
This post was updated Dec. 17 at 11 p.m.
News of Mick Cronin’s summer contract extension was met with mixed reactions Sunday morning.
UCLA’s loss to Gonzaga on Saturday – which knocked Cronin’s team from the top 25 – evoked the coach’s previous March shortfalls and was yet another example of the Bruins failing to live up to their No.

This post was updated Dec. 16 at 8:21 p.m.
The Bruins’ 2025-26 campaign took another hit. Then-No.25 UCLA men’s basketball (7-3, 2-0 Big Ten) fell to its second-ranked team of the season, losing 82-72 to then-No.



Senior midfielder Tarun Karumanchi dribbles the ball (left), graduate student defender Schinieder Mimy controls a ball with his left foot (middle) and junior defender Tre Wright eyes the field (right). All three Bruins were selected in the second round of the MLS SuperDraft on Thursday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Three members of UCLA men’s soccer were selected in the second round of the MLS SuperDraft on Thursday.
Junior defender Tre Wright was drafted 33rd overall by Real Salt Lake, graduate student defender Schinieder Mimy was drafted 38th by the New England Revolution and senior midfielder Tarun Karumanchi was drafted 49th by the Columbus Crew.
Once is an accident.
Twice is a coincidence.
Thrice is a pattern.
But what does it mean when it happens 14 times?
That is the number of national championships UCLA men’s water polo has won, which accounts for over 10% of UCLA’s 125 NCAA titles.
Nostalgia feels like a constant companion as a fourth-year student.
College will soon be over, and I will begin the next chapter of my life.
As a kid, everything felt endless, but with each passing year, the last times have become clearer to me.

