I don’t think I’ve ever earned more respect for a team in a losing effort than I did tonight with UCLA. What a run man. Outstanding coaching job too.

“Players with fight never lose a game; they just run out of time.” - Coach John Wooden

UCLA! WHAT AN AMAZING YEAR! THANK YOU! MUCH RESPECT! -MSU Fan

@Gurp225

3 жыл бұрын

I am MSU fan and believe that UCLA was super good this year.

@MrWholdaway

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gurp225 they had a great run. Maybe next year

UCLA is badass! Nothing to be ashamed of.

Legend has it that Ben is still muted

@davidpost428

3 жыл бұрын

we need to keep letting him know.

@walterbolch7860

3 жыл бұрын

Ben's my uncle btw

Those players have no reason at all to hang their heads. They played their butts off and gave the Zags all they could handle and it took a prayer shot to finish them off. This game was an instant classic.

Michigan fan here. Very impressed by Mick Cronin and his players, UCLA pulled off a great run. Painful the way they went out, but it was the only way they could go out: neither of these two teams deserved to lose, but one had to, so it was only fitting that the game end on a prayer after being dead even. Congrats on a great season

I was a junior at UCLA when we won our last championship in basketball. It's been a long time since then. I'm proud of Coach Cronin and the effort given by this team all season. As a fan and alumni, you can't ask for more than what they gave. The future is bright for this program, and I'm glad they're returning UCLA to national recognition as a blue dog school. Congrats to the Zags on a great game. It's an instant classic, and they were the better team tonight.

So proud of this team.

Great job Coach Cronin!! I’m so PROUD of this team!!! So close to championship game.... No one expected this team to go this far. Run it back for 2022!!! Show everyone that this was no fluke!

@windu2472

3 жыл бұрын

Whole team returning for next year plus top 5 Hs player in the nation. This is just the beginning UCLA hoops is back

UCLA left it all on the court in this game of epic stature. This will go down an instant classic. Though they lost, they will go down in history as the team that pushed the "possible" eventual champion with an undefeated season to the brink.

I love Juzang's attitude and mindset of restoring the legacy of UCLA basketball. Coach Wooden would be proud of you! Go Bruins!

Not a UCLA fan, but man what a performance. OUTSTANDING GAME! Living in ACC country, I've seen some barn-burners in the past. Simply an amazing game. Shame someone had to take an "L" in this game, but in reality UCLA didn't lose this game, they just ran out of time. UCLA fans should be extremely proud of this team!

This was a heavyweight prize fight. Both teams played well. UCLA grad and fan here, so disappointed by the outcome, but looking forward to watching Cronin continue building the program. I hope Johnny Buckets comes back next year. Go Bruins and good luck to the Zags on Monday night!

As a UCLA fan I'm very happy how things turned out. We where the only team that gave gonzaga a run for there money.

UCLA played one of the best games ever. Coming from a Spokane Gonzaga fan you guys are simply amazing and I congratulate your incredible season. ✌️

No one has pushed zags to the brink of elimination like how ucla did..everyone saying ucla was gonna get runned over, this and that..it took a 50footer to beat an 11seed and a coach who never got passed the 1st round..gonzaga isnt invincible..ucla executed to perfection it took a miraculous 50footer to beatthem..i firmly believe that if it went to 2nd ot ucla wouldve beaten them

@ariellevi7618

3 жыл бұрын

Totally they would have. They had let Gonzaga sneak by in OT without putting the pressure on Timme in the post. They would have done just that in 2ot and either Riley gets easy buckets or Timme fouls out and UCLA isn't likely letting this upset bid get out of their sights at that point. It's unfortunate they didn't got to the post.

@nathanaelhicks31

3 жыл бұрын

I think so too especially with Timme in foul trouble

@whitewolfwhitewolf417

3 жыл бұрын

Zags fan here and I agree with everything you said.

Every year there is a darling of the tourney, a team and/or player that come out of nowhere, and 2021 is all about the Bruins and Juzang. Wow. Its hard to lose a big game, almost the biggest game possible, and STILL have your stock rise. As a basketball fan, watching this game was such a treat. It was just clutch on top of clutch insanity.

Props to UCLA man they played their soules out this Whole tournament it was great watching them play

one of the best runs of all time

Too bad that someone has to lose, when they're all winners.

As a Michigan fan, I was rooting for them! They deserved that elite 8 win. What a great game!

Incredible run in the tournament, especially being an 11 seed!! Not sure if they got everyone coming back or not, but UCLA is definitely going to be dangerous going forward with Coach Cronin 👊🏼

@davidpost428

3 жыл бұрын

they will be recruiting the best as in Coach Wooden's days.

