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The first part of the program is three hours on all of our platforms. And then the fourth hour is on the nine Rome Channel platforms. But those same nine platforms carry all four hours. All right. All right. With that in mind, we are joined right now by the head basketball coach at UCLA. He is in his seventh season with the Bruins. He reached the NCAA tournament, four of the last five seasons with three Sweet 16 appearances. He led the Bruins to the

final four in 2021. UCLA is seven and two. They're ranked number 25 in this week's AP poll.

They've got a big one coming up Saturday. They take on number eight in Zaga in Seattle.

We are joined by Mick Cronin, Mick. It's been a minute, Mick. It's great to have you on. Great to get caught up. Mick, how you doing? It's good, buddy. How you've been? Good, man. Good. How about you? What's up? Life is good in Southern California, my friend, especially in the winter, right? man preach you know You know that. You know, as an L.A. native, I know this. Tell me something I don't know, Mick, but you are right, and I will second that. All right, let's talk some ball. You won back-to-back games. You get into top 25. So where I'm sitting, Mick, from the outside looking in, it seems like you're trending in the right direction with your guys. How do you feel about this year's group personally? And are you getting the kind of buy-in and the effort

that's... in, it seems like you're trending in the right direction with your guys. How do you feel about this year's group personally?

And are you getting the kind of buy-in and the effort that you're looking for from them?

Yeah, it's just early.

You know, we had a lot of injuries, roaming early, to four of our major players.

So that and the transfer portal, right, when you're bringing in Donovan Dent to be an All-American,

which he was last year, and he goes through two injuries at the same time, it's tough to get

your team hitting on all cylinders.

But, you know, the beauty of college basketball is you don't want to be playing great in November, right?

You want to play great in March.

So it's just keep chopping away, keep pounding nails, get as healthy as you can.

That's my advice to all coaches, you know, get your best players on the court.

Get healthy, get them on the court, just keep teaching.

And it's a process. So, you know,

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