The Bruins have games against Minnesota, Ohio State, Northwestern and USC with a blockbuster road game against No. 7 Purdue sandwiched in between. If UCLA can go 4-1 in those games, it should be able to secure that double bye and make a push for the conference tournament title.

UCLA coach Mick Cronin is a popular name in the conversation about Indiana basketball's next head coach. Here's what he said about that after defeating the Hoosiers 72-68 Friday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – UCLA escaped Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall with a 72-68 win over Indiana Saturday night.

UCLA knocked off Indiana in Bloomington. The game came on the backdrop of the Hoosiers’ coaching search, and Mick Cronin’s name has come up on some Hot Boards as a potential replacement for Mike Woodson.