When Cronin was hired I was incredulous “who was this guy”, by the end of last year I liked what I saw. After this tournament and his brilliant game planning I’m a believer, UCLA and more importantly the UCLA Brand is back!!

BRUINS MY TEAM AND WILL ALWAYS BE MY # 1 .. tuff lost and but again we came from not making it to top 4 and won the east .. keep it up and again we legends. GOOD LUCK BULLDOGS ..

Even UCLA lose the game, we are proud of those players!

@neubauerjoseph

3 жыл бұрын

They won that game just was unlucky.... that shot with a hand in his face wouldn’t go in 9/10.

@kimjongtrump3493

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t be mad that we lost tbh

Hold your heads high bruins, that was def one of the greatest college games ever and Gonzaga's toughest match this season. Neck and neck to the very end. #bruinnation. Nothing but proud of yall

This reminded me of Friday night lights the movie.. proud of you bruins

Amazing game UCLA! That was a crazy game and one of the best games I’ve seen in years. So much respect and y’all gonna be so freakin good the next few years. Go Zags!!!

I've read nothing but comments about how UCLA was going to lose by 20+ to Gonzaga all week. This team showed more heart than any team I've seen. UCLA will be back again soon.

Coach, UCLA rose from the ashes thanks 😊 to you. I hope we will win one more banner with you. I hope you will retire as Coach John Wooden did with UCLA. God bless you and your family.

Forty years of watching NCAA basketball and this is most definitely one of the best games I've ever seen. Coach you and your UCLA team were excellent in so many ways.

@MarchMadness

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

UCLA was all Heart

@eginc.8551

3 жыл бұрын

And Johnny Juzang😂😂 man had 29 points😂😂 best player this tournament by far

RESPECT to the Bruins. Coach was dead on. UCLA became one of the best 4 teams in the nation. This coming from a Trojan alum. Congratulations and looking forward to next year in the PAC 12!

So proud of them! True team spirit and such class! Wow!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

What a great COACH !!!!!!!!! Bruins played great !!!!!!!

The media and the whole Zags fanbase disrespected us from the start saying we would loose by 20. I'm nothing but proud of my team!! Future looks bright 🔥

@prog_rocks511

3 жыл бұрын

One of the best performances I’ve seen. So much respect and was an absolute battle. Go Zags!

@creativeconcept1244

3 жыл бұрын

@@prog_rocks511 Go Zags👍 Rooting for yall to finish it out

@davidpost428

3 жыл бұрын

I am one of them, expecting UCLA to lose by 30. How wrong was I? By the end, I wanted UCLA to win with the greatnes and the tenacity that they showed all game long. I gained even more reapect for them after these two interviews with such dedicated and determined men.

@creativeconcept1244

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidpost428 You aren't wrong! That's what made our run so special! Unfortunately someone had to loose last night but hey that's March Madness! Unbelievable game

@TheBeautyofMath

3 жыл бұрын

Whole Zags fanbase? C'mon man. I knew it was going to be a dogfight coming in. UCLA was playing top level elite basketball, I had no thoughts it would be a blowout. Records and rankings mean nothing once they get on the floor.

Just think if Juzang could’ve avoided the charge & he made that shot in regulation. Would b a TOTALLY diff story. Legit call & props to Timme willingness to try to get the charge w 4 fouls.

great job bruins so proud you guys played your hearts out and kept up with number one team in the nation🏀

I have lots of respect for Mick Cronin and Johnny Juzang.

So weird how Cronin only got to the S16 once with Cincy and never further, always had bad luck, and now almost gets to the Natty with UCLA in his first tourney year, second overall. And all of those years with Cincy, he had a top 30 Adjusted Defense, now has a defense outside the top 50 but a good offense. Shows that coaches can't necessarily be judged by their team's performance. Great overall coaching throughout this tournament by him, especially in important situations (maybe except the lack of foul at the end of Alabama in regulation). Just a great shot to end an amazing game.

There are no words UCLA played an amazing tournament. Loved being able to see your Dad in the stands Coach you are all winners! The best final four ever! Congratulations! 💙🏀‼️

From first 4 all the way to final 4. Thats already magical. I mean any win after the first 4 game was a cherry on top. It just got better and sweeter each win. LA has had an amazing sports year. Dodgers champ, Lakers, Champ, USC and UCLA going far in March madness. Too bad we couldnt celebrate anything. Lakers winning the ring after Kobes death. Wouldve been a party in LA

Coach Wooden would be proud of these Bruins, a great run by UCLA, the PAC-10 did well in general, congrats to the Zag's and good luck Monday, you can make history..........keep on........wiley coyote

Incredible effort to almost beat them. This was the DeFacto final. Congrats UCLA, and I hope your players return.

