Overview
- Cronin said he apologized to Steven Jamerson II after film review, acknowledging he misjudged the play as dirty and stating, “I was wrong.”
- The sequence occurred in an 82-59 loss at Michigan State when Jamerson committed a flagrant-1; Cronin sent him to the locker room before officials could issue any upgrade.
- The coach also drew criticism for a heated exchange with a reporter about student-section chants and later said he needs to dial back his public comments to avoid negative publicity for UCLA.
- Michigan State’s Tom Izzo quipped that Cronin had “upgraded that to a flagrant 2” and noted it was the first time he’d seen a coach eject his own player.
- UCLA has suffered back-to-back 20-point defeats and is hovering near the NCAA Tournament bubble, with a home game against Illinois next.