UCLA Basketball: Mick Cronin Considers Bruins' Gaffes Vs Buffs "Really Bad For My Health"

Ours, too.

Your UCLA Bruins are freaking out Mick Cronin.

The Blue and Gold notched a 64-60 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes on Thursday, their sixth in a row (and eighth in their last nine). The Bruins' record improved to 14-11 (9-5 in the Pac-12) with the win.

But they also dropped two 14-point leads at varying times against Colorado, and as their head coach relayed in a postgame press conference, he was not a fan of the club's near-collapse late, per UCLA Communications.

“Well, we made it interesting. Colorado’s got a really, really good ball club," Cronin said. "I have all the respect in the world for [the Buffaloes'] Tad Boyle as a coach. They hurt us with the back door, they hurt us with a couple of curls. We gave up some uncharacteristic layups that were really, really bad for my health. Dr. Ben Ansel at UCLA Medical is probably really concerned with me right now because he’s a big fan, if you were watching me. I don’t take too kindly with us breaking down with layups. But I also give them credit for that. At the end of the day, [Sebastian Mack] got us a few buckets, we ran a play for Lazar [Stefanovic] – he hit a big three on an off-night for him. But we got eight more shots than them, we’re plus nine on turnover margin and plus four on the offensive rebound margin. They had zero fast break points. They’re a top 30 team in the country on fast break points. I still think we’ve got to get better on offense so we can get away from people. But obviously a great win for us. We forced 14 turnovers; we forced nine in the first half. That was big.”

UCLA is aiming for its seventh consecutive win tomorrow, when it will square off against the 15-10 Utah Utes (but just 6-8 in the conference) at 4 p.m. PT.