Steve Alford new UCLA coach.

[Sunbelt15]

They realize New Mexico was a 3 seed and lost in the first round, right???

Desperate is as desperate does!

[ChicosBailBonds]

They realize New Mexico was a 3 seed and lost in the first round, right???

If it wasn't luck, a miracle, etc, MU as a 3 seed would have lost in the first round, too.  A 2 seed lost in the first round.  A 1 seed lost in the second round.  NCAA = crap shoot.

[ChicosBailBonds]

"It goes back to the four letters," Alford said. "It's UCLA. I think if it's anywhere else, this is not a decision that would have been made."

[Benny B]

"It goes back to the four letters," Alford said. "It's UCLA. I think if it's anywhere else, this is not a decision that would have been made."

Odd/ironic choice of words considering that Alford is merely using UCLA as a stepping stone to become Crean's replacement in the next 5 years.

[muwarrior69]

There is no way UCLA will have the success like they had in the 60s and 70s. First, they only had to win 4 games back then and winning their conference put them in what we call the sweet 16 today. Their first 2 games were always a cake walk being in the Western regionals and their only tough games were in the final 4. To put it in perspective it would be like the Yankees winning 5 World Series Championships in a row like they did from 1949-1953. Today it just isn't going to happen, though they came really close from 1996-2000; not winning in 1997.

[NavinRJohnson]

Coach crean chimes in on his respect and admiration of Steve Alford in a pandering tweet to the I4 faithful. I too respect and admire a guy who intimidates a rape victim so a basketball player can continue to play basketball.

https://twitter.com/tomcrean/status/319126324281221121

[Blue Horseshoe]

Dan Bernstein wrote a nice article about Alford. He is an awful person.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/03/31/bernstein-ucla-hired-a-scumbag/

[Pakuni]

Dan Bernstein wrote a nice article about Alford. He is an awful person.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/03/31/bernstein-ucla-hired-a-scumbag/

Not that I disagree, but Dan Bernstein isn't exactly a shining example of human decency.

[🏀]

Not that I disagree, but Dan Bernstein isn't exactly a shining example of human decency.

Did he hang up on you?

[augoman]

all the obvious about Alford being said, why would he want to go to UCLA?  It's a state school, dependent on the board of regents allocation of non-existant tax dollars among the entire UC system, in a state that's absolutely bankrupt.  There is no upside to the spending on the program, rather, there is a potentiallty huge downside.  They may be flying standby soon.  Alford had better cash his check every day at noon.

[GGGG]

http://deadspin.com/meet-steve-alford-uclas-future-former-basketball-coac-465601430

[Blue Horseshoe]

Not that I disagree, but Dan Bernstein isn't exactly a shining example of human decency.

I forgot, hosting a radio show is just as bad, in regards to human decency, as protecting a criminal and intimidating a sexual assault victim.

[augoman]

I think USC made the smart hire in light of UCLA settling for Alford.  At lease there is a potential for 'lightning in a bottle'.

[TallTitan34]

Not that I disagree, but Dan Bernstein isn't exactly a shining example of human decency.

The same Dan Bernstein who is on the board of directors for the Children's Oncology Services One Step Camp and organizes countless events for the group?

The same Dan Bernstein who raises awareness about CTE in children playing football?

The same Dan Bernstein who was one of the few media members in the country to go hard on Penn State during the Sandusky scandal?

http://www.onestepcamp.org/about/board-of-directors/

[MerrittsMustache]

The same Dan Bernstein who is on the board of directors for the Children's Oncology Services One Step Camp and organizes countless events for the group?

The same Dan Bernstein who raises awareness about CTE in children playing football?

The same Dan Bernstein who was one of the few media members in the country to go hard on Penn State during the Sandusky scandal?

http://www.onestepcamp.org/about/board-of-directors/

Bernstein may be a pompous a$$ who thinks he's smarter than everyone, but deep-down he's a good guy...if that makes sense.

[NavinRJohnson]

Bernstein may be a pompous a$$ who thinks he's smarter than everyone, but deep-down he's a good guy...if that makes sense.

Makes perfect sense. I would never want to spend any time with him, but he's not really a bad person like Alford is.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Makes perfect sense. I would never want to spend any time with him, but he's not really a bad person like Alford is.

Bingo.

Being an a-hole doesn't make you a terrible person... it just makes you an a-hole.

I like Boers and Bernstein, but on days when Danny is in a bad mood or especially combative, I have to turn it off. He gets himself worked up and he can't stop. But, most of the time, that is the most intelligent sports radio you are going to find.

[Spotcheck Billy]

intelligent sports radio 

now there is an oxymoron!

[Pakuni]

I forgot, hosting a radio show is just as bad, in regards to human decency, as protecting a criminal and intimidating a sexual assault victim.

Because that's exactly what I said.

You all can choose to believe what you want about Bernstein. I'm confident in my knowledge here, and it has nothing to do with what he says on the radio.
But he sits on the board of a charity, and Lord knows no a-hole has ever been involved in a charity.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

now there is an oxymoron!

well, I said "most intelligent sports radio", which is like saying the "tallest midget", or whatever other cliche you want to use.

[ChicosBailBonds]

whats interesting about that?

Wooden and Knight didn't like each other.  Wooden was on record saying he would not want any of his kids or his friends kids to ever play for Knight.  So to have a Knight player now leading UCLA (Wooden is now deceased) is interesting. 

[MUsoxfan]

(Wooden is now deceased)

You should warn people before you drop bombs like that

[ChicosBailBonds]

You should warn people before you drop bombs like that

There are people here that think we didn't get lucky to beat Davidson....so I have to handhold a few folks and take nothing for granted.   

[MUsoxfan]

There are people here that think we didn't get lucky to beat Davidson....so I have to handhold a few folks and take nothing for granted.   

Actually, that's one of the finer points I can recall you making

[mu-rara]

There are people here that think we didn't get lucky to beat Davidson....so I have to handhold a few folks and take nothing for granted.  

We were the better team, and we won......When the chips were down, we were tougher and deeper.  

Same with Butler.  CBS flashed the number of substitutions early in the 2nd half.  MU had 3X the substitutions of Butler.  I knew we would grind them down.

Tougher and deeper...No luck involved.