 stls, JC 2009-10)
Shooting Guards
Malcolm Lee 6-4 191 Jr (12.1 pts, 4.4 rbds, 3.1 a, 2.6 to, 1.2/1 a/to, 1.1 stls)
Tyler Lamb 6-4 195 Fr (14 pts, 4.6 rbds, 3.5 a, 3.3 stls, 1.1 blks, Sr HS)
Forwards
Tyler Honeycutt 6-7 178 So (7.2 pts, 6.5 rbds, 2.7 a, 2.4 to, 1.1/1 a/to, 1.5 stls, 1.2 blks)
Reeves Nelson 6-8 228 So (11.1 pts, 5.7 rbds)
Brendan Lane 6-9 205 So (2.4 pts, 1.5 rbds)
Centers
Joshua Smith 6-10 280 Fr (26.8 pts, 13.5 rbds, Sr HS)
Anthony Stover 6-10 225 rFr (14 pts, 11 rbds, 9.5 blks, Sr HS)
Practice Team
David Wear 6-10 230 Fwd RS (2.9 pts, 1.7 rbds Fr UNC)
Travis Wear 6-10 230 Fwd RS (3.5 pts, 2.2 rbds Fr UNC)

UCLA Schedule/Results 2009-2010 (overall w-l, pac-10 w-l)

Nov 4 - Concordia (CA) W 62-61
Nov 10 - Humboldt St W 74-57
Nov 16 - CSU Fullerton L 68-65, 2OT (0-1)
Nov 20 - CSU Bakersfield W 75-64 (1-1)
Nov 23 - Pepperdine W 71-52 (2-1)
Nov 26 - Portland L 74-47 (2-2)
Nov 27 - Butler L 69-67 (2-3)
Nov 29 - CSULB L 79-68 (2-4)
Dec 6 - Kansas L 73-61 (2-5)
Dec 12 - Mississippi St L 72-54 (2-6)
Dec 15 - New Mexico St W 100-68 (3-6)
Dec 19 - at Notre Dame L 84-73 (3-7)
Dec 22 - Colorado St W 75-63 (4-7)
Dec 27 - Delaware St W 66-49 (5-7)
Dec 31 - ASU W 72-70 (6-7, 1-0)
Jan 2 - Arizona L 77-63 (6-8, 1-1)
Jan 6 - at Cal W 76-75 (7-8, 2-1)
Jan 9 - at Stanford L 70-59 (7-9, 2-2)
Jan 16 - USC L 67-46 yikes!!! (7-10, 2-3)
Jan 21 - Wash W 62-61 (8-10, 3-3)
Jan 23 - WSU W 74-62 (9-10, 4-3)
Jan 28 - at Oregon L 71-66 OT (9-11, 4-4)
Jan 30 - at OSU W 62-52 (10-11, 5-4)
Feb 4 - Stanford W 77-73 (11-11, 6-4)
Feb 6 - Cal L 72-58 (11-12, 6-5)
Feb 14 - at USC L 68-64 (11-13, 6-6)
Feb 18 - at WSU W 71-51 (12-13, 7-6)
Feb 20 - at Washington L 97-68 (12-14, 7-7)
Feb 25 - OSU W 65-56 (13-14, 8-7)
Feb 27 - Oregon L 70-68 (13-15, 8-8)
Mar 4 - at Arizona L 78-73 (13-16, 8-9)
Mar 6 - at ASU L 56-46 (13-17, 8-10)
Mar 10 - PAC-10 Tournament
Mar 11 - Pac-10T - #4 Arizona W 75-69 (14-17)
Mar 12 - Pac-10T - #1 Cal L 85-72 (14-18)
Mar 18 - March Madness, Baby!!!