UCLA basketball head coach Mick Cronin did not hold back in his response to rumors about him taking the Indiana job. With Hoosiers’ head coach Mike Woodson set to leave this offseason, the Big Ten powerhouse are likley already browsing candidates for this soon-to-be vacant position.

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.

A new trend probably started and ended with UCLA’s Mick Cronin on Friday: opposing coaches at Assembly Hall being asked about the upcoming Indiana men’s basketball job opening. It started with Michigan’s Dusty May,