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Mick Cronin was UCLA’s third option, and he just ended the Bruins’ 13-year Final Four droughtThe beginning of this movie got off to a rough start. And while the final scene hasn’t been written yet, it’s already a triumphant tale....

UCLA Has Its First New Basketball Coach In 11 Years: The Architect Of New Mexico's Loss To HarvardSteve Alford, a well-known name in basketball since he was a coach's favorite on the Hoosiers teams of the mid-80s, has signed on to replace Ben Howland at UCLA. As pointed out in Andy Katz's report, Alford's new contract with UCLA means breaking an almost equally new contract with New Mexico, where...

Ben Howland, out at UCLA after 11 years, five seasons removed from the Bruins' run of three straight Final Four appearances. We were just starting to like him. [Update: Or not...]...

Here's A Photo Of UCLA Head Coach Ben Howland, In A Tracksuit, Playing Beer Pong With Students Last Night

From the game day campout live-blog at the Daily Bruin (and via Twitter), here's a picture of notoriously sorta grumpy UCLA basketball coach Ben Howland, looking extremely relaxed last night in advance of today's game against #11 ranked Arizona at Pauley Pavilion (9 p.m. EST, ESPN)....

Breaking Down <i>SI</i>'s UCLA Exposé To Its Underwhelming Core

George Dohrmann's investigation into the fallow years of Ben Howland's UCLA tenure dropped in Sports Illustrated today, and it desperately wants to be a cautionary tale. It wants you to make the connection—even if it can never quite do so itself—that the undisciplined and troublesome recruiting clas...