This post was updated April 28 at 3:54 p.m.

There was a time not long ago when Mick Cronin struggled to recruit in the era of name, image and likeness. He openly conceded it last season.

Such struggles are well behind the fifth-year coach. A new time has arrived – one where an array of commitments aren’t just a possibility.

They’re a reality.

Former Loyola Marymount transfer guard Dominick Harris announced his commitment to UCLA men’s basketball on Instagram on Saturday morning. The redshirt junior marks the sixth acquisition via the transfer portal for the Bruins, following Wednesday’s addition of forward William Kyle III from South Dakota State.

In a single offseason, Cronin has secured double the number of transfers he brought in across the previous four years of his tenure.

Harris was the Lions’ leading scorer in 2023-2024 with 14.3 points per contest, providing a steady stream of offense for a team muddled in the lower tier of the West Coast Conference. He jumped to LMU after three years of college ball with Gonzaga, spent learning at the side of coach Mark Few.

With a wrecking crew of talent around him in Spokane, Harris never broke through. The Bulldogs lost in the 2023 Elite Eight and 2021 national championship during his two active seasons. He played 238 total minutes across 38 games – starting none – to sandwich a sophomore year in which he was sidelined with a foot injury.

But after a breakout at LMU, the 6-foot-3, 190-pound guard now injects sharpshooting talent into UCLA, addressing one of its top areas of need.

Shooting 44.8% from beyond the arc while tying for the second-most attempts among all Lions, Harris’ scoring average exceeded that of any Bruin from last season. He leveraged his long wingspan and lateral quickness on the court, and it resulted in seven 20-plus-point performances, highlighted by a career-high 31 against Central Arkansas. 

UCLA was No. 227 nationally in 3-point percentage last season, sinking the fewest triples and finishing dead-last in scoring offense in the Pac-12. Now, Harris will contribute to a deep guard room that already added Skyy Clark from Louisville and Kobe Johnson from USC, and could fill a spot shooter role off the bench.

Notably, the veteran’s arrival begins a new waiting game. The Bruins fulfilled their final scholarship spot with the addition of Kyle, and will need an athlete to exit the program in order to grant Harris the 13th scholarship.

A departure is imminent – the 14th roster move in an offseason of change.