UCLA is going to be filthy next season. Props.

@robjohnston366

3 жыл бұрын

The team absolutely did not look good to start the season: they got blown out by SDSU and were taken into OT by a decent but not-great Pepperdine team at home. There was no go-to player, and people were questioning whether Johnny was worth the scholarship it was written on as a transfer from UK, where he was a role player and was inconsistent here. All their games in league against the lower-ranked teams were close, and the team lost some games they should have won, including a couple by last-second defensive breakdowns. They ended the season with four straight losses including their only game in the Pac-12 tournament. There were questions as to whether they would make the national tourney, but Coach Cronin waited out the selection in the last region, and his attitude was reassuring when he said he didn't have any doubts that they would be named, but after the fact of course, because it certainly didn't look good while the selection show was in progress. It looked dubious with a fourteen-point deficit to Michigan State in the play-in game, but then they turned it around in the second half and instantly acquired the cohesion that CMC and his assistants had been fighting to install all season into a team that almost ended in their being in the NC game. His strategizing in each of the subsequent games was off-the-charts crazy good, being defensive when he needed to be, and offensive when it was needed against the Zags. Consider that the team scored 81 points in regulation against them by dribbling the ball and putting up a shot most of the time in the last five seconds of the timeclock. If he could do that with this team, with the losses of its most talented player, Chris Smith, and an its most important big man, Jalen Hill, whom they lost at the end of the season, then things do look very good from now on with CMC as head coach. He does look to be a transcendent value-added coach.

You guys had a remarkable season. Hats off to you as it came down to the wire.

Class act. Great coach. Go Coach Cronin

Both teams left it on the court...congrats!

UCLA Coach is a class act.

Greatest collegiate or pro. basketball game ever ! May Our Lord let Gonzaga to be also successful in beating Baylor this upcoming Monday night . Pax Christi ! Vivat Jesus ! Happy Easter ! He is Risen !

Great efforts by coach, very sad ending. Benefits for PAC-12 seeding next year.

Thought for sure if they had a chance they'd have to really slow it down, which they did to an extent, but they scored with Gonzaga the whole way. Great game and what a run by this team.

Man this guy is a phenomenal coach. UCLA is in great hands. Definitely gonna be a force to be reckoned with while hes coach.

I tip my Cap too UCLA...they have a great hart and great fight in them...It’s hard for me to say that because I’m a Zags fan ...And remembering getting my heart ripped out when UCLA beat my zags and Adam Morrison...You guys took us to the brink and will need it to beat Baylor

@TheBeautyofMath

3 жыл бұрын

I remember that too. Felt so bad for Morrison as everyone mocked him for his tears in his final game.

Sorry someone had to lose..both teams were great!

Wrote this team off at halftime against Michigan state, boy was I wrong 🤣

I think UCLA could beat Baylor.

Coach Cronin has brung UCLA hoops back

This tourney run has put UCLA back on the college basketball map...and that's a good thing

amazing game

Be proud UCLA!!!

UCLA Proud Great team Coach❤️💙🎉🎉🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀👑👑

Great run guys 🙏🏼

no doubt about it, pac 12 is well represent in this ncaa tournament 5 team in , 4 team sweet16, 3 team elite8, 1 final 4 and women pac 12 final.

UCLA has broken my spirit many times during my life. I thought they out played the them, coach had the correct game plan to take down the undefeated Zags. I've got the Baylor Bears tonight to win it all!.

Great season from a bruin alumn ~420

He saw some weaknesses he didn't want to tell us about. I hope our coaches saw them.

@JeffSmith-pl2pj

3 жыл бұрын

Few should have called him and asked him what he meant.

Great season from Maryland fan

Great game UCLA

The UCLA defense wasn't anything spectacular. Gonzaga still posted 93 points. UCLA's shooting was scary good, shooting 58% for the game. They also didn't cower down to the Nation's No. 1 team, and they plowed through some really good teams to get to the final 4 game. UCLA was for real, not a fluke, and next year they will be a team to contend with. Anyone who underrates them does so at their own risk.

Coach Cronin n his team shouldn't hang their heads. They made it a great game.

Come on, coach...it was a charge. Not one broadcaster saw it any other way; it doesn't appear at all to be debatable.

@aubieanderson6744

3 жыл бұрын

Like he said he didn't see the replays everyone else did so cut him some slack

Good game UCLA!!!!

24:57 is like his inner-Kobe laser focus emerges

Love the bruins..

Common sense, no coach would have to tell me to get the guy with the ball. Coaches may have to practice that more.

