Mick Cronin said he’d never coached a more difficult 10-point win, not in his 14 years of calling the shots at UC and Murray State. Wednesday night showed why college basketball coaches lose sleep and sanity as a matter of course. You try predicting the games and moods of 20-year-olds with girlfriend problems.
“You never know as a coach," Cronin said, after UC dropped Houston, 80-70, in as impressive a comeback as we’re likely to see this winter. It was enough to make Mick lose all his hair. No, wait. Check that.
“All you can do," Cronin decided, “is try to prepare for the moment and don’t hesitate.