At halftime Saturday night, UCLA coach Mick Cronin challenged his team to keep it close for 10 more minutes and that they should then be able to crank up the pressure on unbeaten Gonzaga.
The flawless combination created a masterpiece of a college basketball game. It just didn't lead to a win for the upstart Bruins.
After UCLA star Johnny Juzang's basket with 3.3 seconds to go in overtime tied things up at 90, Jalen Suggs answered with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to send the unbeaten Bulldogs into their second national championship game and the Bruins home to think about how close they came to adding another memorable chapter to the school's rich history. “When Johnny got the putback, I didn’t have a timeout left so I was running at my guys