Call the timeout with 12 seconds left, tied at 81, set up a play and possibly win it in regulation..

@Dontae_777

3 жыл бұрын

He tried the ref ignored him look back at it

@carecordingco.12240

3 жыл бұрын

I did see a mild attempt at calling it but again, 12 whole seconds elapsed and the play is on your side of the floor, pull a doc rivers and get out in the floor to call it if you have to

@carecordingco.12240

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dontae_777 kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqOIuaaIiavHito.html Sequence 5:20-5:30 at -2x playback: With UCLA too lax bringing the ball up with 14 seconds left after inbounding, and seconds running off the clock, Mick first motioned for the timeout with about 5 seconds left; he's looking clear across the court at a ref watching the play; the ref to his far right watching the play; the baseline ref wouldve been the ref to call it to 1, and 2, NOT after the clock goes from 14 to 5.. He was imploring tyger to get across the timeline, and as the clock went from 14 to 8 to 5 no attempt at a timeout was made, Mick was gonna play it straight up

someone please unmute Benjamin #freeBen

@t3amsmashbr0s85

3 жыл бұрын

Ben must have a media strike...😅

No miracle, Suggs practices that shot daily! UCLA GOT SLOPPY

The worst thing to tell your players was to let the last play go. Did you really say that? Somebody should have been on the guy's side and #34 should have taken a charge for the team.

Could ucla win it all next year?

Zags got so lucky. Zags also had a bad night. UCLA played stronger. Crazy

@neubauerjoseph

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah no one aka media gave them no chance. They got so lucky.

@rickhammond2473

3 жыл бұрын

@@neubauerjoseph That is sports bottom line they won the game.UCLA outplayed them and they lost

@neubauerjoseph

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickhammond2473 you know what also is like that war. The only difference is nobody dies or gets hurt or using guns and bombs or missiles.

@jasenjahn

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickhammond2473 FYI, I graduating from Gonzaga. Zags are better. 4 missed layups in the first half. 3 pts was kinda meh.

@rolandcastillo9716

3 жыл бұрын

Tell that to the scoreboard

Thumbnail lol

Why in the world was there no press off the bucket to take it into a fast break with only 3 seconds

@jaredpatterson1701

3 жыл бұрын

No earthly idea. That one lapse was all it took

21:48

Wish lonzo UCLA had this legend instead of the Alford dude

Great season. Great coach. But you can't keep calling it "a bankshot from half court" -- it was a lot closer than half-court. Maybe there is room for criticism on that shot, just like the shot he allowed in the Alabama game. To me, he did poorly to close out both those games in regulation. Two clean looks by the opposition to end games. That's not a coincidence. That's poor coaching. Again, only to close those games. Overall, he's done a great job at UCLA.

U won

Michael Cronin believes in motivation via verbal abuse. Who does that?

Zags fouled Riley on that dunk the bad officiating decided the game which is a shame!

@22tango79

3 жыл бұрын

Better not to nit pic a great game. I saw a least two travels on UCLA not called (Jaquez, Riley) but that’s part of the game.

@neubauerjoseph

3 жыл бұрын

What he should have done was let players play. Unless he hit them hard which didn’t happen so it should have game for UCLA

great game timme travels more than harden

WASH YOUR HAIR!! ( the team, not baldy coach)

"A controversial charge call with one second remaining in regulation had UCLA fans furious at Lucas Oil Stadium. Bruins Johnny Juzang was driving to the lane with the score tied at 81 and appeared to draw contact from Gonzaga defenders, but Drew Timme drew a charge call." I saw the play from different screen angles. Johnny went to his left around Drew. In one frame you can see both Johnny's shoulders and the ball past Drew. Drew looked like he put his hand on Johnny's right shoulder and pushed off to make it look like he was pushed. Tough call for the refs.. Any given day the call or score could have gone a different way. I have coached many sports for many years. Know you guys are winners. But more important you did your best. Can't wait till next season.

@robjohnston366

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think that Johnny should have taken it to the rack because they all collapsed on him and it got congested inside. He should have kicked it out to Tyger in the corner or Jaime at the wing area, and they both could have had wide open shots. Too bad.

I wanted to see ucla win tonight. The refs did not lol

@ethanbovee1474

3 жыл бұрын

I’m not a fan of either but the refereeing seemed fine.

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UCLA was definitely the better team, Gonzaga just got lucky at the end with that shot- Cuse Fan

@bobcougar77

3 жыл бұрын

Why didn't they score more points then? Nonsense man.

😂😂😂 try again next year ucla

To me it was unquestionable end of regulation was a BLOCK. It was his hip. CoMe On

UCLA was picked to fin8sh #1. Not an underdog...just rats